by - April 17, 2015 6:25 pm
A new position of Solicitor General inside the Arkansas Attorney General’s office will give the person an opportunity to work on many different issues, AG Leslie Rutledge said Friday. Rutledge,…
by - April 17, 2015 6:10 pm
Matthew Waller was named interim dean of the Sam M. Walton College of Business at the University of Arkansas and will assume the duties of dean Eli Jones who is…
by - April 17, 2015 4:47 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 - April 16, 2015 9:29 pm
In just under three years, Kourtney and Beau Barrett have disrupted the fitness headband segment with Junk Brands, a growing custom headband manufacturing operation based in their hometown of Bentonville.
by - April 16, 2015 8:19 pm
Talk Business & Politics latest “pure politics” podcast is out and available for download. This week, TB&P‘s Jessica DeLoach Sabin and Roby Brock discuss a variety of topics, including: Hillary…
by - April 16, 2015 7:48 pm
The number of Arkansans with completed enrollments through the Health Care Independence Program – the private option – has reached 229,599 as of March 31, and average costs appear on a downward decline. Still, worries remain.
by - April 16, 2015 4:43 pm
The city of Caraway could one day become a “computer mecca,” with students learning the skills of computer coding and computer science, Gov. Asa Hutchinson said Thursday. Hutchinson, who attended…
by - April 16, 2015 3:56 pm
Mike Duke, the former CEO of Wal-Mart Stores Inc., has joined the global consumer and retail group of private equity firm The Carlyle Group. He will began work at Carlyle…
by - April 16, 2015 3:55 pm
Arkansas foreclosure activity continues to slow and is part of a national trend in which first quarter foreclosures were their lowest rate in 8 years, according to Irvine, Calif.,-based RealtyTrac.com….
by - April 16, 2015 3:51 pm
Northwest Arkansas apartments reached a new high in occupancy as 2015 began with apartment communities nearly full, reporting a 98% occupancy rate, according to the CBRE year end-2014 apartment market…
by - April 16, 2015 3:20 pm
Representatives of the Environmental Protection Agency regional office in Dallas spent an entire day in Little Rock listening to comments from Arkansans on the pros and cons of the federal…
by - April 16, 2015 9:34 am
Acquisition hungry Home Bancshares, parent company of Centennial Bank, on Thursday reported record first quarter profits of $31.1 million, or 46 cents per share, up 13.9% from first quarter profits…
by - April 16, 2015 9:28 am
Southwest Power Pool (SPP) announced Thursday that longtime local media relations executive David Avery has been appointed director of corporate communications for the local grid operator. Avery has more than…
by - April 16, 2015 7:09 am
Oral arguments in the case of State of West Virginia vs. Federal Environmental Protection Agency will begin at 9:00 a.m. today in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District…
by - April 16, 2015 5:46 am
Editor’s note: Each Thursday, Talk Business & Politics provides “Startup Talk,” a round-up of startup, technology and entrepreneurial news in our email newsletter, which you can sign up to receive daily for free…
by - April 16, 2015 5:37 am
The local and regional executives of Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield presented a $250,000 grant to the Arkansas State University College of Nursing and Health Professions Wednesday morning in…
by - April 15, 2015 9:11 pm
Jacob Kauffman with our content partner, KUAR FM 89.1 News, reports: The Little Rock Port Authority decided Wednesday it will formally weigh-in on the Quapaw Tribe of Oklahoma’s attempt to…
by - April 15, 2015 8:36 pm
Former and current Arkansas Highway Commissioners Bobby Hopper and Dick Trammel, respectively, were part of a group of area officials who gathered Wednesday morning (April 15) to formally break ground…
by - April 15, 2015 5:56 pm
With Gov. Asa Hutchinson and Mike Preston, his new jobs boss, in attendance, the mood was celebratory at the formal groundbreaking for the $30-plus million new corporate headquarters for Fort Smith-based ArcBest.
by - April 15, 2015 4:34 pm
Southwind Milling, which is building a $32 million rice mill complex at the Port of Pine Bluff, said it has closed a deal with Luther King Capital Management, a Fort…
