Now that she and other moderate Democrats have essentially watered down the Senate's version of the health care bill to practically a joke, Sen. Blanche Lincoln is saying she will vote in favor of the bill, according to our friend Roby [...]
Now that she and other moderate Democrats have essentially watered down the Senate's version of the health care bill to practically a joke, Sen. Blanche Lincoln is saying she will vote in favor of the bill, according to our friend Roby [...]
Due to issues related to his health, Marianna farmer Stanley Reed has withdrawn from the US Senate race in Arkansas. Roby Brock, Arkansas Business, Jason Tolbert, Max Brantley, and John Lyon have more details.
I’ve know the Reed family for a long time. Mr. Reed and [...]
As I mentioned previously, I appeared on Talk Business with Roby Brock this weekend discussing the Republican Senate Primary. It is certainly shaping up to be a quite a race. Enjoy the video.
[...]Roby Brock says an economic development announcement at the governor's office this morning will be one of the biggest win-wins for the state in a long time.
Telecom sector. Former Acxiom building in WLR may be involved.
UPDATE: Arkansas Blogger anticipated the news. It's the announcement that Allied Wireless, a [...]
It will be announced Tuesday morning (12/16) and will be good news for Central Arkansas.
Talk Business BizBlog.
Posted in Economy [...] 
If watching “Talk Business with Roby Brock” is not part of your normal Sunday night routine, then you should really re-think your schedule. But especially tonight because your favorite Arkansas blogger is on it talking about the U.S. Senate race. What? No, not Blake Rutherford you [...]
I welcome Roby Brock of Talk Business to the radio program this week. Mr. Brock moderated the Kumpuris Lecture at the Clinton Presidential Center this week featuring James Carville and Mary Matalin. We’ll dive headlong into Arkansas politics, but not before a round-up of the week in sports [...]
Marianna farmer and Arkansas Farm Bureau president Stanley Reed will run for the US Senate in the Republican Party primary. Mr. Reed filed papers with the Federal Election Commission yesterday. Roby Brock of Talk Business spoke to Mr. Reed who said, “I’m in the race.”
David Sanders, a columnist for [...]
In telephone interview with David Sanders, he confirms that Stanley Reed will run for U.S. Senate as a Republican and that he will serve as his campaign manager.
Roby Brock, who was first to break the story, spoke with Reed who told him he planned to file [...]
This was strongly rumored during the last round of job cuts at the Hawker Beechcraft aircraft completion facility at Little Rock National Airport.
Roby Brock at Talk Business says a statement is coming this evening from Dassault Falcon, another major aircraft facility at the airport, and he expects it to [...]
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While I'm here: Roby Brock has an item in Talk Business on FCC filings that suggest reshuffling of telcom industry could preserve some current Alltel holdover workers in new ventures in Little Rock.
ALSO: Ricky Hinton, Maurice Clemmons' half-brother and also a former Arkansan known to authorities here, may be' [...]
Roby Brock has a report on an undisclosed number of additional layoffs at the Hawker Beechcraft plant at the Little Rock airport. Two blog readers with friends on the workforce there says the number is sizable, perhaps 175 of a remaining work force of more than 400. The private plane facility [...]
