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Gov.-elect Sarah Huckabee Sanders talks to Commerce Secretary Mike Preston (center) and Hugh McDonald, the former Entergy Arkansas Inc. CEO who she will nominate to lead the Commerce Department.
Business Services / Education / Government & Politics

Reinforcing the Workforce (Lance Turner Editor’s Note)

Businesses might be encouraged by the new governor’s emphasis on education and workforce development. read more >
Business Services / Government & Politics / Health Care

Pandemic Lobbying: Hands Off, Masks OnLock Icon

The Arkansas Legislature will return to session in January but, like nearly every other part of American life, it won’t quite be a return to normalcy. read more >
Katie Beck will replace J.R. Davis as communications director for the governor's office on Oct. 1.
Media & Marketing

Governor’s Spokesman Departs; Katie Beck to Take Over

Gov. Asa Hutchinson's spokesman, J.R. Davis, will leave the post by the end of the month for a job in the private sector, and Katie Beck, the governor's director of state-federal relations, will take move into that job Oct. 1. read more >
Banking & Finance / Government & Politics

Rett Hatcher Joins Gilmore Strategy Group

Gilmore Strategy Group of Little Rock, a political consulting and lobbying firm, adds Rett Hatcher as a partner in the firm. read more >
Jan Morgan
Government & Politics

Gun Range Owner Exploring Bid for Arkansas Governor

A gun-rights advocate who declared her firing range "Muslim-free" said Tuesday she's exploring challenging Arkansas' governor in the state's Republican primary next year. read more >
Craig Douglass, executive director of the Arkansas Good Roads Foundation, presents revenue projections to the State Highway Commission at a special meeting Wednesday at the state Highway Department's central office. 
Construction / Government & Politics / Transportation

Study: Voters Favor New Tax on Fuel Wholesalers for Highways

Arkansans prefer maintaining roads to building new ones, would favor a sales tax on fuel wholesalers and support making permanent the temporary one-half cent sales tax they approved in 2012, researchers said. read more >
Bill Gossage
Government & Politics

Arkansas Lawmaker Stepping Down to Work for Governor

An Arkansas lawmaker is stepping down from his office at the end of the month to work as a top aide to Gov. Asa Hutchinson. read more >