by - December 29, 2014 2:37 pm
Politics certainly dominated the headlines in Arkansas during 2014, with the GOP sweep in Arkansas likely to be noted by future historians as a pivotal event in the state’s history….
by - November 12, 2014 3:37 pm
It has been eight days since history was made in Arkansas, with Republicans sweeping all federal and statewide constitutional offices. But the history making night appears to have caught some…
by - November 6, 2014 7:03 pm
With Republicans taking control of the U.S. Senate, all seven Arkansas constitutional offices and strengthening their majority in the Arkansas General Assembly, there's no doubt that this week was a…
by - November 6, 2014 3:13 pm
The team helping Gov.-elect Asa Hutchinson become the next governor will include Mike Carroll of Fort Smith and Philip Taldo of Springdale. Standing in front of a portrait of Republican…
by - November 5, 2014 5:17 pm
With a sweep of all federal offices, statewide offices including the governor's office and a larger majority in the General Assembly going into the 90th legislative session, Wednesday (Nov. 5)…
by - November 5, 2014 3:23 pm
I speak to a number of groups week in, week out. Often, I share my analysis and observations about the business and political landscape of Arkansas from what I hope…
by - November 5, 2014 2:08 am
"An outdated system" delayed vote counts Tuesday night in Washington, while Benton County also saw delays. But after midnight, all candidates knew how they fared. Republicans swept the contested state…
by - November 5, 2014 12:10 am
A former Fort Smith city director is returning to the Board in January and a local mayor is entering his third and final term following the general election Tuesday night…
by - November 5, 2014 12:00 am
While Arkansas Republicans were jubilant – and rightfully so – with Tuesday night’s election results, respondents to a call from The City Wire for post-election comments were more guarded and…
by - November 4, 2014 11:01 pm
Arkansas' congressional delegation will now be all Republicans starting in January 2015 after the party swept state constitutional and federal offices Tuesday night (Nov. 4). In the 4th District, State…
by - November 4, 2014 9:39 pm
Gov. Mary Fallin was won a second term leading the state of Oklahoma. Fallin, the first female governor in the state's history, defeated Democrat Joe Dorman by a total of…
by - November 4, 2014 8:08 pm
U.S. Rep. Tom Cotton, the young Republican from Dardanelle, has unseated two-term U.S. Sen. Mark Pryor (D), in a race that was as expensive as it was nasty. Driving the…
by - November 2, 2014 7:49 pm
Former President and former Arkansas Gov. Bill Clinton made his way through the Fort Smith and Texarkana areas Sunday (Nov. 2) on what is likely his last 2014 campaign through…
by - October 30, 2014 3:12 pm
With less than a week until Election Day on Tuesday, Nov. 4, the latest polling in the race for Arkansas governor and U.S. Senate show Republicans with leads that are…
by - October 27, 2014 8:43 pm
After several weeks of legal wrangling, a key component of the Democrats’ get-out-the-vote strategy will remain on the ballot this November. Billionaire businessman Jackson T. “Steve” Stephens’ legal challenge to…
by - October 27, 2014 5:38 pm
Early voting numbers in Arkansas’ mid-term elections through the end of Saturday are 36.54% higher than the midterm election cycle in 2010 and political strategists on both sides of the…
by - October 26, 2014 7:17 pm
Will the political landscape in Arkansas change after Nov. 4? That’s just one of the many questions citizens are pondering as the final surge of political advertising makes it way…
by - October 22, 2014 8:27 pm
Polls released by Talk Business & Politics this week show Republicans Tom Cotton and Asa Hutchinson with eight point leads over their Democratic opponents in races for the U.S. Senate…
by - October 21, 2014 2:09 pm
Arkansas’ open 4th District Congressional race suddenly got interesting. In contrast, there is no political drama in the 3rd Congressional District race in which incumbent U.S. Rep. Steve Womack, R-Rogers,…
by - October 15, 2014 12:50 am
It may have been a death match in Fayetteville Tuesday (Oct. 14) as the candidates for U.S. Senate duked it out in a televised debate over who should represent Arkansas…
