by - September 7, 2014 9:08 am
Gilbert, Drake Offer A Third Way In Governor’s Race
If you’re tired of Republicans and Democrats, there may be an alternative for you in the November election.
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by - September 6, 2014 9:10 am
Weekend Digest: The Panama Canal Edition
For our weekend business and political readers: TB&P TV PREVIEWOn this week’s Talk Business & Politics, which airs Sundays at 9 a.m. on KATV Channel 7, meet your other candidates…
by - September 5, 2014 5:26 pm
Sales Tax, Budgets On Agenda For Craighead County JPs
A plan to look at how Craighead County spends taxpayer money and where it comes from will be discussed at the county’s quorum court meeting Monday night. Craighead County administrative…
by - September 5, 2014 9:08 am
Cotton On Minimum Wage Proposal: ‘I’m Going To Vote For That Initiated Act’
On Friday, GOP Senate hopeful Cong. Tom Cotton told radio talk show host Alice Stewart that he will support a ballot initiative in Arkansas to raise the minimum wage to…
by - September 5, 2014 7:26 am
Burkhalter Gets AEA Endorsement
From Scott Inman with our content partner, KATV Channel 7: The Arkansas Education Association threw its support behind the Democratic candidate for lieutenant governor at a news conference at the…
by - September 5, 2014 4:03 am
Cook: GOP Poll Shows Why Homestead Tax Credit Issue Damaging To Asa
Asa Hutchinson continues to receive bone-crushing body blows over the issue of his apparent cheating on his property taxes. On Thursday, the Democratic Governor’s Association released yet another television ad…
by - September 4, 2014 9:26 pm
Hutchinson Says He’ll Vote For Minimum Wage Ballot Initiative
The Republican nominee for governor said Thursday that he will support a ballot measure to raise the minimum wage as he and his Democratic rival argued over the issue. Former…
by - September 4, 2014 4:55 pm
Independent Still Trying To Get On Ballot In LG Race
Two months before the election, independent Mark Moore is suing to get on the ballot in the lieutenant governor’s race. Moore filed a lawsuit earlier this year in U.S. District…
by - September 4, 2014 4:07 pm
McPherson Releases First TV Ad
A commercial released Thursday by Democratic congressional candidate Jackie McPherson seeks to question a vote earlier this year by Rep. Rick Crawford, R-Jonesboro, involving the Veterans Affairs Administration. The 60-second…
by - September 4, 2014 2:59 pm
Rick Elliott Named Jonesboro Police Chief
Jonesboro Mayor Harold Perrin, saying the city needed “someone who can bring a fresh, new management style” to the Jonesboro Police Department, named Rick Elliott police chief. Elliott, 55, who…
by - September 4, 2014 11:33 am
Cotton, Pryor On Air, All The Time
Because you haven’t seen enough political advertising in the current U.S. Senate race, today a slew of new ads are making their debut. Republican challenger Cong. Tom Cotton unveiled a…
by - September 4, 2014 11:04 am
Northeast Arkansas Political Animals To Spotlight Statehouse Races
The September 26 meeting of the Northeast Arkansas Political Animals Club will feature eight candidates running for four State House seats. The 11:30 a.m. meeting at the Jonesboro Regional Chamber…
by - September 4, 2014 9:18 am
Football Season Rings The Cash Registers
For regional businesses, the return of fall football means money in the bank.
by - September 4, 2014 5:00 am
Tolbert: Democrats Host Fundraiser For Griffin
Republican Congressman Tim Griffin’s campaign for lieutenant governor is getting a boost next week from several well-known Democrats in Arkansas, including a former Democratic state legislator and a former Democratic…
by - September 3, 2014 10:15 pm
Blue Oak Arkansas Official Says Recycling To Begin By 2016
A facility that will recycle metals from circuit boards and other electronic equipment will be busy, possibly by early 2016, an official with the company said Wednesday. Mark Wester, the…
by - September 3, 2014 9:53 pm
Governor Candidates Trade Barbs On Ross Visit To Jonesboro
The proverbial fireworks may have come a little later this year as two of the major candidates for Arkansas governor ratcheted up their comments on issues Wednesday. Former Democratic Congressman…
by - September 3, 2014 4:39 pm
Wal-Mart Exec Outlines Growth Strategy For Latin America
Leaders with Wal-Mart’s Mexican and Central American business unit have announced a three-prong plan to grow sales over the next year on the heels of solid second quarter results across…
by - September 3, 2014 4:03 pm
ASU Sees Large Freshmen Class, Slight Drop In Enrollment From 2013
Arkansas State University welcomed more than 13,000 students to campus last month for the start of the 2014-15 academic year. The 1,699 first-time students – the largest group on campus…
by - September 3, 2014 2:06 pm
Secretary Of State Says Minimum Wage Proposal Qualified For November Ballot
Less than a week after certifying an alcohol expansion initiative, Arkansas Secretary of State Mark Martin said that a proposed ballot measure to raise the state’s minimum wage has qualified…
by - September 3, 2014 1:51 pm
EPA Awards Nearly $3 Million To Arkansas For Water Quality Protection
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently awarded $2,988,000 to the Arkansas Natural Resources Commission (ANRC) to support management of water pollution in priority watersheds throughout Arkansas, including the Illinois…