by - April 16, 2016 7:16 am
SUNDAY 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 now in Northeast…
by - April 15, 2016 8:36 pm
Congress returned to the nation’s capital this week after a two week district work period, with several items on the agenda. A trip by an Arkansas lawmaker to Cuba as…
by - April 15, 2016 4:14 pm
Gov. Asa Hutchinson is confident he will gain enough support to use a line-item veto strategy to fund his Arkansas Works program. Hutchinson spoke to reporters in his office on…
by - April 15, 2016 10:59 am
Mark Rushing has been named assistant vice chancellor of university relations at the University of Arkansas effective April 1, after leading the office as acting director since the beginning of…
by - April 15, 2016 10:59 am
Mark Rushing has been named assistant vice chancellor of university relations at the University of Arkansas effective April 1, after leading the office as acting director since the beginning of…
by - April 15, 2016 9:12 am
Arkansas’ jobless rate fell to its lowest level in the state’s history in March, declining two-tenths of a percentage point from last’s month’s previous hallmark while adding more than 7,000…
by - April 15, 2016 5:09 am
Editor’s note: Each Friday, Talk Business & Politics provides “Energy In-depth,” a round-up of energy and regulatory news. ––––––––––––––––– WIND POWER JOBS HIT RECORD, UP 20% IN 2016 American wind power supported…
by - April 14, 2016 6:00 pm
An upcoming May 1 deadline to find a site location for a $1.3 billion superproject that China’s largest privately-held timber company hopes to build in south Arkansas is expected to…
by - April 14, 2016 4:37 pm
Editor’s note: The Supply Side section of Talk Business & Politics focuses on the companies, organizations, issues and individuals engaged in providing products and services to retailers. The Supply Side…
by - April 14, 2016 3:57 pm
Editor’s note: Jessica DeLoach Sabin is a frequent contributor to Talk Business & Politics. Opinions, commentary and other essays posted in this space are wholly the view of the author(s). They…
by - April 14, 2016 2:02 pm
Editor’s note: Each Thursday, Talk Business & Politics provides “Startup Talk,” a round-up of startup, technology and entrepreneurial news. ––––––––––––––– DENSO INVESTS IN TECH STARTUP THAT PROVIDES LASER TECHNOLOGY FOR SELF-DRIVING CARS…
by - April 14, 2016 1:53 pm
The federally-funded Arkansas PROMISE project has enrolled 2,000 teens with disabilities, more than two weeks ahead of the deadline and less than eight months after enrollment began in September 2014….
by - April 14, 2016 1:49 pm
Jeff Marchetta said he was reading a newspaper article one day about the Delta Cuisine program when he decided to contact the people with the program. His decision helped his…
by - April 14, 2016 1:02 pm
Tyson Foods is already the largest employer in Green Forest, Ark., but the meat giant is hoping to expand its already large footprint with a $136 million processing facility to…
by - April 14, 2016 12:52 pm
After a day of legal and constitutional maneuvering, funding for Arkansas Works and the Department of Human Services’ Medical Services Division remained as uncertain in the end as it was…
by - April 14, 2016 12:13 pm
The Arkansas Economic Development Commission will be sending three top staff members to the international Hannover Messe trade show in Germany on April 25-29, where President Obama and German Chancellor…
by - April 14, 2016 7:55 am
Editor’s note: Sarah Huckabee Sanders is a GOP consultant currently serving as senior advisor to Donald Trump for President. She has managed state and national campaigns, including the Huckabee for…
by - April 14, 2016 5:47 am
Foreclosure activity in Arkansas’ three largest metro areas and in the nation is below recession-related highs, according to Irvine, Calif.,-based RealtyTrac.com. There were 289,116 U.S. foreclosure filings recorded in the…
by - April 13, 2016 8:49 pm
The Little Rock Technology Park board of directors unanimously approved a motion on Wednesday that will allow for construction to move forward on the $6.8 million first phase of the…
by - April 13, 2016 5:50 pm
The appropriations bill for funding Arkansas Works and other Medicaid programs passed the Legislature’s Joint Budget Committee Wednesday (April 13) and now moves into consideration by the full Senate Thursday….
