by - May 18, 2015 4:14 pm
A ruling by the World Trade Organization against a U.S. product labeling regulation is more proof that the U.S. law needs to be repealed, members of the state’s congressional delegation…
by - May 18, 2015 2:55 pm
A $15 million plan to build an overpass across one of Jonesboro’s busiest intersections has started to take shape, with some preliminary work already being done. As a train moved…
by - May 18, 2015 10:58 am
A seasoned executive and entrepreneur will speak Thursday (May 21) at the Inventors Club of Northeast Arkansas. Ted Moskal will talk about the work needed to become a successful inventor…
by - May 18, 2015 8:32 am
A special session looms. What will be addressed is yet to be announced, except for the main purpose, which in summary is for the state to spend tens of millions…
by - May 18, 2015 8:23 am
Two organizations – Midcontinent Independent System Operator and Southwest Power Pool – are putting Arkansas at the center of the nation’s electricity transmission grid.
by - May 18, 2015 8:19 am
Artist and photographer Aaron Gschwandegger spent much of his young life moving around the United States. Born in Jonesboro, his mother is a Walnut Ridge native, and his father, now…
by - May 18, 2015 4:52 am
Today’s executives know they need to continually develop and hone their management skills, so TB&P magazine editor Bill Paddack asked six business leaders to tell us about the single most…
by - May 17, 2015 8:09 am
This week’s Talk Business & Politics roundtable includes KATV’s lead capitol reporter Janelle Lilley, highway commissioner and TB&P contributor Frank D. Scott, Jr. and columnist and TB&P reporter Steve Brawner….
by - May 17, 2015 8:03 am
Rep. Joe Jett, chairman of the House Revenue & Tax Committee, says he will propose to a working group a study of using 25% of surplus funds for potential future highway funding.
by - May 17, 2015 7:33 am
The twin issues of foreign policy and national security were on the agenda this past week as Arkansas lawmakers were in the middle of the debate on several issues. Also,…
by - May 17, 2015 7:23 am
Volvo Cars announced last week that it has chosen South Carolina as the location of its first American factory – a $500 million state-of-the-art plant.
by - May 16, 2015 9:01 am
TV PREVIEW: HIGHWAYS, THE JOBS GOVERNOR AND BIG DATA On this week’s agenda: Gov. Asa Hutchinson has announced a May 26 special session primarily to pass a deal for the…
by - May 15, 2015 1:30 pm
Bear State Financial Inc., which consolidated its three subsidiary banks into a single charter in the first quarter, turned around its fortune and made a tidy profit for the first…
by - May 15, 2015 5:55 am
Read more of our weekly round-up of energy news from across the state and nation.
by - May 15, 2015 5:50 am
Arkansas is a small Southern state, but as it has in past elections, it will once again play an outsized role in the 2016 Presidential election. Two candidates with deep…
by - May 15, 2015 5:42 am
News that Walmart.com would begin testing a $50 subscription that provides unlimited deliveries to online shoppers within three days, did not come as a surprise to some. Market watchers say…
by - May 14, 2015 7:12 pm
You haven’t seen much out of Gov. Asa Hutchinson’s public schedule the last two days. That’s because the new Arkansas governor has been on the West Coast in high-level meetings with tech firms interested in his computer coding initiative.
by - May 14, 2015 4:27 pm
Shares in Little Rock department store owner, Dillard’s Inc., closed down in trading Thursday after the retail giant reported that quarterly earnings were down 10 cents from the same period…
by - May 14, 2015 4:21 pm
With a looming May 31 deadline that could end federal funding of highway and transportation projects in Arkansas and nationally, Cong. Rick Crawford, R-Jonesboro, said a short-term plan may be…
by - May 14, 2015 4:16 pm
Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department (AHTD) officials said that they received word Monday from U.S. Secretary of Transportation Anthony Foxx that federal transportation funds for projects across the state…
