by December 29, 2014 3:14 pm
-Attorneys general and defending state laws
I am not sure how many people noticed, but there has been something of a trend forming over the past year in which state attorneys general refuse to defend laws…
by December 29, 2014 3:14 pm
-I am not sure how many people noticed, but there has been something of a trend forming over the past year in which state attorneys general refuse to defend laws…
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 December 29, 2014 2:31 pm
-A more than $30 million medical college with a reserve of more than $100 million, a significant expansion of a large employer with a global footprint and an unsettling settlement…
by December 29, 2014 2:27 pm
-It was a busy year in Northwest Arkansas during 2014. Possibly more so than usual. Several changes at the top levels of Bentonville-based Wal-Mart Stores, along with changes in how…
by December 29, 2014 12:02 pm
-Volunteers are needed on Saturday (Jan. 3) to pick up and return to storage the more than 15,000 wreaths on headstones at the Fort Smith National Cemetery. The wreaths were…
by December 28, 2014 6:44 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. Of course, we get stuck with some stinkers…
by December 28, 2014 6:40 pm
-We talk a lot about how Arkansas’s Payment Improvement Initiative and the Private Option have advanced and are stabilizing our health-care infrastructure. However, it was just six years ago that…
by December 28, 2014 6:30 pm
-It came as no surprise this week that the soon-to-be Attorney General of Arkansas, Leslie Rutledge, has not changed her mind or her campaign mantra. Her personal and legal steadfastness…
by December 26, 2014 9:55 pm
-The Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality issued on Dec. 19 a revised plan for addressing pollution in and around Whirlpool’s Fort Smith plant that says pollution has reached the Fort…
by December 23, 2014 6:02 pm
-Arkansas Attorney General Dustin McDaniel said Tuesday (Dec. 23) that he would appeal a federal judge’s ruling that struck down Amendment 83, the state’s constitutional ban on same-sex marriage. U.S….
by December 23, 2014 5:51 pm
-The last four years of my life have been filled with such civic education, citizen interaction, addressing private and public sector needs, desires and wants, and have been filled with…
by December 23, 2014 5:43 pm
-Higher sales tax revenue is another sign of an improved economy across Northwest Arkansas as the year winds to a close. The region’s four largest cities reported cumulative revenue of…
by December 23, 2014 5:35 pm
-A wide range of economic data has been released by the federal government in the days prior to the holiday break, with some figures showing a gain in Arkansas’ combined…
by December 23, 2014 4:02 pm
-Lacey Freeman has joined Sparks Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, located at 600 Lexington Ave., in Fort Smith. Freeman earned her master’s degree in nursing from the University of Central Arkansas…
by December 23, 2014 3:59 pm
-Beall Barclay & Company has announced the addition of Amy Lomon to their Fort Smith, Ark., office. Lomon, a graduate of East Central University in Ada, Okla., will serve as…
by December 23, 2014 10:09 am
-Cynthia Smiley, wife of former Arvest Banker, Dennis Smiley, and co-borrower on several million in loans from more than a dozen Arkansas banks will walk away owing nothing when her…
by December 23, 2014 10:02 am
-Rex Holstein has been promoted to vice president, commodity purchasing at Tyson Foods. He is replacing Clark Irwin who will retire in mid-January, according to the meat giant. Holstein…
by December 22, 2014 5:42 pm
-It’s the most wonderful time of the year. The holidays are nice, but for the football freaks of Tusk to Tail, it means bowl season. And for the first time…
by December 22, 2014 4:48 pm
-Gov.-elect Asa Hutchinson will conduct a national search for the next Arkansas Economic Development Commission executive director and will ask for legislative authority allowing the independent foundation supporting AEDC to…
by December 22, 2014 3:18 pm
-Walmart U.S. CEO Greg Foran told analysts in October that he planned to address meat quality issues and improve the fresh and private label offering at Walmart Supercenters and Neighborhood…