by - March 30, 2015 6:12 am
Editor’s note: Each Monday, Talk Business & Politics provides “Money Talk,” a wrap-up of banking and financial news in our email newsletter, which you can sign up to receive daily for free here….
by - March 30, 2015 5:40 am
Truth is void of emotion. The debate over HB1228, or the “Religious Freedom Restoration Act” (RFRA), is mostly void of common sense and level heads. Emotion is abundant. The past…
by - March 30, 2015 5:39 am
Editor’s note: This guest opinion column first appeared in The Washington Post. Tim Cook is the CEO of Apple, Inc. There’s something very dangerous happening in states across the country….
by - March 29, 2015 8:22 am
On Thursday, Gov. Asa Hutchinson officially named Mike Preston as the new executive director of the Arkansas Economic Development Commission, the state agency charged with recruiting and retaining jobs. What’s on his to-do list?
by - March 29, 2015 12:54 am
The likely last week of this year’s regular legislative session starts Monday with lawmakers facing a boatload of issues and negotiations involving the state’s budget and national pressure over a…
by - March 29, 2015 12:31 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. FED…
by - March 28, 2015 10:46 pm
Editor’s note: Guest contributor Scott McClymonds, founder of Fayetteville-based strategic consulting firm CEO Velocity, recently interviewed several regional and community banking executives across Arkansas about corporate strategy and their management…
by - March 28, 2015 9:41 am
The bankruptcy trustee of Quantum Foods, a former Tyson Foods customer, is suing the Springdale-based meat company to recover $25.7 million. The trustee claims the money was a preferential debt…
by - March 28, 2015 9:39 am
Tyson Foods announced the closure of a poultry processing facility in Buena Vista, Ga., and discontinuation of the third shift at its Dawson, Ga., plant as it works to streamline…
by - March 28, 2015 8:58 am
This week, lawmakers in the nation’s capital dealt with everything from budgets and environmental issues to foreign policy in Iran, Afghanistan and Africa.
by - March 28, 2015 5:30 am
TV PREVIEW: MEET THE NEW AEDC DIRECTOR On this week’s edition of Talk Business & Politics, which airs Sundays at 9 a.m. on KATV Ch. 7, tune in for the…
by - March 27, 2015 5:03 pm
Recently appointed to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), Colette Honorable warned Friday that Arkansas regulators should not get “caught flat-footed” and wait until the federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)…
by - March 27, 2015 12:03 pm
An estimated year-over-year gain of 8,700 jobs in Arkansas’ tourism sector and 7,200 jobs gained in the trade, transportation and utilities sector pushed the state’s February jobless rate down to…
by - March 27, 2015 11:59 am
A bill that supporters say will protect religious freedom and opponents say will allow for discrimination easily passed the Arkansas Senate on Friday. The 35-member body passed House Bill 1228…
by - March 27, 2015 11:35 am
This week, based on what’s happening in the General Assembly, Arkansas made some clear statements on what we think about rich and poor folks in our state. First, if you’re…
by - March 27, 2015 12:08 am
Scott Ford, former CEO of Alltel Corp. and the current top executive at Little Rock private investment firm Westrock Group LLC, testified Thursday before the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee on…
by - March 27, 2015 12:06 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 - March 27, 2015 12:04 am
The business of exports is not without its challenges given regulatory hurdles, the rising value of the U.S. dollar and Congressional inaction with respect to Free Trade Agreements proposed with…
by - March 27, 2015 12:02 am
New estimates from the U.S. Census show that Northwest Arkansas’ population grew 8.3% between April 2010 and July 2014, while the Fort Smith metro census estimate declined 0.31% in the…
by - March 26, 2015 9:12 pm
With potentially a week to go in the current legislative session, lawmakers stepped up their committee and floor action to push through bills dealing with corrections, executions, drug screening, wine…
