by - September 18, 2018 11:19 am
Coming off the highest quarterly profits in the company’s history and with plans to expand its sheet cold mill factory in Northeast Arkansas, Nucor Corp. has upped its previous guidance…
by - September 18, 2018 10:36 am
Arkansas economic development officials are still engaged in talks with Chinese officials to bring two major durable goods projects to Arkansas. The news comes amid a new round of trade…
by - September 17, 2018 4:29 pm
The U.S. Department of Commerce on Sept. 30 is expected to release a second, but better version of its first-ever forecasting tool to measure the “ripple effect” of the outdoor…
by - September 17, 2018 4:06 pm
The Missouri healthcare group at the center of a federal corruption and bribing scheme is said to be finalizing an agreement with a Hot Springs substance-abuse rehabilitation and behavioral health…
by - September 12, 2018 4:28 pm
The former president of a Bible college in Springdale was sentenced Wednesday (Sept. 12) to 36 months in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release for his role…
by - September 12, 2018 2:40 pm
The U.S. has moved head of Russia, Saudi Arabia and other OPEC nations earlier this year to become the world’s largest crude oil producer with estimated crude production at 10.9…
by - September 12, 2018 2:32 pm
New data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) shows that Arkansas’ share of nonprofit jobs in the private sector has seen more than 17% post-recession growth over the past…
by - September 11, 2018 7:15 am
Following the sway of top prosecutors in other states, Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge said Monday (Sept. 10) she intends to coordinate with the Diocese of Little Rock to review…
by - September 7, 2018 12:10 pm
More than 200,000 jobs were added to the expanding U.S. economy in August although the total number of new workers on payrolls in June and July was revised downward by…
by - September 5, 2018 12:40 pm
Arkansas tax collections were up across all categories in August as the state’s economy gained momentum heading into the post-Labor Day lull before turning the corner toward the all-important holiday…
by - September 5, 2018 6:43 am
After nearly two decades as the so-called Fayetteville Shale leader, Southwestern Energy Co. has found an exit door. The Houston-based oil and gas company, which marked the beginning of the…
by - September 1, 2018 2:17 pm
A 15-page unsealed federal indictment against Sen. Jeremy Hutchinson, R-Little Rock, alleges that the Arkansas lawmaker who was first elected to the Arkansas senate in 2012 devised a scheme to…
by - August 31, 2018 1:23 pm
After months of speculation concerning the fate of so-called “Senator A,” a federal grand jury in Little Rock indicted Sen. Jeremy Hutchinson on Thursday (Aug. 30) for allegedly devising a…
by - August 29, 2018 3:21 pm
The U.S. economy expanded at a faster clip than previously thought in the second quarter as consumer confidence touched an 18-year high and tax-cut fueled corporate profits boosted business spending…
by - August 29, 2018 11:38 am
Several high-profile steelmakers and investment groups are said to be bidding for the assets of Big River Steel LLC in Northeast Arkansas, as billions of dollars pour into the industry…
by - August 27, 2018 4:48 pm
President Donald Trump and U.S. trade officials on Monday (Aug. 27) reached a preliminary “mutually beneficial” deal with Mexico to update a 24-year-old NAFTA trade agreement that administration officials said…
by - August 27, 2018 1:20 pm
Commercial banks and savings institutions in Arkansas and the U.S. posted healthy profits of more than $60.2 billion in the second quarter, up more than 25% from a year ago…
by - August 26, 2018 7:16 pm
The state Tax Reform and Relief Task Force quietly sent its 20-page findings to Gov. Asa Hutchinson last week on how to restructure the Arkansas tax code. The full report…
by - August 23, 2018 6:34 pm
The volatile side of Northwest Arkansas dynamic growth reared its ugly head again when new Labor Department data released this week showed workers in the state’s third largest county saw…
by - August 23, 2018 11:27 am
More than three years after a motley crew of former Clinton administration officials, top energy executives and Pine Bluff job recruiters announced one of the largest economic development projects in…
