by - May 22, 2018 11:18 pm
Key legislative races across the state saw incumbent lawmakers in both parties hold onto House and Senate seats, and a small group of newcomers won races in Democratic and GOP…
by - May 22, 2018 12:27 pm
U.S. District Court Judge Kristine Baker is set to hear arguments Thursday (May 24) in Little Rock concerning a back-and-forth civil case pitting Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge and a…
by - May 21, 2018 11:31 am
U.S. District Judge Kristine Baker has directed Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge to respond by Tuesday (May 22) to an emergency motion that would force her to take the stand…
by - May 18, 2018 3:54 pm
For the third month in a row, Arkansas’ unemployment rate has held at 3.8%, just one-tenth of a percentage point below the national average and two-tenths of a point above…
by - May 18, 2018 2:33 pm
IberiaBank Corp., (NASDAQ: IBKC) the parent company of the regional banking group of the same name, announced plans Friday (May 18) to shutter or merge 22 locations across its Southeast…
by - May 18, 2018 1:50 pm
A Little Rock lawyer’s opportunity to get Attorney General Leslie Rutledge on the stand to defend her office’s repeated rejection of proposed voter referendums was stayed in Pulaski County Circuit…
by - May 17, 2018 8:11 pm
Gov. Asa Hutchinson and a handful of other border-state governors will head to the White House on Monday (May 21) to discuss the nation’s immigration policy and meet with President…
by - May 16, 2018 5:52 pm
Shares of Acxiom Corp. stock were off more than 9% in after-market trading Wednesday (May 16) after the Conway-based data marketer missed Wall Street targets with its fourth quarter and…
by - May 15, 2018 5:32 pm
Mumbai, India-based Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) announced Tuesday (May 15) it will nearly double its Arkansas employee headcount with the recent hiring of more than 200 employees at new offices…
by - May 15, 2018 1:25 pm
A Pulaski County judge involved in several key cases concerning state powers has ruled Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge must appear at an upcoming hearing on a constitutional challenge of…
by - May 14, 2018 4:30 pm
Two shuttered bank locations in Arkansas are part of a nationwide auction on May 31 to dispose of local branches across the rural South that are struggling to stay afloat…
by - May 10, 2018 7:06 pm
Attorney General Leslie Rutledge has filed briefs with the Arkansas Supreme Court raising legal questions in the state’s expedited appeal of a Pulaski County Circuit Court decision to block the…
by - May 10, 2018 6:51 pm
The Little Rock Technology Park Authority Wednesday (May 9) voted to accept a lone bid from Stone Ward to promote the city’s downtown startup village and pitch positive stories on…
by - May 10, 2018 3:14 pm
A legislative task force on Thursday (May 10) compiled a working list of corporate and income tax exemptions that lawmakers will begin sifting through to decide if certain exclusions that…
by - May 8, 2018 4:51 pm
The Arkansas Public Service Commission on Tuesday (May 8) gave Southwestern Electric Power Co. (SWEPCO) the go ahead for the controversial Wind Catcher Energy Connection project, a $4.5 billion project…
by - May 8, 2018 12:29 pm
The federal Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) paid out more than $18.111 million to 4,580 Arkansas retirees in failed pension plans in 2017. The payments came despite fears that rising…
by - May 4, 2018 2:04 pm
Nearly two months after joining operations with its Arkansas rival, PotlatchDeltic Corp. on Thursday (May 3) eked out a first quarter profit and reported its recent deal with El Dorado-based…
by - May 4, 2018 12:19 pm
Arkansas’ economy only saw a moderate 1.1% change in real domestic product (GDP) growth in 2017 as the state’s economic output ranked 36th among the 50 states, according to a…
by - May 4, 2018 11:21 am
The nation’s red-hot job market fell below 4% for the first time since the waning days of former President Bill Clinton administration nearly 20 years ago. The drop was aided…
by - May 3, 2018 6:51 pm
After hearing evidence for more than three weeks in U.S. District Court in Fayetteville, a federal jury returned a guilty verdict late Thursday afternoon (May 3) against former Republican Sen….
