by - December 2, 2015 6:42 am
Gov. Asa Hutchinson (R) on Tuesday (Dec. 1) announced the following appointments to the reestablished Governor’s Developmental Disabilities Council. Per executive order 15-19, council members representing principal state agencies shall…
by - December 1, 2015 9:37 pm
Fort Smith Police Chief Kevin Lindsey readily admits that the city’s police force does not have enough minorities, especially African American officers. He says the department actively works to diversify…
by - December 1, 2015 8:48 pm
Gov. Asa Hutchinson has directed the Department of Human Services to pause development of its $112-million-over-budget computerized Medicaid Enrollment and Eligibility Framework (EEF) after receiving a report from a consultant…
by - December 1, 2015 7:51 pm
Look away now for those of you hoping top personnel changes underway at the city of Fort Smith and recent actions by the Fort Smith Board are leading to more…
by - December 1, 2015 6:54 pm
David Burton, an assistant vice president, purchasing and security officer with First National Bank of Fort Smith, has received the first annual Sam M. Sicard Community Leadership Award. The award…
by - December 1, 2015 6:54 pm
David Burton, an assistant vice president, purchasing and security officer with First National Bank of Fort Smith, has received the first annual Sam M. Sicard Community Leadership Award. The award…
by - December 1, 2015 6:46 pm
While it’s still early in the holiday shopping timeframe, consumers took advantage of the promotional Cyber Monday sales to the tune of $3.07 billion, up 16% from last year and…
by - December 1, 2015 6:22 pm
Retail giant Wal-Mart Stores Inc. has made its lobbying efforts for 2014 public on its investor website. The company said it spent $2.3 million on lobbying efforts at the state…
by - December 1, 2015 6:22 pm
Retail giant Wal-Mart Stores Inc. has made its lobbying efforts for 2014 public on its investor website. The company said it spent $2.3 million on lobbying efforts at the state…
by - December 1, 2015 6:14 pm
A study by two Arkansas researchers shows racial differences in criminal convictions for murders, which they said is the result of unintended bias. Adjoa Aiyetoro, a professor at the University…
by - December 1, 2015 5:13 pm
Fort Smith-based ArcBest Corp. is spending about 10% of its more than $260 million in cash to beef up its logistics business by acquiring Bear Transportation Services, a Plano, Texas-based…
by - December 1, 2015 3:26 pm
The yearlong downturn in Arkansas’ much-maligned manufacturing sector will continue through the early part of next year and will likely push the number of blue collar jobs near or below…
by - December 1, 2015 3:17 pm
An October poll by the Good Roads Foundation found that Arkansans support more funding for highways but would oppose any increase in the gas tax above 2 cents per gallon….
by - December 1, 2015 3:00 pm
It’s been more than five years since the recession of 2008 and 2009 officially ended, but consumer spending patterns across Arkansas remain muted compared to the rest of the nation….
by - December 1, 2015 8:06 am
Editor’s note: Each Tuesday, Talk Business & Politics provides “Campus Talk,” a recap and deep-dive into education topics. HENDRIX COLLABORATES WITH CHINESE COLLEGE ON NEW STUDENT EXCHANGE, STUDY PROGRAM: Hendrix College and…
by - December 1, 2015 6:27 am
The Nanotechnology for Health Care Conferences at the Winthrop Rockefeller Institute will host as the keynote speaker Sir Harold Kroto, a Francis Eppes professor of chemistry at Florida State University….
by - November 30, 2015 11:10 pm
A discrimination/retaliation lawsuit filed Monday (Nov. 30) against the Fort Smith Police Department (FSPD) notes that the department has not promoted a black officer since 1988 and has not hired…
by - November 30, 2015 10:24 pm
Relentless rain in many parts of the U.S. and an icy mess from the Texas Panhandle to South Dakota didn’t stop consumers from seeking promised bargains in stores and online…
by - November 30, 2015 7:34 pm
The state of Arkansas will be working with the Council of State Governments Justice Center to try to reverse the growth of the nation’s fastest rising prison population from 2012-14….
by - November 30, 2015 7:10 pm
Gov. Asa Hutchinson Monday told the state’s Legislative Criminal Justice Oversight Task Force that inmate sentencing guidelines should be given more teeth and more weight. Composed of legislators, law enforcement…
