by - March 18, 2015 7:25 pm
Grocery is a business of thin margins but it is about 56% of Wal-Mart’s total annual U.S. sales. Getting it right is of the upmost importance to Walmart U.S. CEO…
by - March 18, 2015 6:57 pm
While 16 legislators on a task force will debate and set policy on the future of Medicaid and health care reform, advocacy groups and state agency leaders will also be…
by - March 18, 2015 6:08 pm
A plan supporting a regional jail approach to the state’s corrections debate will help the state and its residents in many ways, the sponsor of the bill said Wednesday. The…
by - March 18, 2015 3:37 pm
This week’s “Talk Politics” roundtable is online and available for viewing at the bottom of this post. KATV’s Janelle Lilley, Americans For Prosperity’s David Ray, The Markham Group’s Robert McLarty,…
by - March 18, 2015 3:15 pm
A bill that would have ended Arkansas’ participation in a multi-state assessment associated with the Common Core failed to get a second in the Senate Education Committee Wednesday and then…
by - March 18, 2015 1:20 pm
In an effort to more aptly describe its services, microlender Accion has changed its name to LiftFund. The 20-year old non-profit, which located in Arkansas in 2011, said the name…
by - March 18, 2015 11:48 am
A bill that would have aligned school board elections with the state’s general elections was defeated in committee, while a bill to allow federal officeholders to run in two races…
by - March 18, 2015 7:33 am
Windstream’s chief executive officer Tony Thomas discusses the challenges and opportunities on the Little Rock telecom’s horizons.
by - March 18, 2015 2:49 am
As natural gas drillers and oilfield equipment firms continue to cut their capital spending in the Fayetteville Shale, there are already signs that severance tax collections in Arkansas began to…
by - March 18, 2015 1:38 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…
by - March 17, 2015 7:27 pm
A stalemate between supporters and opponents of an education bill led to the bill’s sponsor yanking the bill from consideration this session. However, the bill’s sponsor said he plans to…
by - March 17, 2015 4:00 pm
The Affordable Care Act has reduced the number of uninsured Americans, but many of the most important changes in health care have come as a result of market forces that…
by - March 17, 2015 2:41 pm
On Tuesday, more than 600 women in Arkansas heard hours of advice from some of the top female business leaders in the state.
by - March 17, 2015 2:27 pm
TB&P Business Editor Wes Brown and Editor-in-Chief Roby Brock discuss the big business stories of the week, which included the Maker Faire coming to downtown North Little Rock and the…
by - March 17, 2015 1:29 pm
Keeping with his campaign rhetoric, Gov. Asa Hutchinson met with reporters on Tuesday to tout three measures designed to realign workforce education efforts in Arkansas. Surrounded by cabinet members and…
by - March 17, 2015 11:24 am
A bill that would ban “rehoming” in Arkansas was approved by a key committee Tuesday morning, and later in the day, Gov. Asa Hutchinson said he was launching an “independent…
by - March 17, 2015 8:18 am
Arkansas’ unemployment rate fell one point in January to 5.6% as the state’s growing labor pool added another 9,200 workers, according to state Department of Workforce Services (DWS) officials. As…
by - March 17, 2015 8:00 am
Last week, Senator Tom Cotton made himself a household name by deviating from “Senatorial” norms and circumventing the president’s authority by sending a letter to the Iranian government for the…
by - March 17, 2015 5:54 am
Deltic Timber, Murphy Oil and Murphy USA have had a huge impact on El Dorado, its success and its quality of life.
by - March 17, 2015 12:23 am
While the recent focus has been on the brewing steel factory war in Northeast Arkansas, Nucor Steel has been part of the fabric of the region for nearly three decades….
