by - September 6, 2014 9:10 am
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
For regional businesses, the return of fall football means money in the bank.
by - September 4, 2014 5:00 am
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
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
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
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
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
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
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…
by - September 3, 2014 10:43 am
A strong upsurge in income tax collections offset an expected sales tax decline as year-to-date state revenues remained slightly ahead of last year’s pace and forecast. Net available general revenues…
