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Bentonville Again Seeks Tax Hike To Build Second High School 27 Aug 2013 | 07:52 pm
Voters in Bentonville are being asked for the second time in two years to fund a second high school, though this request is smaller than last year’s failed attempt. The 2.9-mill increase would raise ...
Study Chronicles Rural Manufacturing Decline In Arkansas 27 Aug 2013 | 05:24 pm
Malcolm Glover with our content partner, KUAR-FM 89 News, talks with Dr. Wayne Miller, an economist with the University of Arkansas’ Division of Agriculture. Miller’s new report, Rural Profile of Ark...
Tolbert: NRSC Hits Pryor On Obamacare Vote 27 Aug 2013 | 05:23 pm
The National Republican Senatorial Committee is rolling out a new web ad today that is sure to preview a theme we will see in the 2014 election. The new ad is called “Mark Pryor: A Liberal When No On...
UA Releases Details On Firing Of John Diamond 27 Aug 2013 | 06:58 am
University of Arkansas officials on Monday defended the sudden decision to end the employment of Associate Vice Chancellor of University Relations John Diamond, with UA Chancellor G. David Gearhart sa...
Daisy Bates And The March On Washington 27 Aug 2013 | 06:46 am
You may not know, but there was an important and powerful Arkansas angle at the March on Washington, which celebrates its 50th anniversary on Wednesday. While history has immortalized the spine-tingl...
ExxonMobil: No Timetable On Pipeline Restart 27 Aug 2013 | 06:36 am
From David Goins with our content partner, KARK Ch. 4 News, reports: ExxonMobil officials said Monday they would not restart the ruptured Pegasus Pipeline until the oil giant receives federal regulat...
Legislators Aim For Action On Ethics Reform 27 Aug 2013 | 02:44 am
After a roiling week of ethics headlines centered around the resignation of Sen. Paul Bookout (D-Jonesboro) and the self-reporting of potential campaign reporting mistakes by Lt. Gov. Mark Darr (R), m...
Bookout Senate Seat Lands 3 Early Candidates 27 Aug 2013 | 01:10 am
The resignation of State Sen. Paul Bookout (D-Jonesboro) over ethical transgressions related to his campaign finances has spurred plenty of early interest by replacements. Gov. Mike Beebe (D) is expe...
Cook: Andy Mayberry’s Poorly Planned Lt. Governor Announcement 27 Aug 2013 | 12:53 am
This is the time of the year when candidates announce for various political offices. Talk Business does a fine job of covering major candidate announcements, but I usually don’t comment on them since ...
Blake Rutherford: Newspapers In The Digital Age 26 Aug 2013 | 08:09 am
Editor’s note: Blake Rutherford, the author of this guest commentary, is a vice-president with The McLarty Companies. He is the former director of public communications for Stone Ward. A video of a ...
