by - March 26, 2015 10:35 pm
With potentially a week to go in Arkansas’ 2015 legislative session, lawmakers stepped up their committee and floor action to push through bills dealing with corrections, executions, drug screening, wine…
by - March 26, 2015 9:27 pm
Only hours removed from hiring the state’s next economic development chief, Gov. Asa Hutchinson outlined his vision for an aggressive platform on Thursday that he said would allow Arkansas to…
by - March 26, 2015 9:12 pm
With potentially a week to go in the current legislative session, lawmakers stepped up their committee and floor action to push through bills dealing with corrections, executions, drug screening, wine…
by - March 26, 2015 8:51 pm
A debate of the future of the state’s lottery capped another primetime session of the Arkansas General Assembly, as the House approved two lottery-related bills. Lawmakers were also busy as…
by - March 26, 2015 8:20 pm
Windstream Holdings Inc. announced that the company’s board of directors has given final approval, subject to certain terms and conditions, for the tax-free spinoff of select telecommunications network assets into…
by - March 26, 2015 4:04 pm
by - March 26, 2015 4:01 pm
Only hours removed from hiring the state’s latest economic development chief, Gov. Asa Hutchinson outlined his vision for an aggressive platform that he said would allow Arkansas to compete globally for better jobs and sustained growth.
by - March 26, 2015 3:37 pm
Talk Business & Politics latest “pure politics” podcast is out and available for download. This week, TB&P‘s Jessica DeLoach Sabin and Roby Brock discuss a variety of topics, including: Paid maternity…
by - March 26, 2015 3:09 pm
The key grip, gaffer, and casting director took equal billing with the actors at the “Film and Discussion > Action!” at Crystal Bridges on Wednesday (March 25). Actress/director and native…
by - March 26, 2015 1:56 pm
The business of exports is not without its challenges given regulatory hurdles, rising value of the U.S. dollar and Congressional inaction with respect to Free Trade Agreements proposed with the…
by - March 26, 2015 1:48 pm
Noted Historian and Author, June Westphal, to Speak at Hobbs State Park on Early Saw Mills of Benton, Carroll, and Madison Counties In the years following the Civil War more…
by - March 26, 2015 1:33 pm
New estimates from the U.S. Census show that Northwest Arkansas’ population grew 8.3% between April 2010 and July 2014, while the Fort Smith metro census estimate declined 0.31% in the…
by - March 26, 2015 12:28 pm
An NCAA Championship from the Razorback women’s indoor track and field team and a top-three national finish by the men’s indoor track and field squad, has vaulted the University of…
by - March 26, 2015 11:59 am
One of the big issues in this year’s Legislative session had to do with “re-homing” of adopted children. It seems that plenty of Arkansas lawmakers decided that practice is a…
by - March 26, 2015 6:15 am
Editor’s note: TB&P Business Editor Wesley Brown recently reached out to officials with Bethesda, Md.-based Lockheed Martin as the countdown nears for the U.S. military to select a defense contractor…
by - March 26, 2015 6:15 am
Whether consumers plan to don their Sunday best or play Easter Bunny for the kids, some 80% of Americans said they plan to celebrate the Easter holiday this year by…
by - March 26, 2015 12:31 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 daily for free…
by - March 25, 2015 8:28 pm
P.A.M Transportation Services Inc. doled out hefty discretionary bonuses and a 3% annual pay boost to the salaries of CEO Daniel Cushman and Chief Financial Officer Allen West in 2014,…
by - March 25, 2015 8:08 pm
It was a wild Wednesday in the legislature as multiple bills crossed the finish line and House members continued a marathon session into the evening. The House approved a capital…
by - March 25, 2015 7:42 pm
Janelle Lilley with our content partner, KATV Ch. 7 News, reports: For retired veterans, Arkansas is anything but paradise…fiscally speaking. Arkansas is the only state to tax veterans benefits in…
