by - February 22, 2011 7:00 pm
The Little Rock area was the only Arkansas metro region to see a GDP increase between 2008-2009, according to figures released Wednesday by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.
by - February 22, 2011 7:00 pm
Middle East unrest could lift local pump prices as to as high as $4 a gallon by the summer as international crude oil futures continue to advance unabated, energy experts and analysts say.
by - February 22, 2011 7:00 pm
Deltic Timber Corp. had weak fourth quarter profits, but that didn’t stop the El Dorado-based timber and real estate company from recording a stellar year.
by - February 22, 2011 7:00 pm
Stephens Media columnist Steve Brawner examines the budding similarities between the state legislature and the federal Congress.
by - February 22, 2011 7:00 pm
A fifth candidate filed for an open House seat on Wednesday, just two days before filing closes.
by - February 21, 2011 7:00 pm
Bentonville-based Wal-Mart posted its 7th consecutive quarter of falling same-store sales and missed Wall Street forecasts, casting a gloomy pall on consumer fortunes.
by - February 21, 2011 7:00 pm
U.S. House Transportation and Infrastructure Chairman John Mica will hold a "listening session" in Jonesboro on Thursday, Feb. 24.
by - February 21, 2011 7:00 pm
Lee Richardson, a New Orleans born-and-trained chef, came to Arkansas in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Five years later, the tragedy has turned to triumph in an unsuspecting manner.
by - February 21, 2011 7:00 pm
With a high-tech TV truck, Little Rock Waste Water employees can see what’s happening under the surface and in the pipes of more than 1,300 miles of sewer lines.
by - February 21, 2011 7:00 pm
Dillard’s, Inc. reported higher sales and higher profits as a strong fourth quarter boosted full year earnings.
by - February 21, 2011 7:00 pm
U.S. Senator Mark Pryor (D-Ark.) convened a roundtable of 30 business leaders from Arkansas to discuss changes to federal laws and regulations that could lead to innovation and new jobs.
by - February 21, 2011 7:00 pm
Graphic Packaging International said it will close its Jacksonville multiwall bag facility and locate the business to its other U.S. operations.
by - February 21, 2011 7:00 pm
Eight proposed constitutional amendments will get their first public screening in a House subcommittee on Wednesday.
by - February 21, 2011 7:00 pm
U.S. Rep. Steve Womack (R-Rogers) was right in the middle of the latest grueling vote to cut $100 billion in federal government spending, but he warned state business leaders on Tuesday (Feb. 22) that two votes later in the year will be equally gut-wrenching.
by - February 21, 2011 7:00 pm
On Tuesday, Attorney General Dustin McDaniel rejected a proposed ballot initiative aimed at raising the state’s severance tax on natural gas to 7%.
Attorney, two-time GOP gubernatorial nominee, and former natural gas company executive Sheffield Nelson filed paperwork on Feb. 7 with the Attorney General’s office to lead an initiated act to raise Arkansas’ severance tax on natural gas to 7%.
by - February 21, 2011 7:00 pm
One day after clearing a Senate committee hurdle, three tax cut bills passed the full Senate and a House tax panel approved a new tax cut proposal.
by - February 21, 2011 7:00 pm
House Speaker Robert Moore’s Herculean task of cobbling together a roads program involving tax increases in the current political climate could face obstacles in the Senate if it passes the House.
by - February 20, 2011 7:00 pm
Three Democrats have announced their intentions to chase an open House seat, and now a fourth Republican candidate joins the fray.
by - February 20, 2011 7:00 pm
With the looming introduction of a bill to overhaul the state’s criminal justice system, Governor’s spokesman Matt DeCample says discussions with concerend interest groups continue.
by - February 20, 2011 7:00 pm
Chesapeake Energy Corp. today announced it has agreed to sell its Arkansas gas interests to BHP Billiton Petroleum, a wholly owned subsidiary of BHP Billiton Limited of Australia for $4.75 billion in cash.
