by - October 10, 2018 6:10 pm
Gasoline prices in Arkansas and the rest of the nation jumped to a four-year high this week as weak U.S. crude inventories have led to higher oil prices as refiners…
by - October 10, 2018 6:02 pm
Gov. Asa Hutchinson and his Democratic Party opponent Jared Henderson got a chance on Tuesday (Oct. 9) to share their visions on Arkansas energy policy before an audience of some…
by - October 9, 2018 4:05 pm
Student loan default rates for Arkansas college students declined for the fifth straight year even as the amount of debt owed by current and former college goers nears crisis level,…
by - October 6, 2018 10:14 am
When Arkansas voters took the step to legalize medical marijuana in the November 2016 election, the Natural State was hailed as an outlier for being the first state in the…
by - October 5, 2018 1:08 pm
The U.S. unemployment rate fell to its lowest level since former President Richard Nixon was in office as thousands of new workers continue to enter the workforce and job-hoppers seek…
by - October 3, 2018 3:46 pm
In taking nearly 30 minutes to explain the finer details of his proposed reorganization plan, Gov. Asa Hutchinson made clear that no employees would lose their jobs and any financial…
by - October 3, 2018 2:40 pm
Gov. Asa Hutchinson on Wednesday (Oct. 3) before an overflow crowd gathered at the State Capitol unveiled his long-awaited “transformation plan” to shrink the size of Arkansas’ state government from…
by - October 2, 2018 8:12 pm
A federal lawsuit was filed Tuesday (Oct. 2) against long-serving state Sen. Jason Rapert, R-Bigelow, by local members of national atheist group who say the Arkansas lawmaker violated their constitutional…
by - October 2, 2018 11:30 am
State budget coffers were brimming headed into October and the early holiday shopping season as tax collections in all major revenue categories were ahead of forecast, the Arkansas Department of…
by - October 1, 2018 8:51 pm
The Arkansas Medical Marijuana Commission on Monday (Oct. 1) scheduled a meeting with a Boston consulting firm in nearly two weeks to score and review the nearly 200 medical cannabis…
by - September 30, 2018 8:20 am
Arkansas’ fast-growing defense sector got another big boost this week after two global defense contractors with state ties won contract awards or extensions on work that will be completed at…
by - September 27, 2018 6:30 pm
The state Medical Marijuana Commission on Thursday (Sept. 25) officially agreed to a pact with Boston-based Public Consulting Group to review and score 203 pot dispensary applications and then select…
by - September 27, 2018 12:07 pm
One of the last vestiges of the Kmart and Sears brand in Central Arkansas will soon be replaced by a $35 million medical facility, local developers announced Thursday (Sept. 27)….
by - September 25, 2018 2:59 pm
Personal income growth in Arkansas accelerated ahead of most of the nation in the second quarter as oversized earnings from the Natural State’s volatile farming sector boosted contributions to the…
by - September 24, 2018 1:04 pm
Arkansas regulators are on schedule to issue pot dispensary licenses across the state by Thanksgiving if an agreement with a Boston-based consulting group is finalized as expected this week, a…
by - September 21, 2018 2:13 pm
Arkansas’ unemployment rate edged back closer to last summer’s all-time low as nonfarm payroll hires in government and education offset fewer job adds in other sectors, according to newly released…
by - September 20, 2018 9:15 pm
The Arkansas Judicial Discipline and Disability Commission on Thursday (Sept. 20) filed formal charges against Arkansas Supreme Court Justice Dan Kemp and five other justices more than a year after…
by - September 20, 2018 5:26 pm
In a new survey just released by a pro-China council that includes Tyson Foods, Walmart and Microsoft as members, three-fourths of the members who do business with China say they…
by - September 20, 2018 4:47 pm
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is awarding $155 million in new funding for support of states, territories, tribes and non-governmental organizations working to prevent the growing…
by - September 19, 2018 4:53 pm
A report released Wednesday (Sept. 19) by the Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families (AACF) makes the case that one-fourth of the state’s workforce would benefit from the Issue 5…
