by - October 12, 2016 9:03 am
Presidential debates are a new tradition
Editor’s note: Ruth Whitney is founder and CEO of InVeritas, a global public affairs firm. Opinions, commentary and other essays posted in this space are wholly the view of the…
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by - October 12, 2016 8:07 am
Health Beat: Walmart to offer free health check-ups on Saturday
Editor’s note: Each Wednesday, Talk Business & Politics provides “Health Beat,” a round-up health-related topics. ––––––––––––––– WALMART TO OFFER FREE HEALTH CHECK-UPS ON SATURDAY For a four-hour period on Saturday,…
by - October 11, 2016 10:28 pm
Tusk to Tail: When it comes to generators, sound, not size, matters. And Go Hogs!
story by Dale Cullins Editor’s note: Welcome to the fifth season of Tusk to Tail – the sport of tailgating as organized, performed and perfected by a group of Hog…
by - October 11, 2016 10:18 pm
Bank of the Ozarks post record 3Q profits of $76 million following summer acquisition binge
Bank of the Ozarks Inc. posted record third quarter profits before Tuesday’s (Oct. 11) opening bell as the Little Rock-based regional banking group looks to digest two of the largest…
by - October 11, 2016 10:04 pm
Fort Smith businessman Moates faces potential life in prison for numerous wire, mail fraud charges
William Moates Jr., 49, whose businesses included the restaurant Blaze’n Burrito and a credit card processing company, has pled guilty to numerous counts of wire fraud and other felonies committed…
by - October 11, 2016 9:18 pm
Future Fort Smith Comprehensive Plan a ‘constant sales job’ for implementation committee
The Future Fort Smith comprehensive plan is “a constant sales job,” according to Comprehensive Plan Implementation Committee member John Cooley. The sales job is already in motion, Cooley noted Tuesday…
by - October 11, 2016 8:48 pm
Sponsor-backed study: Casinos’ impact would be $1.2 billion; opponents dispute
Passage of an amendment legalizing three casinos would have a total statewide annual impact of $1.2 billion, create 3,200 direct jobs and create 3,432 direct construction jobs, according to a…
by - October 11, 2016 5:03 pm
Health care costs expected to rise between 5% and 6.5% next year
Employer sponsored health care plans will cost about 6.5% more next year, with health care expenditures reaching a point of equilibrium after several years of nearly double-digit growth, according to…
by - October 11, 2016 4:51 pm
GE plans to purchase LM Wind Power for $1.65 billion, no details on Little Rock employees
Industrial giant GE announced Tuesday (Oct. 11) its plans to purchase Danish wind turbine maker LM Wind Power for $1.65 billion, allowing the U.S. industrial giant to continue expanding its…
by - October 11, 2016 4:26 pm
AEAA event discusses PSC’s new docket on Arkansas’ fledgling renewable energy sector
Officials with the Arkansas Advanced Energy Association (AAEA) offered several policy recommendations on Tuesday (Oct. 11) concerning two recent dockets that some local energy experts say could determine the future…
by - October 11, 2016 2:37 pm
Column: 12 counties on presidential ‘losing streak’ since 1996; only 40 nationwide
Forty counties in the United States have not picked the winner in any presidential election since 1996, and 12 are in Arkansas. That’s according to a column by Robert Wheel…
by - October 11, 2016 1:58 pm
Talk Business & Politics Daily: The GOP Civil War edition
In today’s Talk Business & Politics Daily, State Sen. Joyce Elliott, D-Little Rock, and TB&P analyst John Burris discuss the recent Trump controversies and how they are affecting the GOP…
by - October 11, 2016 10:22 am
Improving economies lift consumer confidence through most of 2016
Lower employment, job gains and positive growth among most of Arkansas’ metro areas this year has pushed consumer confidence to its highest level in two years, according to the recent…
by - October 11, 2016 9:23 am
Sen. David Pryor recovering from stroke
Former U.S. Senator and Arkansas Governor David Pryor, 82, suffered a stroke Monday and is in recovery after surgery, the University of Arkansas System announced Monday. The UA System, where…
by - October 10, 2016 9:18 pm
U.S. Rep. Westerman, Libertarian Hicks discuss Donald, debt, taxes in AETN debate
Republican Rep. Bruce Westerman said tax returns should be simple enough to be filed on a postcard, while his Libertarian challenger, Kerry Hicks of Mena, said the country must address…
by - October 10, 2016 7:49 pm
Residential electricity prices may decline for first time since 2002, Arkansas power prices 7th lowest in nation
As natural gas has overtaken coal as the nation’s major source of energy for power generation, U.S. residential electricity prices are forecasted in 2016 to decline for the first time…
by - October 10, 2016 6:56 pm
Legislative leaders want just-passed high-cost special ed funding removed from adequacy report
The speaker of the House and the chairman of the House Education Committee want to remove from the state’s “adequacy report” catastrophic special education funding adopted a week ago. The…
by - October 10, 2016 5:50 pm
Fort Smith Board reviews rising employee insurance fees at special study session
The Fort Smith Board of Directors mulled dwindling options for the 2017 healthcare plan for city employees at a special study session on Monday (Oct. 10), with Jerry Guy of…
by - October 10, 2016 5:00 pm
Tyson Foods invests in plant protein company, shares rebound
Tyson Foods has taken a 5% ownership stake in plant-based protein company Beyond Meat based in El Segundo, Calif., joining The Human Society of United States and Bill Gates who…
by - October 10, 2016 4:15 pm
CEO Ray Dillon retiring from Deltic Timber, Mark Leland named to interim post
The board of directors of Deltic Timber Corp. announced the retirement of Ray C. Dillon as the company’s President and CEO. D. Mark Leland, a current member of the company’s…