by - January 15, 2015 9:39 am
Editor’s note: Each Thursday, Talk Business & Politics provides “Startup Talk,” a round-up of startup, technology and entrepreneurial news in our email newsletter, which you can sign up to receive…
by - January 15, 2015 8:36 am
Home Bancshares, parent company of Centennial Bank, reported fourth quarter net income of $29.9 million, which led to full year earnings of $113.1 million – a 70% increase over the…
by - January 15, 2015 6:17 am
Editor’s note: This story first appeared in the January-February 2015 issue of Talk Business & Politics magazine. Wray is one of four inductees in this year’s UA Walton College of…
by - January 15, 2015 6:11 am
Big reductions in the amount of coal, wheat and farm products shipped on the Arkansas River were primary reasons for a 3% drop in tonnage shipped in 2014 compared to…
by - January 14, 2015 11:33 pm
No two words could define this year’s legislative session more than these: “private option.”
by - January 14, 2015 9:18 pm
There may indeed be a market for markets as the fourth one in the past four months opened in Jonesboro Wednesday. About 50 people attended the opening early Wednesday of…
by - January 14, 2015 9:17 pm
A testing program used by healthcare providers and the state to determine behavioral problems may not be reaching its desired effect, a state representative said Wednesday. Rep. Dan Sullivan, R-Jonesboro,…
by - January 14, 2015 9:05 pm
The Independent Citizens Commission met again today at the UALR Law School to continue its consideration of whether or not to raise salaries for statewide elected officials. The commission heard…
by - January 14, 2015 6:11 pm
On Wednesday, Gov. Asa Hutchinson disclosed more details of his proposed middle-class tax cut plan, which included an adjustment at the low end of his proposal to account for a…
by - January 14, 2015 4:43 pm
Jesse Core, a former Tyson Foods system analyst, is putting his Harding University master’s business degree to good use. He’s grown his beer brewing hobby from a family garage to…
by - January 14, 2015 4:15 pm
Editor’s note: This article appears in the latest magazine edition of Talk Business & Politics, which you can read here. If you ask Conner Eldridge about his political future, don’t…
by - January 14, 2015 9:32 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 - January 13, 2015 11:28 pm
More than a dozen state lawmakers gave their key impressions from Gov. Asa Hutchinson’s first formal speech to the 90th General Assembly.
by - January 13, 2015 11:16 pm
The comments Tuesday after Gov. Asa Hutchinson’s first speech to the 90th General Assembly were mostly positive.
by - January 13, 2015 11:16 pm
Arkansas growers set or tied state records for yields in six crops in 2014, exceeding the national average in per-acre yield in four categories.
by - January 13, 2015 5:12 pm
There is lots of coverage today on the inaugural all around the Talk Business & Politics horn. You can read the details here and a full copy of Gov. Asa…
by - January 13, 2015 4:30 pm
New Attorney General Leslie Rutledge, R-Arkansas, let 23 employees go on Monday (Jan. 12). Rutledge, who was sworn into office on Tuesday as the first woman and first Republican to…
by - January 13, 2015 4:08 pm
Maverick Transportation will raise pay for experienced drivers and increase mileage pay in all its divisions, the company announced in a press release Tuesday. Drivers with at least a year…
by - January 13, 2015 3:49 pm
China, an important U.S. trade partner for the U.S. poultry industry, has once again shut off imports following the discovery of avian influenza in backyard poultry and wild birds in…
by - January 13, 2015 12:15 pm
Gov.-elect Asa Hutchinson will give a “health care reform address” Jan. 22, he said Tuesday to a packed Arkansas House of Representatives chamber after taking the oath of office as the state’s 46th governor.
