by - October 12, 2016 8:07 am
Editor’s note: Each Wednesday, Talk Business & Politics provides “Health Beat,” a round-up health-related topics. ––––––––––––––– WALMART TO OFFER FREE HEALTH CHECK-UPS ON SATURDAY For a four-hour period on Saturday,…
by - October 11, 2016 10:28 pm
story by Dale Cullins Editor’s note: Welcome to the fifth season of Tusk to Tail – the sport of tailgating as organized, performed and perfected by a group of Hog…
by - October 11, 2016 10:18 pm
Bank of the Ozarks Inc. posted record third quarter profits before Tuesday’s (Oct. 11) opening bell as the Little Rock-based regional banking group looks to digest two of the largest…
by - October 11, 2016 10:04 pm
William Moates Jr., 49, whose businesses included the restaurant Blaze’n Burrito and a credit card processing company, has pled guilty to numerous counts of wire fraud and other felonies committed…
by - October 11, 2016 8:48 pm
Passage of an amendment legalizing three casinos would have a total statewide annual impact of $1.2 billion, create 3,200 direct jobs and create 3,432 direct construction jobs, according to a…
by - October 11, 2016 5:22 pm
The Early Childhood Initiatives Center and Northwest Health formed a partnership to provide first aid/CPR training and certification to the 5,000 early childhood professionals in Northwest Arkansas. Thue training will…
by - October 11, 2016 5:03 pm
Employer sponsored health care plans will cost about 6.5% more next year, with health care expenditures reaching a point of equilibrium after several years of nearly double-digit growth, according to…
by - October 11, 2016 4:51 pm
Industrial giant GE announced Tuesday (Oct. 11) its plans to purchase Danish wind turbine maker LM Wind Power for $1.65 billion, allowing the U.S. industrial giant to continue expanding its…
by - October 11, 2016 4:26 pm
Officials with the Arkansas Advanced Energy Association (AAEA) offered several policy recommendations on Tuesday (Oct. 11) concerning two recent dockets that some local energy experts say could determine the future…
by - October 11, 2016 2:37 pm
Forty counties in the United States have not picked the winner in any presidential election since 1996, and 12 are in Arkansas. That’s according to a column by Robert Wheel…
by - October 11, 2016 1:58 pm
In today’s Talk Business & Politics Daily, State Sen. Joyce Elliott, D-Little Rock, and TB&P analyst John Burris discuss the recent Trump controversies and how they are affecting the GOP…
by - October 11, 2016 10:22 am
Lower employment, job gains and positive growth among most of Arkansas’ metro areas this year has pushed consumer confidence to its highest level in two years, according to the recent…
by - October 11, 2016 9:23 am
Former U.S. Senator and Arkansas Governor David Pryor, 82, suffered a stroke Monday and is in recovery after surgery, the University of Arkansas System announced Monday. The UA System, where…
by - October 11, 2016 9:05 am
Lower employment, job gains and positive growth among most of Arkansas metro areas this year has pushed consumer confidence to its highest level in two years, according to the recent Arvest Consumer Sentiment Survey.
by - October 10, 2016 9:18 pm
Republican Rep. Bruce Westerman said tax returns should be simple enough to be filed on a postcard, while his Libertarian challenger, Kerry Hicks of Mena, said the country must address…
by - October 10, 2016 7:49 pm
As natural gas has overtaken coal as the nation’s major source of energy for power generation, U.S. residential electricity prices are forecasted in 2016 to decline for the first time…
by - October 10, 2016 6:56 pm
The speaker of the House and the chairman of the House Education Committee want to remove from the state’s “adequacy report” catastrophic special education funding adopted a week ago. The…
by - October 10, 2016 5:00 pm
Tyson Foods has taken a 5% ownership stake in plant-based protein company Beyond Meat based in El Segundo, Calif., joining The Human Society of United States and Bill Gates who…
by - October 10, 2016 4:41 pm
The Springdale-based company announced the deal Monday (Oct. 10). Beyond Meat is a privately-held company based in El Segundo, California, and is the only plant-based protein producer in which Tyson has invested.
by - October 10, 2016 4:15 pm
The board of directors of Deltic Timber Corp. announced the retirement of Ray C. Dillon as the company’s President and CEO. D. Mark Leland, a current member of the company’s…
