by - September 23, 2016 5:06 am
The Arkansas Supreme Court ruled Thursday in favor of keeping on the November ballot the Arkansas Medical Cannabis Act, one of two initiatives related to medical marijuana, but the initiative…
by - September 22, 2016 9:01 pm
Lawrence County Democrats selected 59-year-old John Thomison Thursday night (Sept. 22) to be the party’s nominee for county judge in the November general election. Deceased Judge Dale Freeman’s name will…
by - September 22, 2016 8:46 pm
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 fans who have been…
by - September 22, 2016 8:27 pm
The Jonesboro Police Department wants to switch to an electronic ticket and filing system. A grant provided by the U. S. Department of Justice will help the department reach that…
by - September 22, 2016 8:27 pm
The Jonesboro Police Department wants to switch to an electronic ticket and filing system. A grant provided by the U. S. Department of Justice will help the department reach that…
by - September 22, 2016 4:54 pm
The number of individuals enrolling in public health care through the private option climbed to 317,289 in August. Meanwhile, Gov. Asa Hutchinson has asked state health officials to create a…
by - September 22, 2016 4:21 pm
A new Talk Business & Politics-Hendrix College survey shows that Republican Presidential nominee Donald Trump has widened his lead over Democrat Hillary Clinton by another 10 points from late June….
by - September 22, 2016 4:07 pm
Fort Smith businessman Brandon Woodrome, who ran for an Arkansas House seat in 2008 and attempted in 2010 to broadly change Arkansas’ tax code, has pleaded guilty in federal court…
by - September 22, 2016 3:30 pm
The price-tag Wal-Mart Stores may pay for alleged violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act just went higher than the $858 million the retailer will have spent by the end…
by - September 22, 2016 9:50 am
More than 200 former ITT students in central Arkansas are still unsure of their futures after the parent company of the for-profit school filed for bankruptcy after shuttering more than…
by - September 22, 2016 4:02 am
Editor’s note: Each Thursday, Talk Business & Politics provides “Startup Talk,” a round-up of startup, technology and entrepreneurial news. ––––––––––––––– MAJORITY OF BUSINESSES, ECONOMIES NOT READY FOR DIGITAL PLATFORMS Research released by…
by - September 21, 2016 8:21 pm
Candlemaker Burt Hanna, rice and grain operators and even an oil importer in Arkansas are ready to do business with Cuba, held back only by an embargo rendered 56 years…
by - September 21, 2016 7:54 pm
Arkansas Children’s Research Institute will receive $1.9 million as part of a seven-year, $157 million initiative announced Wednesday (Sept. 21) by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to study how…
by - September 21, 2016 7:54 pm
Arkansas Children’s Research Institute will receive $1.9 million as part of a seven-year, $157 million initiative announced Wednesday (Sept. 21) by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to study how…
by - September 21, 2016 7:43 pm
FMH Conveyors is nearly finished with its expanded 195,000-square-foot facility at the corner of Highland Drive and Barnhill Road in Jonesboro. The $12.5 million project should be completed before the…
by - September 21, 2016 7:39 pm
Jonesboro City Council members voted 10-1 to adopt a salary increase plan for Jonesboro police officers. The move ended months of bitter discussions between law officers, their families, and elected…
by - September 21, 2016 6:42 pm
Mike Leavitt served as President George W. Bush’s secretary of Health and Human Services and, before that, as Environmental Protection Agency administrator. He now chairs Leavitt Partners, a health care…
by - September 21, 2016 2:11 pm
The Federal Open Market Committee on Wednesday voted to maintain the target range for the federal funds at 0.25% to 0.5% as the uncertain economic outlook has caused the monetary…
by - September 21, 2016 12:42 pm
The foreclosure crisis is largely over for much of the United States including Arkansas, but there continues to be some counties seeing more delinquent filings and foreclosure sales through August….
by - September 21, 2016 11:00 am
The Arkansas Teacher Retirement System (ATRS) and other minority shareholders of Tesla Motors are seeking to halt or delay the electric car company’s pending $2.6 billion acquisition with SolarCity Corp.,…
