by Chuck Bartels, The Associated Press 2/10/2013 05:46 pm
The planned $1.1 billion steel mill in Osceola carries the promise of a long-term economic boost for northeast Arkansas, but investors — including the state — face a number of risks.
by Andrew DeMillo, The Associated Press 2/10/2013 05:40 pm
The push for a ban on abortions at 12 weeks into a pregnancy is testing Democratic Gov. Mike Beebe's willingness to fight a Republican majority in the Arkansas Legislature on an issue that deeply divides members of his own party.
by Mark Carter 2/4/2013 03:32 pm
Gov. Mike Beebe is announcing his intent to grant pardons to five people who have completed their sentences for various crimes.
by Andrew DeMillo, The Associated Press 2/3/2013 12:08 pm
A veiled reference to a "superproject" took up only a couple of sentences when Gov. Mike Beebe laid out his legislative agenda for 2013 last month. Now that it's been revealed as a $1.1 billion steel mill, it has altered the agenda for this year's session.
by Andrew DeMillo, The Associated Press 2/1/2013 08:13 am
Gov. Mike Beebe received more than $17,000 worth of airfare, lodging and other expenses for trips he went on last year, with most for a pair of economic development missions overseas, according to a financial interest report he filed Thursday.
by Andrew DeMillo, The Associated Press 1/30/2013 11:53 am
An Arkansas Senate panel has advanced legislation that would ban abortions if a fetal heartbeat is detected, a move that would ban the procedure as early as six weeks into a pregnancy.
by Trent Ogle 1/29/2013 01:17 pm
Complete video of the news conference announcing a $1.1 billion steel mill in Osceola (Mississippi County) that will directly employ 525 people with annual average compensation of $75,000 a year.
by Mark Carter and Lance Turner 1/29/2013 11:03 am
Big River Steel LLC and Gov. Mike Beebe announce for the company to build a $1.1 billion steel mill in Osceola (Mississippi County) that will directly employ 525 people with annual average compensation of $75,000 a year.
by Andrew DeMillo, The Associated Press 1/29/2013 07:24 am
Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush is headlining an education rally at the Arkansas Capitol held by a group pushing for changes to the way the state approves charter schools.
by Mark Carter 1/21/2013 12:00 am
Gov. Mike Beebe and the state's first Republican-controlled Legislature since the 1870s presided over a period of mostly settling in as the 89th General Assembly convened last week.
by Arkansas Business Editors 1/21/2013 12:00 am
In his “State of the State” address last week, Gov. Mike Beebe made a clear and logical appeal for expanding Medicaid as contemplated under Obamacare.
by Andrew DeMillo, The Associated Press 1/20/2013 12:39 pm
Arkansas Republicans who won control of the Legislature partly on a vow to cut state taxes say they're in no rush to take up any proposed reductions yet.
by Andrew DeMillo, The Associated Press 1/20/2013 12:30 pm
Pushing for the implementation of a federal law that he didn't support and adjusting to a General Assembly controlled by his rival party, Arkansas Gov. Mike Beebe may not drive the agenda in his last regular legislative session. The term-limited Democrat seems determined to at least drive the debate.
by Arkansas Business Staff 1/17/2013 10:32 am
Gov. Mike Beebe has named former Arkansas House Speaker Robert Moore to a 10-year term on the Arkansas Highway Commission. Moore, 68 and a Democrat from Arkansas City, replaces commission Chairman R. Madison Murphy, whose 10-year term is expiring.
by Andrew DeMillo 1/16/2013 03:09 pm
Gov. Mike Beebe says he would sign legislation outlawing Arkansas' death penalty — but a spokesman says the governor won't make it a part of his legislative package for this year's session.
by Mark Carter 1/16/2013 01:33 pm
The governor's appearance at the first Political Animals Club meeting of 2013 Wednesday at the Governor's Mansion was at times an exercise in popular culture -- Beebe indeed is a rock star in this state.
by Lance Turner 1/15/2013 02:55 pm
So the hunt begins. What is the mystery project Gov. Mike Beebe hinted at in his State of the State Address today?
by Arkansas Business Staff 1/15/2013 01:38 pm
The full transcript of Gov. Mike Beebe's State of the State speech, delivered Jan. 15 to a joint session of the Arkansas Legislature. Beebe urges an expansion of Medicaid and says his top priorities remain education and economic development.