by - March 25, 2020 7:28 pm
With Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin leading negotiations with top Senate Republican and Democratic lawmakers, Congress is set to approve a nearly $2 trillion COVID-19 rescue package the Trump administration hopes…
by - March 23, 2020 6:16 pm
As Arkansas received a vital shipment of personal protection equipment (PPE) to help healthcare workers slow the spread of the COVID-19, the Trump administration is quietly seeking to ease some…
by - February 18, 2020 12:16 pm
As the nation’s share of monthly electricity generation from renewable sources exceeded coal-fired generation for the first time in 2019, the Arkansas General Assembly passed “game-changing” legislation that put the…
by - December 5, 2019 2:23 pm
Nearly 10 months after seeking Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, Little Rock-based Windstream Holdings Inc. will go back before a federal judge in nearly two weeks to request an extension to…
by - November 21, 2019 5:00 pm
Data from the U.S. Labor Department’s Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) shows that Benton County had the largest second quarter yearly wage gain among the nation’s 355 largest counties at…
by - November 20, 2019 4:06 pm
Dr. Mary L. Good, founding dean at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock Donaghey College of Engineering and former chairwoman of the Little Rock Technology Authority, passed away Wednesday…
by - November 19, 2019 1:42 pm
The U.S. Census Bureau released new estimates Tuesday (Nov. 19) showing there are now more than 1 million same-sex couple households in the agency’s annual snapshot of American families and…
by - November 19, 2019 12:57 pm
Following several big job announcements across the state in the last month, Arkansas’ unemployment rate remained unchanged at 3.5% as the civilian labor pool increased by a tidy 1,626 jobs…
by - November 18, 2019 5:29 pm
Expansion-minded drug store operator Express Rx announced plans Monday (Nov. 18) to consolidate its varied office locations in several states into a new headquarters location in Little Rock, adding some…
by - November 14, 2019 7:37 pm
Thinly-traded Inuvo Corp., which called offer its $75 million merger with California-based ConversionPoint Technologies earlier this summer, eked out a third quarter profit shy of $1 million as the Little…
by - November 14, 2019 7:01 pm
The economic development group housed at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock College of Business is launching a new accelerator project to help more early-stage Arkansas firms gain access…
by - November 12, 2019 5:59 pm
The Little Rock Municipal Airport Commission on Tuesday (Nov. 12) named longtime staffer Bryan Malinowski as the executive director of Arkansas’ largest airport following a nationwide search. Malinowski, 49, was…
by - November 12, 2019 11:40 am
Secret talks between Windstream Holdings Inc. and its former real estate spin-off have broken down over a multi-million dollar landlord-tenant agreement that could threaten the solvency of both Little Rock…
by - November 11, 2019 2:51 pm
Privately held Big River Steel in Northeast Arkansas has closed on its deal announced last month to make United States Steel Corp. a minority stakeholder of the company’s scrap recycling…
by - November 9, 2019 10:06 am
Once the world’s largest brick-and-mortar retailer, a private hedge fund formed earlier this year to save the venerable Sears and Roebuck Co. brand on Friday (Nov. 8) announced its intention…
by - November 8, 2019 12:31 pm
As Little Rock-based Uniti Corp. seeks to branch away from dependence on a multimillion-dollar lease pact with its former parent company, Windstream Holding Inc., the Little Rock real estate investment…
by - November 7, 2019 7:22 pm
As Gov. Asa Hutchinson wraps up his fourth Far East trade mission, a new report released Wednesday (Nov. 6) by a coalition of U.S. trade groups says the ongoing trade…
by - November 7, 2019 7:17 pm
National data released by Tariffs Hurt the Heartland shows American consumers and businesses have paid an additional $38 billion since the trade war with China began in February 2018 through…
by - November 7, 2019 5:12 pm
Windstream Holdings Inc. reported that third quarter profits fell short of a year ago results as the Little Rock rural broadband operator continues to work through its Chapter 11 bankruptcy…
by - November 6, 2019 6:32 pm
The chief lobbyist for one of the nation’s top small business investment trade groups told Arkansas officials on Wednesday (Nov. 6) that the U.S. is facing a growing “equity gap” that…
