by - March 19, 2015 9:37 am
The Senate State Agencies & Governmental Affairs Committee delayed action on an amendment to SB 2, which more fully outlines how lawmakers will oversee executive branch rules and regulations. Arkansas voters…
by - March 19, 2015 7:45 am
As the Hutchinson administration prepares to battle the federal Environment Protection Agency on its plan to shutter the state’s fleet of coal-fired power plants, the Arkansas Advanced Energy Association (AAEA)…
by - March 19, 2015 6:00 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 - March 19, 2015 4:48 am
The annual NCAA basketball tournament offers businesses and employees a whole lot of distractions. If properly managed, some say it can be a bonus for productivity and morale.
by - March 18, 2015 8:35 pm
A bill that will allow the Public Service Commission (PSC) to let utilities adjust rates annually, rather than doing it over the current multi-year span, with a 4% annual cap…
by - March 18, 2015 7:26 pm
The story at Tyson Foods is an ever-changing saga as the meat giant continues its metamorphosis away from commodity-based business models to more consumer-branded and higher-margin products following the $8.55…
by - March 18, 2015 7:25 pm
Grocery is a business of thin margins but it is about 56% of Wal-Mart’s total annual U.S. sales. Getting it right is of the upmost importance to Walmart U.S. CEO…
by - March 18, 2015 6:57 pm
While 16 legislators on a task force will debate and set policy on the future of Medicaid and health care reform, advocacy groups and state agency leaders will also be…
by - March 18, 2015 6:08 pm
A plan supporting a regional jail approach to the state’s corrections debate will help the state and its residents in many ways, the sponsor of the bill said Wednesday. The…
by - March 18, 2015 3:37 pm
This week’s “Talk Politics” roundtable is online and available for viewing at the bottom of this post. KATV’s Janelle Lilley, Americans For Prosperity’s David Ray, The Markham Group’s Robert McLarty,…
by - March 18, 2015 3:15 pm
A bill that would have ended Arkansas’ participation in a multi-state assessment associated with the Common Core failed to get a second in the Senate Education Committee Wednesday and then…
by - March 18, 2015 1:20 pm
In an effort to more aptly describe its services, microlender Accion has changed its name to LiftFund. The 20-year old non-profit, which located in Arkansas in 2011, said the name…
by - March 18, 2015 11:48 am
A bill that would have aligned school board elections with the state’s general elections was defeated in committee, while a bill to allow federal officeholders to run in two races…
by - March 18, 2015 7:33 am
Windstream’s chief executive officer Tony Thomas discusses the challenges and opportunities on the Little Rock telecom’s horizons.
by - March 18, 2015 2:49 am
As natural gas drillers and oilfield equipment firms continue to cut their capital spending in the Fayetteville Shale, there are already signs that severance tax collections in Arkansas began to…
by - March 18, 2015 1:38 am
Editor’s note: Each Wednesday, Talk Business & Politics provides “Health Beat,” a round-up of health-related topics in our email newsletter, which you can sign up to receive daily for free…
by - March 17, 2015 7:27 pm
A stalemate between supporters and opponents of an education bill led to the bill’s sponsor yanking the bill from consideration this session. However, the bill’s sponsor said he plans to…
by - March 17, 2015 4:00 pm
The Affordable Care Act has reduced the number of uninsured Americans, but many of the most important changes in health care have come as a result of market forces that…
by - March 17, 2015 2:41 pm
On Tuesday, more than 600 women in Arkansas heard hours of advice from some of the top female business leaders in the state.
by - March 17, 2015 2:27 pm
TB&P Business Editor Wes Brown and Editor-in-Chief Roby Brock discuss the big business stories of the week, which included the Maker Faire coming to downtown North Little Rock and the…
