by - April 7, 2014 8:56 pm
Incumbent Democratic U.S. Sen. Mark Pryor holds a three-point lead over his Republican rival, U.S. Rep. Tom Cotton, in the latest Talk Business-Hendrix College Poll. Pryor, whose seat has been…
by - February 27, 2014 5:40 pm
Hundreds of candidates for state office have made the journey to the to the state capitol in Little Rock to file for their chosen offices this week. One race receiving…
by - February 23, 2014 12:31 pm
Before the 2014 political season began, we steeled ourselves, remembering to be leery of the on-coming barrage of advertisements filled by a legion of unknown faces and making down-right alarming…
by - February 22, 2014 4:42 pm
U.S. Sen. Mark Pryor, D-Ark., endorsed a proposal to raise the state minimum wage incrementally to $8.50 over the next three years, signing a petition to support the ballot effort….
by - February 19, 2014 12:19 pm
A recent poll shows U.S. Rep. Tom Cotton, R-Dardanelle, gaining ground in his bid to unseat Democrat U.S. Sen. Mark Pryor. The poll results also show the Arkansas’ governors race…
by - February 5, 2014 4:58 pm
This year's race for the U.S. Senate got off to an unusually early start with the presumptive nominees known well even before U.S. Rep. Tom Cotton, R-Dardanelle, announced his intention…
by - February 1, 2014 9:18 am
A speech by U.S. Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., Friday night (Jan. 31) in Hot Springs seemed less like a pep talk to Arkansas Republicans and more like the first of…
by - January 29, 2014 6:12 pm
Democrats and U.S. Sen. Mark Pryor, D-Ark., will do all they can to make political hay with U.S. Rep. Tom Cotton’s vote Wednesday (Jan. 29) against the federal farm bill….
by - January 28, 2014 4:11 pm
On Monday, federal lawmakers announced that an agreement on a U.S. farm bill had been made. The move includes a variety of changes that Senate and House members have opposed,…
by - January 23, 2014 11:19 am
U.S. Rep. Tom Cotton, R-Dardanelle, reported strong fourth quarter fundraising numbers in his bid for the U.S. Senate on Thursday, the second quarter in a row he has outraised incumbent…
by - January 13, 2014 9:11 pm
Fundraising numbers for the fourth quarter of 2013 have begun to roll in from two statewide campaigns with one reporting its best quarter of fundraising since starting his campaign and…
by - November 11, 2013 2:17 pm
The fight over the Affordable Care Act is not over. At least according to U.S. Rep. Tom Cotton, R-Dardanelle. Cotton, who is in his first term representing the 4th District…
by - October 28, 2013 5:50 pm
With almost a year away from election day, one of the few surprises in the close and hotly-contested race between U.S. Sen. Mark Pryor, D-Ark., and U.S. Rep. Tom Cotton,…
by - October 23, 2013 8:01 pm
U.S. Sen. Mark Pryor, D-Ark., now supports an extension of the individual enrollment sign-up period for the new federal health care law – a position his political opponent Tom Cotton…
by - October 13, 2013 5:36 pm
Despite a rough job approval rating and more Democratic blame than GOP fault for the federal government shutdown, incumbent Democrat U.S. Sen. Mark Pryor, D-Ark., remains slightly ahead of Republican…
by - August 14, 2013 9:44 am
Last week’s travels with U.S. Sen. Mark Pryor, D-Ark., and his new GOP challenger, U.S. Rep. Tom Cotton, R-Dardanelle, took us on a whirlwind series of trips across the state….
by - August 13, 2013 9:42 pm
U.S. Sen. Mark Pryor, D-Ark., who last week found an opponent in Republican freshman U.S. Rep. Tom Cotton, R-Dardanelle, said on Tuesday night (Aug. 13) that he has not received…
by - August 12, 2013 2:46 pm
If the 2014 race in Arkansas for the United States Senate were measured in Facebook "likes," one candidate would clearly be ahead, and it could easily be considered a landslide…
by - August 8, 2013 8:25 pm
Roby Brock, editor and owner of Little Rock-based Talk Business, was allowed to travel on Thursday (Aug. 8) with U.S. Sen. Mark Pryor, D-Ark, while he made several stops around…
by - August 8, 2013 4:17 pm
U.S. Sen. Mark Pryor, D-Ark., is not only not backing away from his support of the federal healthcare act some label as Obamacare, but he said Thursday that the new…
