by - June 2, 2015 9:06 am
Last Friday, Gov. Asa Hutchinson signed a number of bills into law after a short special session that was largely defined by efforts to move the state primary elections from…
by - June 2, 2015 6:19 am
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by - June 1, 2015 7:49 pm
The sale of Tyson Foods’ Mexican/Brazilian poultry business will move forward and is expected to close soon. Mexico’s Federal Economic Competition Commission approved the deal on Monday (June 1), according…
by - June 1, 2015 5:38 pm
Marine Glisovic with our content partner, KATV Ch. 7, reports: The Jefferson County Republican Committee has voted to call for the resignation of State Treasurer Dennis Milligan. According to county…
by - June 1, 2015 4:16 pm
A meeting to discuss realigning and reconstructing the I-55/Crump Blvd. interchange in Memphis drew a crowd Monday afternoon in West Memphis, with area residents ticked about the closure of the I-55 Bridge in Memphis for nine months starting in 2017.
by - June 1, 2015 2:34 pm
The countdown has begun again on what is arguably one of Northwest Arkansas’ biggest events each year: The Wal-Mart shareholders meeting.
by - June 1, 2015 12:03 pm
Michael Hibblen with our content partner, KUAR FM 89.1 News, reports: Work is nearing the halfway point on a nearly $70 million project to renovate Little Rock’s historic Robinson Auditorium….
by - June 1, 2015 12:01 pm
Things change quickly. Politics is especially an ever-evolving web of characters. The good ones leave an impact long after they’ve exited their stage. Events, even if important in the moment,…
by - June 1, 2015 9:10 am
The announcement that a steel company will be adding 100 jobs at its facility brought Gov. Asa Hutchinson and several other state and local officials to Jackson County Monday morning….
by - June 1, 2015 8:50 am
Starting July 1, the Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration will implement a new security procedure for access to the Arkansas Taxpayer Access Point (ATAP). The move is an effort…
by - June 1, 2015 8:45 am
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by - May 31, 2015 8:40 am
Arkansas’ junior senator, Tom Cotton, likes the crowded GOP field of potential Presidential candidates and says he’s a long way from making a decision on who he will support.
by - May 31, 2015 8:35 am
While the Lockheed Martin superproject was well in the works before he was ever considered for the job as director of the Arkansas Economic Development Commission, Mike Preston knows that there…
by - May 31, 2015 8:34 am
Talk Business & Politics’ Roby Brock, Jessica DeLoach Sabin, and Wesley Brown discuss the recent special session of the Arkansas Legislature. Why did Lockheed need the state’s participation to compete…
by - May 31, 2015 6:45 am
Walmart U.S. is in the process of a major organizational realignment under the supervision of Judith McKenna, chief operating officer for the retailer’s U.S. business unit. McKenna outlined the organizational…
by - May 31, 2015 6:41 am
Editor’s note: Each Sunday, Talk Business & Politics provides “Made In America,” a wrap-up of manufacturing news in our email newsletter, which you can sign up to receive daily for free here. ARKANSAS…
by - May 30, 2015 7:53 am
TV SHOW: SEN. TOM COTTON + THE STATE OF THE SUPERPROJECT This week on Talk Business & Politics: The state legislature does its part to help Arkansas land a $30 billion…
by - May 29, 2015 3:59 pm
A three-day special legislative session, which ended Thursday in Little Rock, was productive and helped put several issues at the forefront of debate in the state, two legislative leaders said…
by - May 29, 2015 3:51 pm
Editor’s note: The City Wire contributed to this report. As of Friday morning (May 29), six of the 13 locks on the Arkansas portion of the Arkansas River system were…
by - May 29, 2015 3:43 pm
Under the direction of Dr. Carol Reeves, University of Arkansas graduate students Kenny Bierman and Phillip Turner received top honors in the Donald W. Reynolds Tri-State Collegiate Business Plan competition…
