by - November 6, 2014 4:38 pm
Bear State Financial reported third quarter earnings of $22.7 million compared to earnings of $143,000 one year ago. The huge net income spike includes an income tax benefit of $20.3…
by - November 6, 2014 2:18 pm
Standing in front of a portrait of Republican governor Frank White in the Capitol Rotunda, Gov.-Elect Asa Hutchinson announced his transition team’s steering committee and said he would not decide…
by - November 6, 2014 11:50 am
As crude oil prices fall into bear market territory, industry analysts are forecasting that pump prices in Arkansas and the rest of the U.S. may remain relatively low this winter…
by - November 6, 2014 11:49 am
Coulson Oil formed a new company to provide equipment to the convenience store and fuel retailer industry. The new company, Diamond State Equipment, will deliver a single touchpoint to satisfy…
by - November 6, 2014 8:03 am
Editor’s note: Former GOP Congressman Ed Bethune, author of this guest commentary, served in Arkansas’ Second Congressional District from 1979 to 1985. He is also a former chairman of the…
by - November 6, 2014 7:25 am
Windstream Corp. posted third quarter net income of $8 million on declining revenue of $1.46 billion. One year ago, the Little Rock-based telecom and fiber provider reported net income of…
by - November 6, 2014 6:41 am
Retail giant Wal-Mart Stores has reportedly assigned Scott Price as its next CEO and president of Asia, after the brief stint served by Greg Foran who recently took the helm…
by - November 5, 2014 8:36 pm
Gov. Mike Beebe, GOP chairman Doyle Webb and Clinton School Dean Skip Rutherford assess the state’s political landscape in the wake of historic and unprecedented gains by Arkansas Republicans.
by - November 5, 2014 6:55 pm
Murphy USA Inc. on Wednesday reported after the close of business that third quarter net income jumped more than 50% as cheaper crude oil prices boosted the El Dorado refiner…
by - November 5, 2014 6:32 pm
Murphy Oil Corp. announced Tuesday following the close of business that it failed to complete the sale of its 130,0000-barrel per day crude oil refinery in the United Kingdom as…
by - November 5, 2014 6:24 pm
The people in Arkansas sent a clear message Tuesday – deal with the issues – five incoming state legislators said Wednesday. Reps.-elect Dwight Tosh (R-Jonesboro), Dan Sullivan (R-Jonesboro), Dave Wallace…
by - November 5, 2014 6:22 pm
A song from my childhood has been in my head all morning. “Deep and Wide. Deep and Wide. There’s a fountain flowing Deep and Wide.” 1. Wide – Such was…
by - November 5, 2014 6:14 pm
Republicans now solidly have a majority in both the Arkansas House of Representatives and the Arkansas State Senate. In the House, Republicans picked up 13 seats taking their majority from…
by - November 5, 2014 3:19 pm
Governor-elect Asa Hutchinson announced State Senator Michael Lamoureux, R-Russellville, as his Chief-of-Staff and Director of Transition. Lamoureux served as a member of the State House in 2003, 2005, and as…
by - November 5, 2014 12:19 pm
I speak to a number of groups week in, week out. Often, I share my analysis and observations about the business and political landscape of Arkansas from what I hope…
by - November 5, 2014 2:03 am
Four of five ballot issues were passed by Arkansas voters on Tuesday (Nov. 4) instituting legislative oversight of the executive branch, raising the minimum wage and new ethics rules and…
by - November 5, 2014 1:11 am
In a historic election, Arkansas Republicans took all four of Arkansas’ seats in the U.S. Congress. Incumbents Rick Crawford (AR-1) and Steve Womack (AR-3) cruised to easy re-election bids in…
by - November 5, 2014 12:50 am
Governor-elect Asa Hutchinson won his fourth try at a statewide office as Republicans swept all the state and federal races as well as dominating control of the Arkansas statehouse.
by - November 5, 2014 12:46 am
Rep. Tom Cotton, unknown three years ago, continued his political ascent Tuesday with a convincing victory in the Arkansas Senate race over Sen. Mark Pryor. “The people of Arkansas tonight…
by - November 4, 2014 11:10 am
October state tax collections rose a healthy 8.1% above last year and pulled 4.7% above forecast, but that simply moved year-to-date numbers into a slightly better position. The Arkansas Department…
