by - July 18, 2018 10:08 am
BHP Billiton’s high-stakes auction to sell off its Fayetteville Shale interest in Arkansas and exit the U.S. onshore oil and gas business by year-end is progressing as planned, the Australian…
by - July 17, 2018 5:55 pm
As the Trump administration enters a new era of trade relations with key allies and long-term trading partners, new data shows spending by so-called foreign direct investors in American businesses…
by - July 17, 2018 3:07 pm
Gov. Asa Hutchinson and a host of local business and community leaders will get a chance to preview the 2018 class of financial technology startups that have for the past…
by - July 12, 2018 9:33 pm
The state Medical Marijuana Commission on Thursday (July 12) engaged in a spirited and colorful discussion for nearly an hour on a timeline and plan for the hiring of a…
by - July 12, 2018 6:13 am
Bank of the Ozarks Wednesday (July 11) posted another strong quarterly earnings report as the dynamic Arkansas-based banking group prepares for the next phase of growth and competition with larger…
by - July 10, 2018 6:58 pm
After the Arkansas Supreme Court on Tuesday (July 10) formally lifted a Pulaski County injunction halting the award of medical pot licenses to five Arkansas startups, the state Medical Marijuana…
by - July 9, 2018 5:21 pm
A fast-growing Garland County company has received a favorable preliminary determination from the U.S. Commerce Department about a complaint that cheap rubber bands made in the Far East are eroding…
by - July 3, 2018 10:09 pm
A Missouri nonprofit at the center of an ongoing federal bribery and corruption investigation announced late Tuesday (July 3) that it plans to downsize its Arkansas operations following a series…
by - July 3, 2018 2:45 pm
Arkansas ended fiscal year 2018 with a tidy surplus of nearly $42 million as moderate growth from sales tax collections and strong payroll additions to the state’s brimming labor force…
by - July 2, 2018 7:47 pm
The state Medical Marijuana Commission (AMMC) on Monday (July 2) approved a non-binding proposal to explore plans to hire an independent consultant to review and score over 200 dispensary applications…
by - July 2, 2018 12:53 pm
Editor’s note: This is the second of a two-part series on Preferred Family Healthcare, the company at the center of Medicaid fraud and kickbacks to Arkansas legislators. Link here for…
by - July 2, 2018 11:28 am
The nation’s largest business trade group on Monday (July 2) issued its strongest rebuke of trade tariffs recently imposed by the Trump administration on China and U.S. allies in the…
by - July 1, 2018 7:09 pm
Editor’s note: This is the first of a two-part series on Preferred Family Healthcare, the company at the center of Medicaid fraud and kickbacks to Arkansas legislators. ––––––––––––––––– During the…
by - June 25, 2018 10:19 am
Three Chinese manufacturers from the Shandong Province that announced plans to locate in Arkansas following one of Gov. Asa Hutchinson’s frequent Far East trade missions have not yet moved out…
by - June 22, 2018 12:10 pm
A Chinese clothing maker that signed one of several deals with Gov. Asa Hutchinson to bring manufacturing jobs back to the U.S. has begun production and posted “help wanted” signs…
by - June 22, 2018 11:28 am
A report submitted to Congress on Thursday (June 21) by the U.S. Office of Government Accountability (GAO) warns that action is needed on the nation’s growing federal deficit, which grew…
by - June 21, 2018 4:52 pm
State lawmakers and others working to overhaul the state’s cumbersome tax code applauded an almost-split decision issued Thursday (June 21) by the U.S. Supreme Court that could allow Arkansas and…
by - June 21, 2018 2:15 pm
The Arkansas Supreme Court on Thursday (June 21) overruled a lower court decision to halt the implementation of the state’s medical marijuana industry, saying a Pulaski County judge erroneously applied…
by - June 20, 2018 3:01 pm
President Donald Trump on Wednesday (June 20) signed an executive order to end his administration’s “zero tolerance” policy at the nation’s southern border. It was a move hoped for by…
by - June 19, 2018 6:39 pm
One day after a former Fort Smith senator was sentenced to prison on federal money laundering and fraud charges, the Arkansas Senate released and adopted pending rules to establish a…
