by - June 30, 2015 3:34 pm
The private label business has been challenging for ConAgra Foods since it acquired Ralcorp Holdings in January 2013. The $6.8 billion deal has yielded disappointing results for the packaged food…
by - June 30, 2015 11:31 am
It’s déjà vu all over again. A longtime Jonesboro company broke ground on a $12 million, 62,000 square foot facility that will bring up to 75 new jobs to the…
by - June 30, 2015 9:42 am
Christie Jordan, executive director of the Food Bank of Northeast Arkansas helps feed those hungry for sustenance and hungry for political direction.
by - June 30, 2015 9:18 am
Editor’s note: Each Tuesday, Talk Business & Politics provides “Campus Talk,” a recap and deep-dive into education topics in our email newsletter, which you can sign up to receive daily for free here….
by - June 30, 2015 9:07 am
Allison Munn with our content partner, KAIT Ch. 8, reports: High temperatures have affected some Region 8 businesses, forcing them to close up shop during the hottest hours of the…
by - June 29, 2015 8:01 pm
A proposal for a five-year, one-cent sales tax to re-open Crittenden Regional Hospital will be on the ballot next month. Crittenden County residents will head to the polls July 14…
by - June 29, 2015 7:56 pm
Officials were hoping for only a slight increase when details of sales tax revenues for Jonesboro and Craighead County were released Friday. Their hopes were supported with figures as both…
by - June 29, 2015 7:44 pm
President Obama’s broad agenda to regulate dirty air emissions suffered a setback on Monday when the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) should have considered…
by - June 29, 2015 7:27 pm
Arkansas should continue its efforts to establish a state-based insurance exchange, the executive director of the state’s Health Insurance Marketplace said, even though a recent Supreme Court ruling makes it less necessary to do so.
by - June 29, 2015 3:26 pm
Members of the U.S. Supreme Court ventured far into the debate about the overall legality of the death penalty in a Monday (June 29) ruling that Oklahoma could continue with…
by - June 29, 2015 1:01 pm
County clerks do not have discretion when it comes to issuing same-sex marriage licenses, Gov. Asa Hutchinson said Monday. Hutchinson made the statement after being asked about social media comments…
by - June 29, 2015 1:00 pm
Gov. Asa Hutchinson signed a memorandum of understanding with Vietnam’s Dong Nai Province Monday, a day before the province was to announce the opening of a trade office in Bentonville….
by - June 29, 2015 7:05 am
The Supreme Court issued two rulings last week. In one, they ended a multi-year lawsuit challenging the federal government’s establishment of a healthcare exchange, which provide insurance subsidies to low-income…
by - June 29, 2015 6:21 am
A Pentagon official confirmed over the weekend that a decision on the $30 billion award for Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) project remains on schedule for an award in the fiscal fourth quarter, which for the U.S. military concludes at the end of September.
by - June 29, 2015 6:09 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 - June 29, 2015 5:47 am
Editor’s note: Guest columnist Tommy Foltz, a long-time resident of Little Rock, is Executive Vice-President of the Houston-based Consumer Energy Alliance, which has a nationwide network of 400,000 individual consumers…
by - June 28, 2015 9:18 am
The iconic ball cap worn by Sam Walton, a miniature Wal-Mart truck and short biographical stories of Walton’s retail rise are among more than 600 artifacts woven into the fabric of the “American Enterprise” exhibit set to open July 1 at the Smithsonian Museum of American History in Washington, D.C.
by - June 28, 2015 8:28 am
Editor’s note: Grant Tennille, the author of this guest commentary, is the former executive director of the Arkansas Economic Development Commission. Call it, The Tale of Two Flags. The murder…
by - June 28, 2015 8:17 am
State policy leaders say Arkansans should look for “prudent progress” and an “Arkansas-centric approach” to health insurance reform in the wake of the Supreme Court’s landmark ruling last week in…
by - June 28, 2015 8:05 am
Editor’s note: The author of this guest commentary, Dustin McDaniel, is a partner at McDaniel Richardson and Calhoun in Little Rock. He served as Attorney General of Arkansas from 2007-2015,…
