by - March 31, 2016 7:44 am
Editor’s note: Dustin McDaniel is a legal analyst for Talk Business & Politics. He is a partner at McDaniel Richardson and Calhoun in Little Rock and served as Democratic Attorney…
by - March 31, 2016 7:19 am
Editor’s note: Each Thursday, Talk Business & Politics provides “Startup Talk,” a round-up of startup, technology and entrepreneurial news. ––––––––––––––– SBA ANNOUNCES 2ND NATIONAL ROAD TOUR TO CHAMPION STEM INNOVATION The U.S….
by - March 31, 2016 6:06 am
As Wal-Mart Stores embraces rapid change in a fast-paced world, Wal-Mart CEO Doug McMillon said the challenge will be to make sure that those changes set the stage for a…
by - March 30, 2016 8:22 pm
Arkansas should consider creating a system of public funding of judicial campaigns financed by an attorney license fee surcharge, Arkansas Supreme Court Justice Karen Baker said Wednesday (March 30). Baker…
by - March 30, 2016 7:22 pm
Baldor Electric Co. was one of the winners of Plant Engineering magazine’s 2015 Product of the Year Awards for developing the Tigear-2 Ultra Kleen gear reducer. The company was honored…
by - March 30, 2016 7:20 pm
Little Rock will be among the first nine stops in the U.S. Small Business Administration’s National Road Tour to champion STEM innovation. The SBA announced the touring schedule on March…
by - March 30, 2016 5:17 pm
The four largest Northwest Arkansas cities issued permits for new homes and commercial projects valued at $51.544 million in February, up 11.49% from the $46.231 million reported in the same…
by - March 30, 2016 3:25 pm
Editor’s note: Dr. Ken Warden is dean of the College of Applied Science and Technology at the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith. Opinions, commentary and other essays posted in…
by - March 30, 2016 3:03 pm
Editor’s note: This story has been updated throughout to reflect the detailed proposal from Gov. Asa Hutchinson. –––––––––––––––––– Gov. Asa Hutchinson said Wednesday (March 30) that his bill to create…
by - March 30, 2016 2:09 pm
Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art has solicited the help of the Walton Family Foundation and Tom and Steuart Walton to transform the former Kraft cheese factory in downtown Bentonville…
by - March 30, 2016 1:14 pm
Editor’s note: Each Wednesday, Talk Business & Politics provides “Health Beat,” a round-up of health-related topics. ––––––––––––––– NEW REPORT SHOWS MEDICAID EXPANSION CAN IMPROVE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CARE ACCESS The U.S….
by - March 29, 2016 6:38 pm
AQ Chicken House will reportedly close its Fayetteville location at 1925 N. College Ave. this weekend. Employees were told about the eatery’s shuttering on Monday (March 28). A manager at…
by - March 29, 2016 6:38 pm
AQ Chicken House will reportedly close its Fayetteville location at 1925 N. College Ave. this weekend. Employees were told about the eatery’s shuttering on Monday (March 28). A manager at…
by - March 29, 2016 6:26 pm
Darci Vetter, one of the Obama administration’s key negotiators for the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement, made her case on Tuesday for the necessity of getting congressional approval of the controversial…
by - March 29, 2016 5:49 pm
Gov. Asa Hutchinson will include only two items in his special session call: a bill creating Arkansas Works, and a bill creating a managed care system for some Medicaid programs,…
by - March 29, 2016 5:15 pm
Gov. Asa Hutchinson, along with a host of top state government and higher education officials, recognized the Arkansas Biosciences Institute (ABI) on Tuesday for raising more than $500 million in…
by - March 29, 2016 4:20 pm
An improving economy around the state, steady demand for housing in Northwest Arkansas and commercial expansion there and in central Arkansas helped banks in 2015 sell 29% of unwanted property…
by - March 29, 2016 1:45 pm
One month does not make a trend, but a more than 21% gain in home sales during January in Arkansas’ four large markets continues the momentum of 2015 in which…
by - March 29, 2016 12:53 pm
Mike Roetzel, the Tyson Foods Inc. executive who oversees the companys operations, suffered a heart attack last week while on a family vacation in California.
by - March 29, 2016 11:39 am
Lockheed Martin has restarted its Tactical Mission System (TACMS) production line at the company’s facility in Camden, Ark. For more than 20 years, TACMS (formerly ATACMS) was assembled on-budget and…
