by - January 23, 2018 5:20 pm
Four Arkansas counties will host a conference Feb. 27 at the Salem High School to help farmers prepare their herds for the upcoming spring season. The North Central Arkansas Beef…
by - January 22, 2018 7:02 pm
Craighead County Judge Ed Hill will not seek a fifth term. Hill, 62, told Talk Business & Politics he’s worked for the county a total of 43 years, and he…
by - January 20, 2018 10:25 am
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue said Friday that he is confident that the U.S., Canada and Mexico will come to a resolution on a new North American Free Trade…
by - January 19, 2018 4:36 pm
The controversial herbicide dicamba cannot be used by Arkansas farmers during the bulk of the 2018 growing season. The Arkansas Legislative Council voted Friday (Jan. 19) to invoke an Arkansas…
by - January 18, 2018 6:09 pm
Thaddeus Caraway’s greatest contribution to U.S. politics and government may be linked to his untimely death. The longtime congressman and U.S. senator died abruptly Nov. 6, 1931 from a blood…
by - January 17, 2018 3:54 pm
Residents in Jonesboro were fed up with a continuing problem, and in 1906 they decided to do something about it. Sewer waste water spewed in the streets. A group of…
by - January 16, 2018 6:30 pm
Arkansas is one step away from banning the controversial herbicide dicamba for virtually all of the 2018 growing season. Members of the Administrative Rules and Regulations Subcommittee of the Arkansas…
by - January 15, 2018 4:44 pm
Northeast Arkansas’ hub city has shown strong economic growth in different sectors, but in 2017 the city’s building permits dropped significantly after an all-time high in 2016. The city issued…
by - January 15, 2018 3:30 pm
Hotel construction in Arkansas rose 14% between December 2016 and December 2017, indicating a departure from a trend of decline in hotel construction nationwide, according to the hospitality industry statistics…
by - January 14, 2018 10:01 pm
The matriarch of one of the most influential families in the healthcare industry in Northeast Arkansas has passed away. Laura Jean Shemwell Clopton, 86, died Wednesday (Jan. 10) at St…
by - January 10, 2018 5:21 pm
Talk Business & Politics will launch a monthly print publication in Northeast Arkansas beginning in March 2018. The tabloid-size newsmagazine will feature business and political leaders and trends in the…
by - January 10, 2018 5:05 pm
Unemployment rates in Jonesboro and the surrounding region are near historic lows, but median income rates and labor participation rates are lower than the state and national averages. Jonesboro Unlimited…
by - January 10, 2018 3:04 pm
Gov. Asa Hutchinson is directing $500,000 in state discretionary funds to the Arkansas State University System to fund its ongoing Accelerate ASU efficiency study. ASU contracted with Huron Consulting Group…
by - January 9, 2018 5:09 pm
The Arkansas State Plant Board has decided to keep its April 15 deadline for dicamba use in Arkansas, and now it will be up to the Arkansas Legislative Council’s Administrative…
by - January 8, 2018 5:37 pm
The city of Jonesboro is closer to opening its much discussed shooting range and education center. The city bought 208.7 acres that abuts Moore’s Road on Monday (Jan. 8) at…
by - January 8, 2018 5:25 pm
The Arkansas Agriculture Hall of Fame will have six new members after an induction ceremony March 2 at the Embassy Suites Hotel in Little Rock. Once the new class is…
by - January 8, 2018 1:08 pm
In 2017, 1,566 wildfires burned 27,549 acres in Arkansas. It’s the highest number of wildfires and acres burned since 2012 when 2,148 wildfires burned 34,434 acres. Overall, wildfires were larger…
by - January 7, 2018 1:26 pm
Population stagnation, limited wage and job growth have kept many counties in eastern Arkansas in the Mississippi Delta Region mired in mediocre economic growth. One organization comprised of eight counties…
by - January 3, 2018 5:20 pm
Craighead County and its seat, Jonesboro, set new records in sales tax collections in 2017. Craighead County collected $19.989 million in sales and use tax, a 3.1% ($616,288) increase from…
by - January 2, 2018 7:45 pm
The Arkansas State Plant Board will hold a special meeting Wednesday (Jan. 3) in Little Rock to discuss potential regulation changes for the use of the herbicide dicamba during the…
