by - July 15, 2015 10:25 am
A North Carolina company is looking to develop about 16 acres of land near Arkansas State University to build a 240-unit student housing complex, a spokesman for the company said…
by - July 15, 2015 9:40 am
Editor’s note: Each Wednesday, Talk Business & Politics provides “Health Beat,” a round-up of health-related topics in our email newsletter, which you can sign up to receive daily for free here. HEALTH CARE…
by - July 15, 2015 9:28 am
Matt Mershon with content partner KATV reports: Airplane food has always had a bad reputation, but one Northeast Arkansas restaurant is challenging that theory. The Parachute Inn serves up southern…
by - July 15, 2015 4:51 am
Those who spoke Tuesday (July 14) at the opening ceremony for a six-mile piece of Interstate 49 through Chaffee Crossing east of Fort Smith had a common theme: It’s a great start worth celebrating, but more money and concrete is needed to link the short stretch into a major national highway corridor.
by - July 14, 2015 7:58 pm
Arkansas, like 44 other states, gets an “F” for its medical pricing transparency from one report, but a statewide effort could raise the score and help consumers better understand what…
by - July 14, 2015 5:51 pm
TB&P Business Editor Wesley Brown and Editor-in-Chief Roby Brock debated a variety of topics on this week’s business podcast edition of Talk Business & Politics. Those topics include: U.S. Quietly…
by - July 14, 2015 2:48 pm
Lockheed Martin will debut its first-ever live stream launch of the future USS Little Rock on Friday at the Marinette Marine shipyard in Wisconsin.
by - July 14, 2015 1:50 pm
A family with longtime agricultural ties to Northeast Arkansas on Tuesday gave $1 million to Arkansas State University to help set up a faculty chair in agricultural business. Perry Wilson,…
by - July 14, 2015 1:45 pm
A program to help promote soy-based foods around the state gets its start this month with restaurants around Arkansas participating. “They approached us and asked us to do it. We…
by - July 14, 2015 11:56 am
When most trout fishermen die, the Governor doesn’t issue a statement. But Jim Gaston was no ordinary trout fisherman. He was a stunt pilot, photographer, steam engine collector, motorcyclist, fountain…
by - July 14, 2015 9:43 am
The agreement early Tuesday between the United States and Iran over nuclear weapons and economic sanctions put foreign policy back into the political debate and drew a strong rebuke from the state’s congressional delegation.
by - July 14, 2015 6:18 am
More than 15,000 individuals have lost state government health benefits because their family incomes vary at least 10% from their original applications and they did not respond to government requests to verify their incomes.
by - July 14, 2015 6:13 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 - July 14, 2015 5:13 am
Alia Borroho, 32, has been a business development director at an education tech startup in Little Rock. She wanted to write software code instead. After 12 weeks of classes, she’ll be able to do so.
by - July 13, 2015 7:51 pm
The sounds of off-road trucks driving into the new Love’s Truck Stop in Jonesboro may not mean much to some folks. But the impending sound of cash registers ringing has…
by - July 13, 2015 6:58 pm
Two of Arkansas’ largest publicly traded concerns bounced off yearly lows in Monday’s week-opening session, but several firms saw a rebound.
by - July 13, 2015 6:50 pm
A Northeast Arkansas native will be working at a clinic that will help people facing pain, officials said Monday. Dr. Ezekiel (Zeke) Shotts is originally from Paragould, Arkansas and recently…
by - July 13, 2015 6:45 pm
River operators say the hard-hitting rains of the last three months have dealt the barge business the ‘worst economic blow’ since the Great Recession.
by - July 13, 2015 3:38 pm
Bank of the Ozarks easily beat year ago results and met Wall Street expectations by reporting second quarter earnings of 52 cents a share, up 53% from 34 cents a…
by - July 13, 2015 3:26 pm
Clean Line Energy Partners LLC said Monday that Houston-based Bluescape Resources plans to take a $50 million equity stake in the company’s portfolio of wind-powered transmission projects.
