by - April 2, 2015 8:06 am
University of Arkansas System President Don Bobbitt has named Dan Ferritor as interim chancellor to take over the school’s top position when current UA Chancellor G. David Gearhart retires on…
by - April 2, 2015 12:16 am
The day before an anticipated session close, state lawmakers worked late into the night changing language of a controversial religion measure, while wrapping up budget discussions and last-minute bill fixes….
by - April 2, 2015 12:01 am
On this week’s Talk Politics roundtable, KATV’s Janelle Lilley and Elicia Dover and TB&P‘s Steve Brawner and Roby Brock discuss and debate several legislative and political issues. This week’s topics…
by - April 1, 2015 3:43 pm
If a working group of local city and community leaders get their way, Little Rock’s historic War Memorial will go “bowling” around Christmastime. That group, along with the War Memorial…
by - April 1, 2015 3:35 pm
Home BancShares, Inc., parent company of Centennial Bank, announced it has completed an acquisition of national commercial real estate loans from J.C. Flowers & Co. LLC totaling approximately $289.1 million….
by - April 1, 2015 1:14 pm
The Legislature will consider referring to the voters constitutional amendments that would remove the current cap on superproject infrastructure bonds, allow the governor to retain his or her powers when…
by - April 1, 2015 12:44 pm
Former U.S. Rep. John Paul Hammerschmidt, the long-time and popular Congressman of Arkansas’ 3rd Congressional District and one of only two Republicans to defeat Bill Clinton in an election, has died. He was 92.
by - April 1, 2015 9:53 am
Amidst a national backlash and pressure from corporations and special interest groups, Gov. Asa Hutchinson offered a compromise on HB 1228 – a bill that some championed as supportive of religious freedom, while others say would lead to discrimination against gays and lesbians.
by - March 31, 2015 9:39 pm
TB&P Business Editor Wes Brown and Editor-in-Chief Roby Brock discuss the big business stories of the week in our latest all-business podcast. Of course, the controversy surrounding HB 1228, the…
by - March 31, 2015 7:10 pm
Gov. Hutchinson joined local leaders and Enviro Tech officials in Helena-West Helena Tuesday to formally dedicate the California food safety and water treatment company’s new plant location in Helena Harbor,…
by - March 31, 2015 7:06 pm
With a possible end to this year’s session of the Arkansas General Assembly in sight, lawmakers approved the first part of the state’s budget as well as several other bills….
by - March 31, 2015 4:45 pm
Indiana Governor Mike Pence held a press conference Tuesday over the “religious freedom” legislation that he recently signed into law. During the press conference, he maintained that he was proud…
by - March 31, 2015 4:32 pm
Home sales in Arkansas’ four largest markets were up 5.78% in February after falling 2.5% in January, and the number of homes sold during the first two months of 2015…
by - March 31, 2015 3:57 pm
Arkansas has opened a bid invitation to create a new broadband network for schools, with work scheduled to begin in July. An invitation for bid covering seven years was opened…
by - March 31, 2015 3:41 pm
A national dental chain is expanding in Arkansas with the scheduled opening of two new practices in northeast Arkansas on April 9, and three other locations planned for Rogers, Bryant…
by - March 31, 2015 3:11 pm
On a day when renewed opposition from the state’s business community implored Gov. Asa Hutchinson to stop HB 1228, a bill dubbed the “Religious Freedom Restoration Act,” the Arkansas House passed three amendments to the measure that sealed the bill’s fate for the governor’s desk.
by - March 31, 2015 2:53 pm
The Arkansas Senate Tuesday failed to override Gov. Asa Hutchinson’s first veto – of a bill that would restrict the commercial use of an individual’s name, likeness and other identifying…
by - March 31, 2015 8:45 am
Arkansas’ only comprehensive academic health center has received a full, eight-year reaccreditation from a national committee that oversees medical education, officials at the College of Medicine at the University of…
by - March 31, 2015 8:08 am
University of Arkansas alumnus William T. Dillard II and philanthropist Johnelle DeBusk Hunt will be recognized as Chancellor’s Medal recipients at the University of Arkansas Towers of Old Main event…
by - March 31, 2015 5:38 am
Communications Sales & Leasing Inc., (CS&L), the real estate investment trust spin-off from Windstream Holdings, named Mark Wallace as senior vice president, chief financial officer and treasurer. Wallace formerly served…
