by - July 20, 2015 5:22 pm
When it comes to public policy, safety and economic development are often thought of as completely separate. In fact, the two are very much interrelated. When people feel safe in…
by - July 20, 2015 9:23 am
Enrollment for the Cotton Transition Assistance Program (CTAP) established under the 2014 Farm Bill has officially kicked off and will last until the sign-up deadline on Sept. 30, U.S. Department…
by - July 20, 2015 9:15 am
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by - July 19, 2015 8:04 am
Hendrix College political science professor Dr. Jay Barth and Impact Management Group strategist Clint Reed share their thoughts on the trajectory of the 2016 Presidential race.
by - July 19, 2015 7:51 am
The warm weather in Arkansas was a definite match for the debate this past week in Congress as the state’s congressional delegation made their opinions known on a series of…
by - July 19, 2015 7:31 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. SUCCESS…
by - July 19, 2015 6:40 am
Arkansan Cyrene Quiamco has found a way to make money and capture worldwide fame from using the smart phone app Snapchat.
by - July 18, 2015 9:11 pm
Former first lady and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton took shots at Donald Trump and the Republican Party while sounding some of her campaign’s populist economic themes in Little Rock Saturday night to an arena full of Democrats.
by - July 18, 2015 4:42 pm
Arkansas Republicans had a bounty of Presidential candidates to choose from when it came time to pick a speaker for their annual Reagan-Rockefeller Dinner. In the end, Arkansas Republican leadership…
by - July 18, 2015 10:33 am
TV PREVIEW: HILLARY & THE DONALD This week on Talk Business & Politics, which airs Sundays at 9 a.m. on KATV Channel 7: Donald Trump speaks to a Republican gathering…
by - July 18, 2015 8:16 am
U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, will be the next Republican presidential candidate to visit Arkansas. The Texas senator will appear August 12 at the Crawford County Lincoln Day Dinner. The…
by - July 18, 2015 7:49 am
Following the death of four U.S. Marines and the shooting of a sailor in Chattanooga, Tenn., Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson (R) and Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin (R) have instructed the…
by - July 17, 2015 9:01 pm
Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump hyped his business acumen and fired off a bevy of zingers as he fired up an Arkansas GOP crowd in Hot Springs at the annual Reagan-Rockefeller dinner.
by - July 17, 2015 7:29 am
J.B. Hunt Transport Services posted second quarter net income of $103.42 million, better than the $93.41 million in the second quarter of 2014, but below market expectations on a per share basis.
by - July 17, 2015 12:28 am
The Arkansas Payment Improvement Initiative has produced some savings, but the state should consider looking at other, more proven strategies, legislators were told Thursday. The Health Care Reform Legislative Task…
by - July 17, 2015 12:21 am
Vietnam’s national oil company has reportedly signed pacts with El Dorado-based Murphy Oil Corp. to strengthen cooperation in oil and gas projects in the Southeast Asian country.
by - July 17, 2015 12:20 am
Running an effective e-commerce operation like Amazon, Alibaba and Walmart at a time when consumers expect more for less is a daunting task.
by - July 16, 2015 8:45 pm
The Arkansas Department of Parks and Tourism and the Little Rock Convention and Visitors Bureau were among 117 major travel-related companies and organizations urging congressional leaders to cut taxes on air travelers and move to a user-fee model for infrastructure financing as part of the forthcoming Federal Aviation Administration reauthorization.
by - July 16, 2015 7:29 pm
Enrollees in the state’s private option visit the emergency room at five times the rate of the rest of the Blue Cross population and are less likely to use their…
by - July 16, 2015 7:24 pm
Arkansas Medicaid officials have sent notices of termination to 25,000 Medicaid beneficiaries, almost all of them recipients of the state’s private option, informing them that they are losing their eligibility because they did not respond to a request for income verification.
