Archive for: arkansas

Entergy Redeems Bonds – Analyst Blog

Entergy Arkansas Inc., a unit of Entergy Corporation, announced plans to buy back all of its outstanding First Mortgage Bonds in the 6% Series due November 1, 2032...

Read Full Story »

 
Founder of Oregon Petition wins house primary race

Founder of Oregon Petition wins house primary race

First stage win for science in US House of Representatives Guest post by Russ Steele There has been a lot of discussion of the election results in Pennsylvania,...

Read Full Story »

 

Primaries may help foreshadow November elections

Washington Post | Tuesday’s crucial primary elections in Pennsylvania, Kentucky and Arkansas have drawn extraordinary attention from politicians and strategists...

Read Full Story »

 

Rally against Socialized Health Insurance in Arkansas

The war against mandated socialist insurance. Lawsuits are being prepared by states and individuals. Michelle Bachman has introduced legislation to repeal HR3590....

Read Full Story »

 

FEMA sells off Hurricane Katrina trailers tainted with formaldehyde

Consumer advocates and environmentalists are outraged that the government resold products it deemed unsafe to live in, saying warning stickers attached to the units...

Read Full Story »

 

James Jones joins race in 8th (Arkansas sharecropper, Republican, "Tea Party guy")

Jones joins race in 8thBy: GARY WECKSELBLATT The Intelligencer February 14, 2010 03:34 AM Calling it “a historical moment,” a black man from rural Arkansas...

Read Full Story »

 

‘Egregious’ Unlicensed Flights May Bring $4 Million FAA Fine

An Arkansas aviation company may befined $4 million by U.S. regulators for carrying passengers onat least 798 flights without the proper certification or anapproved...

Read Full Story »

 

A Huckabee clemency* gone awry?

The Seattle Times reports that the man suspected of shooting four police officers in Washington State was granted clemency in Arkansas nine years ago by then-Governor...

Read Full Story »

 

Windstream shares slip as 3rd-quarter results miss analyst estimates; landline losses slow

Windstream shares slip as 3Q results miss Street LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Shares of Windstream Corp. slid Monday after the telephone and broadband services provider...

Read Full Story »

 

Miserable year for cotton leaves Ark. gin operators hurting; yield and seed prices down too

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Cotton gin operators in Arkansas are in a tight spot. Since 1.2 million acres were planted in 2006, cotton acreage has declined steadily to...

Read Full Story »

 

Poultry companies: Okla. agency had years to go to court over water quality issues and didn’t

TULSA, Okla. — Arkansas poultry companies claimed Wednesday that an Oklahoma agency could have gone to court long ago to enforce water quality standards in a sensitive...

Read Full Story »

 

Arkansas unemployment rate unchanged at 7.1 percent for September; U.S rate at 9.8 percent

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Arkansas’ unemployment rate held steady at 7.1 percent in September, though losses in some job sectors indicate an economic recovery...

Read Full Story »