by - February 2, 2015 6:59 pm
A Senate bill at the heart of debate on the Private Option issue heads to a key House committee Tuesday, while a bill to provide federal funding for the program…
by - February 2, 2015 4:53 pm
The question for Arkansas’ home sales market going into 2014 was if the healthy pace of growth in 2013 could be maintained. It could, and it was.
by - February 2, 2015 11:54 am
Arkansas Electric Cooperatives Inc.’s (AECI) new renewable energy subsidiary announced today that it had reached an exclusive agreement to sell commercial-grade solar photovoltaic units across its six-state distribution footprint. The…
by - February 2, 2015 10:07 am
Before his run for Arkansas Governor, Mike Ross was looking forward to retirement from Congress and serving as SVP for Governmental Affairs for regional electricity transmission operator Southwest Power Pool….
by - February 2, 2015 8:34 am
Governor Asa Hutchinson has now released his budget and two things stand out. He’s proposing a 1% cut to most agencies and he’s also not including in the schedule any…
by - February 2, 2015 8:30 am
Tony Wood is now not only the state’s education commissioner but, as of Wednesday (Jan. 28), effectively the Little Rock School District’s school board. The State Board of Education’s takeover…
by - February 2, 2015 6:02 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…
by - February 2, 2015 5:36 am
Editor’s note: The author of this guest commentary, Hoyte R. Pyle, CFA, is a Senior Wealth Consultant with BancorpSouth Asset Management and Trust. He can be reached by email at…
by - February 1, 2015 4:19 pm
On Friday, the Independent Citizens Commission gave us a look at their salary proposal for the officials under their review. While their process over the last couple months has been…
by - February 1, 2015 9:23 am
Dr. Sherece West-Scantlebury, executive director of the Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation and a steering member of ForwARd Arkansas, says the newly formed education reform group wants to shape a pre-K through…
by - February 1, 2015 9:19 am
Bradley Phillips with LobbyUp.com sits down with KATV’s lead capitol reporter Janelle Lilley this week for his segment on the most viewed bills from the legislative session this week. LobbyUp’s…
by - February 1, 2015 9:13 am
Look for prison reform to be one of the next big agenda items for the Arkansas Legislature to tackle.
by - February 1, 2015 8:14 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…
by - February 1, 2015 6:44 am
A busy week last week may be foreboding as lawmakers head back to Little Rock Monday for the fourth week of the Arkansas General Assembly. The state Senate voted 27-7…
by - January 31, 2015 8:04 am
TV REVIEW: THE LEDGE IN FULL SWING On this week’s edition of Talk Business & Politics: The Arkansas Legislature moves bills related to the Private Option, tax cuts and the…
by - January 31, 2015 7:07 am
The Independent Citizens Commission studying potential raises for elected officials as result of the recently passed Amendment 94 seems to have found some consensus for salary recommendations.
by - January 30, 2015 9:27 pm
BOOZMAN CO-SPONSORS CUBA TRAVEL BILL Sen. John Boozman, R-Ark., on Thursday joined a bipartisan group of colleagues to introduce legislation that would end restrictions on travel to Cuba imposed on…
by - January 30, 2015 9:01 pm
Gov. Asa Hutchinson announced the following appointments: David Nelson, Magnolia, to the Southern Arkansas University Board of Trustees. Appointment expires January 14, 2020. Replaces James Freeman. Jay Brain, Rogers, to…
by - January 30, 2015 6:47 pm
A longtime economic development official has been named the interim leader of the Arkansas State University Delta Center for Economic Development, university officials said Monday. Shawnie Carrier, who also serves…
by - January 30, 2015 7:10 am
It is indeed a happy new year at Tyson Foods. The Springdale-based global meat processing, marketing and distribution company reported record revenue of $10.817 billion for the first fiscal quarter,…
