by - June 22, 2015 10:24 pm
The decision to hire a Tennessee-based company to complete a hazard mitigation plan for Craighead County brought a lot of back-and-forth Monday as Craighead County and Jonesboro officials debated over…
by - June 22, 2015 10:15 pm
A report Monday that the United States and Iran are sharing a military base in Iraq drew a sharp rebuke from Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark. According to a Bloomberg View…
by - June 22, 2015 9:59 pm
Bentonville-based Wal-Mart Stores says a report generated by union groups regarding the retailer’s use of tax havens to shield U.S. taxes is “flawed.”
by - June 22, 2015 9:47 pm
Jacob Kauffman with our content partner, KUAR FM 89.1 News, reports: Governor Asa Hutchinson briefly chimed in on the subject of Confederate iconography in the hours preceding the governor of…
by - June 22, 2015 5:31 pm
Bear State Financial Inc. announced Monday that it has agreed to purchase a Missouri bank in an all-stock deal that will add $442 million in assets to the fast-growing Little…
by - June 22, 2015 5:22 pm
Gov. Asa Hutchinson has directed the Department of Education to withdraw Arkansas from the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) consortium, despite a vote June 11 by the State Board of Education to keep Arkansas in the consortium.
by - June 22, 2015 2:16 pm
Following a meeting last week with Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson at the Paris Air Show, Aerojet Rocketdyne, a world leader in the development and manufacturing of aerospace and defense products,…
by - June 22, 2015 1:09 pm
Donald Trump is coming to Arkansas. The billionaire real estate mogul, reality television star, and, as of last Tuesday, presidential candidate will speak at the Republican Party of Arkansas’ Reagan-Rockefeller…
by - June 22, 2015 7:35 am
Williams Companies, the Tulsa, Okla.-based natural gas pipeline and terminal operator, turned down an unsolicited buyout offer valued at 64 cents per share or $48 billion, the company announced on…
by - June 22, 2015 6:59 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 22, 2015 6:59 am
Our state has a problem. We don’t handle contract procurements very well. Recently, the Department of Human Services (DHS) has received deserved attention for mismanaging multiple eligibility contracts. It’s a…
by - June 21, 2015 9:51 am
Americans paid off $34.7 billion in credit card debt in the first quarter of 2015 while racking up a whopping $55 billion in additional card debt so far this year,…
by - June 21, 2015 9:11 am
Editor’s note: The Supply Side section of The City Wire focuses on the companies, organizations, issues and individuals engaged in providing products and services to retailers. The Supply Side is…
by - June 21, 2015 9:01 am
The road between startup and success is long and tiring, but for entrepreneurial team Ram Ganesan and Pavan Kumar the prospects of raising a cool million dollars to further their…
by - June 21, 2015 8:39 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. ARKANSAS…
by - June 21, 2015 8:16 am
New survey data shows Republican Mike Huckabee would beat Democrat Hillary Clinton, and former Democratic Arkansas Gov. Mike Beebe would lead incumbent GOP Sen. John Boozman under hypothetical head-to-head match-ups.
by - June 20, 2015 7:29 am
TV PREVIEW: HILLARY VS. HUCKABEE This week on Talk Business & Politics, which airs Sundays at 9 a.m. on KATV Channel 7: New polling data highlights the job approval ratings…
by - June 19, 2015 8:20 pm
U.S. Senator Tom Cotton has seen his job approval numbers slip, but Gov. Asa Hutchinson remains extremely popular, according to new polling data from Talk Business & Politics, Hendrix College and Impact Management Group.
by - June 19, 2015 9:09 am
Diverting offenders with mental illness into treatment instead of incarcerating them could save Arkansas $140 million a year, according to a rough estimate in a new report issued Thursday by…
by - June 19, 2015 8:53 am
Pump prices in Arkansas and across the nation have unexpectedly climbed higher even though many market experts continue to believe prices are nearing a seasonal high.
