by - September 20, 2015 2:24 pm
Lawmakers dealt with a final vote on Iran in the Senate, while the House votes to defund Planned Parenthood, energy and forests. The following is a breakdown of the week…
by - September 20, 2015 1:49 pm
Gov. Asa Hutchinson’s weekly address discussed the state’s new workforce training centers: This year, we worked hard to fund four new Career Centers in Ashdown, Clarksville, Mountain Home and Paris,…
by - September 20, 2015 12:29 pm
What do you do when you have a month jammed so full of tech based events they they overflow into the months before and after? You decide to highlight the…
by - September 20, 2015 8:27 am
This week’s Talk Business & Politics roundtable featured TB&P contributors Steve Brawner and Frank Scott, plus KATV’s lead capitol reporter Janelle Lilley. Topics of debate included: The latest GOP Presidential…
by - September 20, 2015 8:07 am
Highway funding has been more than a speed bump for policymakers to find a way to increase revenue while gas tax collections sputter and inflation keeps raising the price of construction. One lawmaker is proposing a package of ideas to meet short-term needs.
by - September 20, 2015 6:24 am
Editor’s note: Each Friday, Talk Business & Politics provides “Energy In-depth,” a round-up of energy and regulatory news in our email newsletter, which you can sign up to receive daily for free here….
by - September 18, 2015 9:52 pm
A Little Rock firm and one of its key principals will have a visible and active role in the GOP Presidential primary. On Friday, Impact Management Group announced that partner…
by - September 18, 2015 9:16 pm
The political obituary of the Arkansas Democratic Party may not be written after all, the party’s chairman said Friday in Jonesboro. However, the chairman of the Arkansas Republican Party countered…
by - September 18, 2015 9:06 pm
Arkansas’ four United States Representatives voted with the majority Friday to defund Planned Parenthood for at least a year while congressional committees look into questions involving the use of fetal…
by - September 18, 2015 1:21 pm
Windstream Holdings Inc.’s board of directors on Friday announced that the Little Rock telecom has adopted a poison pill plan in order to protect a tax benefit the company received…
by - September 18, 2015 12:31 pm
It may be a question of literally where the rubber meets the road on funding issues for a highway bill as lawmakers continue to discuss the future of the federal…
by - September 18, 2015 10:49 am
Arkansas’ jobless rate in August dropped two-tenths of a percentage point in tandem with the national unemployment rate as the state’s labor pool rose by 1,400 to a robust 1,338,300…
by - September 18, 2015 7:14 am
Wal-Mart Stores will build its next two e-commerce fulfillment centers in south-central Florida as part of its continued focus and investment to drive more online sales while also expediting delivery at its lowest possible cost.
by - September 18, 2015 6:50 am
Editor’s note: Each Friday, Talk Business & Politics provides “Energy In-depth,” a round-up of energy and regulatory news in our email newsletter, which you can sign up to receive daily for free here….
by - September 18, 2015 6:47 am
Two University of Arkansas researchers working on a promising new material to create more efficient solar cells will lead a corps of Arkansas scientists chosen to develop the next generation…
by - September 18, 2015 6:44 am
Entergy Arkansas Inc. safely brought down the last two components of the Robert E. Ritchie power plant through a controlled implosion at the Helena site, the utility announced on Thursday….
by - September 18, 2015 5:45 am
The Fab Four from Liverpool – who made a trip through Northeast Arkansas more than 50 years ago – were big fans of the music from the region. The author of a new book on The Beatles will be in Arkansas to share his insider knowledge.
by - September 17, 2015 4:39 pm
The stress of driving up and down aisles at the airport parking garage looking for a spot just got a little lower. The Bill and Hillary Clinton National Airport showed…
by - September 17, 2015 4:31 pm
A pair of cloture votes Thursday drew the support of Arkansas’ two United States Senators, but fell short of passage. Senators voted 56-42 on a bill against a nuclear deal…
by - September 17, 2015 2:15 pm
Walmart will hire 60,000 workers to help the retailer through the holiday shopping cycle, with 1,245 of those short-term hires to be in Arkansas, the company announced Thursday (Sept. 17)…
