by - January 14, 2015 12:14 pm
A group working with youth entrepreneurs will hold its annual Arkansas Expo Day, a showcase for 5th through 8th grade students to spotlight their entrepreneurial ideas. The Youth Entrepreneur Showcase…
by - January 14, 2015 9:32 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 - January 13, 2015 11:28 pm
More than a dozen state lawmakers gave their key impressions from Gov. Asa Hutchinson’s first formal speech to the 90th General Assembly.
by - January 13, 2015 11:16 pm
Northwest Arkansas lawmakers were upbeat about Gov. Asa Hutchinson’s remarks to the state Legislature on Tuesday.
by - January 13, 2015 11:16 pm
The comments Tuesday after Gov. Asa Hutchinson’s first speech to the 90th General Assembly were mostly positive.
by - January 13, 2015 11:16 pm
Arkansas growers set or tied state records for yields in six crops in 2014, exceeding the national average in per-acre yield in four categories.
by - January 13, 2015 9:51 pm
It is not often that you have a special election on the same day as an inauguration. But in Senate District 16, which includes Russellville, three Republican candidates squared of…
by - January 13, 2015 5:12 pm
There is lots of coverage today on the inaugural all around the Talk Business & Politics horn. You can read the details here and a full copy of Gov. Asa…
by - January 13, 2015 4:30 pm
New Attorney General Leslie Rutledge, R-Arkansas, let 23 employees go on Monday (Jan. 12). Rutledge, who was sworn into office on Tuesday as the first woman and first Republican to…
by - January 13, 2015 4:08 pm
Maverick Transportation will raise pay for experienced drivers and increase mileage pay in all its divisions, the company announced in a press release Tuesday. Drivers with at least a year…
by - January 13, 2015 3:49 pm
China, an important U.S. trade partner for the U.S. poultry industry, has once again shut off imports following the discovery of avian influenza in backyard poultry and wild birds in…
by - January 13, 2015 12:15 pm
Gov.-elect Asa Hutchinson will give a “health care reform address” Jan. 22, he said Tuesday to a packed Arkansas House of Representatives chamber after taking the oath of office as the state’s 46th governor.
by - January 13, 2015 12:15 pm
Gov. Asa Hutchinson delivered this inaugural address on the steps of the Arkansas state Capitol on January 13, 2015: Gov. Tucker, Gov. Huckabee, Sen. Pryor, Mr. Chief Justice, distinguished guests,…
by - January 13, 2015 8:27 am
Talk Business & Politics is launching a new year-long survey initiative with its polling partner Hendrix College and new collaborator Little Rock-based Impact Management Group. The three groups will work…
by - January 13, 2015 7:43 am
The state’s 46th Governor, Asa Hutchinson, and a host of Republican colleagues will be sworn into office on Tuesday.
by - January 12, 2015 5:35 pm
The annual March for Life in Little Rock will take place on Sunday. On the steps of the state capitol, an important milestone will be reached as the new Gov….
by - January 12, 2015 4:47 pm
Outgoing Attorney General Dustin McDaniel sent a letter to the Independent Citizens Commission on Monday (Jan. 12) calling on a more than doubling of the salary for the position he’s…
by - January 12, 2015 4:20 pm
Gov.-elect Asa Hutchinson made a pair of announcements Monday for key positions in his administration a day ahead of his swearing-in as the 46th Governor of Arkansas. Hutchinson appointed Leon…
by - January 12, 2015 4:09 pm
Sen. President Pro Tempore Jonathan Dismang, R-Searcy, opened the 2015 legislative session by urging his colleagues to have faith in each other the way he has had faith in his…
by - January 12, 2015 1:07 pm
On a day of pomp and circumstance, tradition and ritual, all 100 members of the Arkansas House of Representatives – including 40 new members – and 34 state Senators were…
