by - January 21, 2015 4:18 pm
Talk Business & Politics Editor-in-Chief Roby Brock, KATV’s lead capitol reporter Janelle Lilley, Max Brantley with the Arkansas Times, and GOP consultant Clint Reed with Impact Management Group discuss the day’s politics at our roundtable.
by - January 20, 2015 3:37 pm
Gov. Asa Hutchinson said his mind is made up on the private option and he will make his vision for health care clear on Thursday in a major policy speech.
by - January 19, 2015 9:26 pm
India native Unni Peroth left Silicon Valley to develop early stage tech firms in Arkansas. He’s ready to take his new company, Bfonics, to the next level.
by - January 18, 2015 9:53 am
The Education Committees in the House and Senate feature many new faces deciding tough issues, a 10-10 partisan split in the House, and a chairperson focused on workforce education. But that’s not all.
by - January 17, 2015 1:45 pm
It was another record year for casino-style gambling at Oaklawn and Southland, but 2015 is likely to blow that record away.
by - January 14, 2015 11:33 pm
No two words could define this year’s legislative session more than these: “private option.”
by - January 13, 2015 11:28 pm
More than a dozen state lawmakers gave their key impressions from Gov. Asa Hutchinson’s first formal speech to the 90th General Assembly.
by - January 13, 2015 12:15 pm
Gov.-elect Asa Hutchinson will give a “health care reform address” Jan. 22, he said Tuesday to a packed Arkansas House of Representatives chamber after taking the oath of office as the state’s 46th governor.
by - January 13, 2015 7:43 am
The state’s 46th Governor, Asa Hutchinson, and a host of Republican colleagues will be sworn into office on Tuesday.
by - January 12, 2015 8:33 am
It’s definitely a new chapter for the Arkansas legislature when comparing the membership of this year’s General Assembly with that of 30 years earlier. Veteran political columnist John Brummett explores.
by - January 8, 2015 5:22 pm
Republicans will nearly outpace Democrats by a 2-to-1 margin in the 90th General Assembly. How is that going to work and what issues will dominate the 2015 regular session?
by - January 6, 2015 6:08 am
Our latest magazine is hot off the press and packed with tons of news, interviews and analysis, including profiles of this year’s inductees into the UA Walton College Business Hall of Fame.
by - January 3, 2015 6:30 pm
Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee says he will end his Fox News program and make a decision on whether or not to run for President by Spring 2015.
by - January 2, 2015 12:17 am
Southwestern Electric Power Co. (SWEPCO) served notice that it will no longer pursue a $116 million, 345 kilovolt (kV) electric transmission project in Northwest Arkansas due to a lack of need.
by - January 1, 2015 12:22 am
In the diverse landscape of business in Arkansas, it was a year of more ups than downs. What were some of the top business stories of 2014 and is there more good news to come?
by - December 27, 2014 6:44 pm
A wide range of economic data was released prior to the holiday break, with some figures showing a gain in Arkansas’ combined personal income during the third quarter and a healthy increase in third quarter U.S. GDP.
by - December 26, 2014 9:43 pm
It’s the most wonderful time of the year, or one of them, anyway. Wall-to-wall college football bowl games for a full month. Dale Nicholson III highlights how much money is flowing from the bowl bonanza.
by - December 22, 2014 7:58 pm
The travel and tourism industry in Northwest Arkansas is set to finish 2014 on a high note, and Arkansas’ 2% tourism tax should set a new collections record.
by - December 22, 2014 7:35 am
The Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis’ Burgundy Book, which surveys business conditions across nearly all of Arkansas on a quarterly basis, presented some positive findings regarding economic conditions in the Natural State.
by - December 21, 2014 9:20 am
A new study from the Kauffman Foundation centered on women entrepreneurship concluded that more female business owners could have the same economic impact today that the entry of women in the 20th century labor force had generations ago.
