by - June 4, 2019 4:08 pm
The U.S. Departments of Commerce and Treasury on Tuesday (June 4) moved forward with plans to fully implement President Donald Trump’s foreign policy changes on Cuba first unveiled two years…
by - March 14, 2019 8:37 pm
A tumultuous year in farming has included trade and tariff wars, complicated weather conditions, and depressed commodity prices. U.S. Rep. Rick Crawford, R-Jonesboro, notes there has been progress too, ranging…
by - June 25, 2017 9:48 am
Although President Donald Trump is advocating a hard-line stance with Cuba, Arkansas’ First District Congressman Rick Crawford, R-Jonesboro, thinks legislation he is pushing has a narrow window to pass. A…
by - May 19, 2017 6:36 am
Arkansas could benefit economically if trade relations with Cuba are expanded, and several state political leaders including U.S. Sen. John Boozman, U.S. Rep. Rick Crawford, and Gov. Asa Hutchinson have…
by - April 27, 2017 10:26 am
A month ago when Home Bancshares acquired Stonegate Bank of Florida in a $778.4 million deal, the Conway-based bank picked up an unknown asset in Cuba. Johnny Allison, chairman of…
by - February 12, 2017 10:05 am
U.S. Sen. John Boozman, R-Ark., defended the new U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions from charges of racism, while also expressing his hope that agricultural and healthcare policy would change dramatically….
by - February 2, 2017 3:51 pm
Arkansas lawmakers in Washington D.C. are cautiously optimistic a deal will be brokered to allow farmers to sell agriculture goods in Cuba with private financing. There’s a $1 billion agriculture…
by - November 28, 2016 5:07 pm
The death of Fidel Castro represents a “moment that I believe needs to be seized,” Gov. Asa Hutchinson said Monday. Speaking to reporters, Hutchinson said the death Friday of Cuba’s…
by - September 21, 2016 8:21 pm
Candlemaker Burt Hanna, rice and grain operators and even an oil importer in Arkansas are ready to do business with Cuba, held back only by an embargo rendered 56 years…
by - July 7, 2016 10:38 am
As part of the Obama Administration’s historic effort to normalize relations with Cuba, the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) on Thursday (July 7) proposed to select eight U.S. airlines to…
by - April 17, 2016 6:31 am
Cubans are a proud people entering a period of major social change, U.S. Rep. Rick Crawford, R-Jonesboro, said Monday after returning from his first trip there last week. (UPDATE: See…
by - April 13, 2016 4:54 pm
Burt Hanna, owner of Fayetteville-based Hanna’s Candles and a longtime supplier to Walmart U.S., told Talk Business & Politics he is working on a proposal to set up a small…
by - April 11, 2016 1:17 pm
The push to end the U.S. travel and trade embargo with Cuba received a strong boost in Arkansas on Monday (April 11) as a coalition of state, federal and agricultural…
by - March 22, 2016 2:50 pm
Arkansas Farm Bureau Federation President Randy Veach was part of a delegation of Arkansas business leaders who traveled to Cuba last September, and now he’s hoping to return the favor….
by - February 5, 2016 3:02 pm
U.S. Rep. Rick Crawford, R-Jonesboro, plans to take a trip this spring to Cuba to learn about furthering trade with the Caribbean nation. Crawford, who serves on the House Agriculture…
by - September 29, 2015 8:24 pm
Gov. Asa Hutchinson (R) and a delegation of nearly 50 Arkansas business leaders and state officials are in Cuba for a series of meetings with government officials. The communist island…
by - September 2, 2015 8:15 pm
Gov. Asa Hutchinson will be joining a group of Arkansas agricultural business interests on a trade trip to Cuba later this month. The delegation is being led by the Rogers-based…
by - June 15, 2015 6:50 pm
The first meal I ate in Cuba included rice. So, did the last meal. As did most of the meals in between during my five-day trip to Cuba. Rice is…
by - March 3, 2015 9:44 am
Early indications from inside Cuba show Amazon could beat other retailers like Wal-Mart into this untapped market. While there is plenty of speculation that Wal-Mart executives in Bentonville are angling…
by - February 3, 2015 4:51 pm
Retail behemoth Wal-Mart Stores may not admit it but retail experts don’t doubt there is already a team in Bentonville mulling the opportunities that may await just 90 miles off…
