On this week’s edition of Talk Business & Politics Podcast:

The high profile murder off former state Senator from Pocahontas, Linda Collins Smith.  Wes Brown joins me for commentary.

We focus on central and northwest Arkansas growth in our new series Data Points.  Economic developer Jamie Gates helps us drill down into the numbers.

The state lottery is on stable footing and growing in scholarship funding.  Director Bishop Woosley is our guest.

Those stories and more on this week’s edition of Talk Business & Politics.