by - August 3, 2015 1:21 pm
Editor’s note: Randy Zook, author of this guest commentary, is the President & CEO of the Arkansas State Chamber of Commerce/Associated Industries of Arkansas. Instead of pro-growth policies that lift…
by - August 3, 2015 10:58 am
The Arkansas labor pool continues to expand as business activity picks up this summer, but flat to declining weekly wages are stifling economic growth across the state and region heading…
by - August 3, 2015 10:48 am
Gov. Asa Hutchinson on Monday announced the members of a board that will help improve the juvenile justice system in the state. The Youth Justice Reform Board will be to…
by - August 3, 2015 10:04 am
The number of enrollees in Arkansas’ private option shrunk by about 26,500 at midnight July 31 because those former beneficiaries did not respond to requests by the Department of Human…
by - August 3, 2015 10:01 am
The Delta Entrepreneurship Network (DEN) is seeking its second round of fellows to join the inaugural class of DEN fellows through six Delta Challenge pitch competitions across the region this…
by - August 3, 2015 9:17 am
A plan to extend the Earned Income Tax Credit in Arkansas failed in the last legislative session, but the idea has seen support in other states, according to a national…
by - August 3, 2015 8:31 am
Optus recently announced it has been named a best place to work in Arkansas by Best Companies Group. Optus is a business communications technology company located in Jonesboro. According to…
by - August 3, 2015 7:55 am
Another police officer is dead, murdered in the streets of Memphis, Tennessee. Only a few weeks ago, two police officers were gunned down on the streets of Jackson, Mississippi. Murders…
by - August 3, 2015 7:41 am
The Arkansas Economic Development Commission will receive a $20 million grant to support research and workforce development training opportunities with an emphasis on strengthening STEM.
by - August 3, 2015 6:51 am
A more than $900 million gain in prepared food segment revenue helped push fiscal third quarter net income for Tyson Foods up to $343 million, 31.9% higher compared to the…
by - August 3, 2015 6:45 am
ArcBest Corp. posted second quarter net income of $19.967 million, up 16% compared to the same quarter of 2014, thanks in large part to a more than 13% reduction in…
by - August 3, 2015 6:40 am
Editor’s note: Each Monday, Talk Business & Politics provides “Money Talk,” a wrap-up of banking and financial news in our email newsletter, which you can sign up to receive daily for free here….
by - August 2, 2015 8:29 am
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette columnist and TB&P contributor John Brummett sits down for an extended conversation with Sarah Huckabee Sanders, the campaign manager and daughter of 2016 Presidential candidate former Arkansas Gov….
by - August 2, 2015 8:07 am
New CJRW CEO Darin Gray outlines what he sees as major challenges and opportunities for his firm and the world of advertising.
by - August 2, 2015 7:20 am
Former Arkansas State Senate Chief of Staff Bill “Scoop” Lancaster has a new book out full of inside stories regarding his time in state politics. It is titled “Inside the Arkansas Legislature” and long-time politicos are bound to enjoy.
by - August 2, 2015 7:12 am
Editor’s note: Each Sunday, Talk Business & Politics provides “Made In America,” a wrap-up of manufacturing news in our email newsletter, which you can sign up to receive daily for free here. NATIONAL…
by - August 2, 2015 7:09 am
The debate over a highway bill capped this week’s action in the nation’s capital as lawmakers approved a short-term bill before heading to recess. Meanwhile, one of the issues to…
by - August 1, 2015 7:01 am
TV PREVIEW: A BRUMMETT & A HUCKABEE On this week’s TV edition of Talk Business & Politics: Mike Huckabee makes controversial comments. Arkansas Democrat-Gazette columnist and TB&P contributor John Brummett…
by - July 31, 2015 1:02 pm
Central Arkansas’ jobless rate fell below five percent in June as the area’s labor pool added more than 11,000 workers to employer’s payrolls, according to the most recent figures released…
by - July 31, 2015 11:52 am
The “Tiffany Network” is coming to Jonesboro. Officials with Mississippi-based communications company Waypoint Media said Friday that a CBS affiliate will start broadcasting Aug. 1 in the Jonesboro market. Michael…
