On this week’s TV edition of Talk Business & Politics:
A dramatic week in Washington, D.C. is punctuated with the appointment of a special prosecutor. Breaking it all down is Politico White House reporter Josh Dawsey and Lt. Gov. Tim Griffin, a former Congressman, U.S. Attorney and Special Counsel assistant.
Arkansas has been pounded by recent floods. How is the state’s agriculture community going to be impacted? Arkansas Farm Bureau President Randy Veach explains this plus his group’s stand on tax exemption reform and trade with Cuba.
Plus, Gov. Asa Hutchinson announces for re-election and the state’s lawyers float a constitutional amendment. Arkansas Democrat-Gazette columnist John Brummett and TB&P contributors Tamika Edwards and John Burris discuss.
On this week’s TV edition of Talk Business & Politics:
A Mother’s Day special. State Senators Missy Irvin and Joyce Elliott discuss several new laws that were enacted to help working women and moms.
Sen. John Boozman. The state’s senior senator reacts to President Trump’s firing of FBI director James Comey as well as flooding, farming, climate change and healthcare.
A roundup of the week from our TB&P Daily Digital guests, including John Brummett, Jessica DeLoach Sabin, Robert Coon, Conner Eldridge and Gary Norcross.
On this week’s TV edition of Talk Business & Politics, which airs Sundays at 9:30 a.m. on KATV Channel 7 in Central Arkansas; 10 a.m. on KAIT-NBC in Northeast Arkansas; and 10:30 a.m. on KFSM Channel 5 in Northwest Arkansas/Fort Smith.
In his first in-depth solo interview since before Arkansas’ recent executions, Governor Asa Hutchinson speaks about death row politics, the recently concluded regular and special sessions, flooding catastrophes, and what’s next on the horizon.
Attorney General Leslie Rutledge. What has the state learned after two weeks of on-again, off-again executions?
Senate President Johnathan Dismang. What is on the legislature’s radar as they wrap up the regular session and move into a special session?
Cong. Steve Womack. With rumors of a tenuous breakthrough, are there any answers on healthcare?