by - December 14, 2015 9:54 am
The University of Arkansas has recommitted to the American Campuses Act on Climate as part of the Paris Climate Conference agreement approved this weekend. UA interim Chancellor Dan Ferritor and…
by - December 14, 2015 9:54 am
The University of Arkansas has recommitted to the American Campuses Act on Climate as part of the Paris Climate Conference agreement approved this weekend. UA interim Chancellor Dan Ferritor and…
by - December 14, 2015 9:47 am
Private sector and grant donations to an effort to build more trails and greenways in Fort Smith has raised more than $1.1 million thanks to recent donations from BHC Insurance,…
by - December 14, 2015 9:47 am
Private sector and grant donations to an effort to build more trails and greenways in Fort Smith has raised more than $1.1 million thanks to recent donations from BHC Insurance,…
by - December 14, 2015 6:35 am
North Little Rock-based Bourbon & Boots, the online retailer featuring Southern artisan merchandise, has entered into an agreement to purchase Tales From The South, a radio show and media company…
by - December 14, 2015 6:30 am
Joplin, Mo.-based Empire District Electric Co., which has several hundred customers in rural northwest Arkansas, confirmed Sunday (Dec. 13) it has hired a financial advisor and is in the early…
by - December 14, 2015 12:28 am
Editor’s note: Each Monday, Talk Business & Politics provides “Money Talk,” a wrap-up of banking and financial news. NERVOUS STOCK INVESTORS FACE RATE HIKE JITTERS AS FEDS MEET ON WEDNESDAY: After U.S….
by - December 13, 2015 6:58 pm
Talk Business & Politics editorial ––––––––––––– Not only is the troubling low number of African Americans employed by the Fort Smith police and fire departments an embarrassment, but the issue…
by - December 13, 2015 9:36 am
Sen. Tom Cotton says he disagrees with GOP Presidential candidate Donald Trump’s controversial statement to ban Muslims from the U.S. “I disagree with that proposal. I think it would be…
by - December 13, 2015 8:48 am
Editor’s note: Each Sunday, Talk Business & Politics provides “Made In America,” a round-up of state and global manufacturing news. U.S. NOW PREFERRED LOCATION FOR NEW FACTORY CAPACITY AS RESHORING INTEREST GROWS: Of…
by - December 12, 2015 8:33 am
TV PREVIEW On this week’s TV edition of Talk Business & Politics with Roby Brock, which airs Sunday at 9:30 a.m. on KATV Ch. 7. Explosive comments came this week…
by - December 11, 2015 7:49 pm
America’s Car-Mart Inc. has added Jim von Gremp to its board of directors. von Gremp, 66, is a real estate investor, communication consultant and former Wal-Mart executive. “America’s Car Mart…
by - December 11, 2015 7:49 pm
America’s Car-Mart Inc. has added Jim von Gremp to its board of directors. von Gremp, 66, is a real estate investor, communication consultant and former Wal-Mart executive. “America’s Car Mart…
by - December 11, 2015 7:47 pm
Janet Harris has been hired as director of programs at The Winthrop Rockefeller Institute. She will begin working at the Institute Jan. 11, 2016. Harris comes to the Institute from…
by - December 11, 2015 7:47 pm
Janet Harris has been hired as director of programs at The Winthrop Rockefeller Institute. She will begin working at the Institute Jan. 11, 2016. Harris comes to the Institute from…
by - December 11, 2015 7:33 pm
The week started with debate over terrorism while lawmakers spent the last part of the week attempting to get a budget bill passed. RESPONSE TO OBAMA SPEECH ON ISIS In…
by - December 11, 2015 7:05 pm
The Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has adopted a final rule requiring motor carriers to install electronic logging devices in all trucks. The devices are meant to…
by - December 11, 2015 6:52 pm
The Arkansas State University Board of Trustees and President Charles Welch on Friday (Dec. 11) praised the preparedness of its Jonesboro campus employees and students, as well as local law…
by - December 11, 2015 6:22 pm
Fort Smith may soon be home to yet another new high school. The Fort Smith Trinity Catholic High Exploratory Board announced Friday (Dec. 11) it has been approved to move…
by - December 11, 2015 2:24 pm
Gov. Asa Hutchinson urged school board members to “ask the right questions on security” Friday, saying that parents must be confident their children are safe in order for schools to…
