by - October 11, 2016 1:58 pm
In today’s Talk Business & Politics Daily, State Sen. Joyce Elliott, D-Little Rock, and TB&P analyst John Burris discuss the recent Trump controversies and how they are affecting the GOP…
by - October 11, 2016 10:22 am
Lower employment, job gains and positive growth among most of Arkansas’ metro areas this year has pushed consumer confidence to its highest level in two years, according to the recent…
by - October 11, 2016 9:23 am
Former U.S. Senator and Arkansas Governor David Pryor, 82, suffered a stroke Monday and is in recovery after surgery, the University of Arkansas System announced Monday. The UA System, where…
by - October 11, 2016 5:43 am
Jonesboro will select its next mayor in November and five candidates have emerged to challenge incumbent Harold Perrin for the city’s chief executive office. Perrin, Nathan Coleman, Harold Copenhaver, Amanda…
by - October 10, 2016 9:18 pm
Republican Rep. Bruce Westerman said tax returns should be simple enough to be filed on a postcard, while his Libertarian challenger, Kerry Hicks of Mena, said the country must address…
by - October 10, 2016 7:49 pm
As natural gas has overtaken coal as the nation’s major source of energy for power generation, U.S. residential electricity prices are forecasted in 2016 to decline for the first time…
by - October 10, 2016 6:56 pm
The speaker of the House and the chairman of the House Education Committee want to remove from the state’s “adequacy report” catastrophic special education funding adopted a week ago. The…
by - October 10, 2016 5:00 pm
Tyson Foods has taken a 5% ownership stake in plant-based protein company Beyond Meat based in El Segundo, Calif., joining The Human Society of United States and Bill Gates who…
by - October 10, 2016 4:15 pm
The board of directors of Deltic Timber Corp. announced the retirement of Ray C. Dillon as the company’s President and CEO. D. Mark Leland, a current member of the company’s…
by - October 10, 2016 12:17 pm
The Arkansas Hospital Association and the Arkansas Medical Society have endorsed Issue 4, the proposed constitutional amendment directing the Legislature to set caps of at least $250,000 on non-economic damages…
by - October 10, 2016 12:08 pm
The Fort Smith distillery for France-based Pernod Ricard has assumed bottling of the company’s popular Malibu Rum label, Gov. Asa Hutchinson and executives from Pernod Ricard USA and Wal-Mart Stores…
by - October 10, 2016 6:08 am
The second quarter economic story of Arkansas’ four key metro areas was much like the first quarter story: unchanged from the previous quarter, but healthy, with continued job gains and…
by - October 10, 2016 5:47 am
The acquisition of the Northwest Arkansas Business Journal by Natural State Media, the parent company of Talk Business and Politics, is complete. The Journal was previously held by Tami and…
by - October 10, 2016 5:37 am
story by David Rice Editor’s note: Welcome to the fifth season of Tusk to Tail – the sport of tailgating as organized, performed and perfected by a group of Hog…
by - October 9, 2016 10:14 pm
Donald Trump said he would instruct a special prosecutor to look into Hillary Clinton’s deleted emails if elected president, while Clinton said a recent video where Trump talked about groping…
by - October 9, 2016 1:24 pm
Editor’s note: Each Sunday, Talk Business & Politics provides “Made In America,” a round-up of state and global manufacturing news. –––––––––––––– USDA LAUNCHES NEW APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM FOR VETERANS Secretary of…
by - October 8, 2016 7:28 pm
At least two members of Arkansas’ Congressional delegation have opened the door to GOP Presidential nominee Donald Trump stepping down from the ticket. A political firestorm began Friday and has…
by - October 8, 2016 1:40 pm
2016 may be one of the most volatile in the past decade for investors. In a near-zero percent interest rate climate, investors are chasing yield in the equity market, which…
by - October 8, 2016 1:17 pm
Gov. Asa Hutchinson said Saturday that Donald Trump’s recorded remarks about women are “reprehensible and cannot be justified,” but he did not join a growing number of national Republicans in…
by - October 8, 2016 7:47 am
TV PREVIEW On this week’s TV edition of Talk Business & Politics, which airs Sundays at 9:30 a.m. on KATV Channel 7 in Central Arkansas and in Northeast Arkansas on…
