Central Arkansas

Law Meant To Lift State’s Aviation Business

A law passed in the most recent legislative session is meant to help the state attract aviation business that was flying away because of a sales tax Arkansas levied that…

Seed Foundation Facility Headed To Stuttgart

The Arkansas Rice Research and Promotion Board announced plans Tuesday to direct $2 million to help construct a seed foundation facility at the state’s Rice Research and Extension Center in…

New Growth And Lower Utilities, Osceola Mayor Says

The city of Osceola has seen the start of a renaissance in the past couple of years, with the future looking optimistic, the town’s mayor said Tuesday. Osceola Mayor Dickie…

Tyson Foods Plans To Eliminate Human Antibiotic Use By Late 2017

Tyson Foods will eliminate the use of human antibiotics in its U.S. chicken flocks by the end of 2017. Tyson is a major supplier to McDonald’s who declared similar goals…

School Broadband Projects Awarded

Projects have been awarded to 22 telecommunications providers to improve the Arkansas Public School Computer Network (APSCN), which is the state’s broadband network for public schools. The Arkansas Department of…

CS&L Shares Settle Near $28 After Early Bounce; Windstream Rallies 15% In Tuesday Session

Shares in Arkansas’ newest publicly traded entity Communications Sales & Leasing Inc., or CS&L, sprinted out of the gate on its first day of trading on Monday, vaulting to nearly…

Secretary Of State Mark Martin: A Friendly Reminder Of One More Tax Deadline

Editor’s note: The following guest commentary was written by Arkansas Secretary of State Mark Martin. While April 15th is now behind us, there is one more state tax that businesses…

Jessica DeLoach Sabin: Starting A Conversation

Sometimes just starting a conversation should be considered a victory. With Democrats serving in a new true minority role in the 90th General Assembly, their power was limited, leaving them…

Campus Talk: Common Core Task Force At Capitol, El Dorado This Week

Editor’s note: Each Tuesday, Talk Business & Politics provides “Campus Talk,” a recap and deep-dive into education topics in our email newsletter, which you can sign up to receive daily for free here….

Gamers Can Go Back In Time At Sherwood Retro Arcade

“Pac-Man,” “Donkey Kong,” “Frogger” – if you miss taking a stack of quarters to the arcade to play those games, you might want to check out Z82 Retrocade in Sherwood. You won’t even need the quarters.

Hutchinson Names Members To Criminal Justice Task Force

Gov. Asa Hutchinson named his members to the Legislative Criminal Justice Oversight Task Force, an interim working panel created by the Criminal Justice Reform Act of 2015 (Act 895) of…

Innovation Hub Receives $1 Million Federal Grant For Center

Amidst a backdrop described by several podium speakers as a religious revival, Central Arkansas’ startup community held a celebration on Monday (April 27) to announce a major grant that will spark more activity in the state’s entrepreneurial ecosystem.