by - March 5, 2018 6:52 pm
A joint legislative panel on Monday let go of several key appropriations bills necessary to fulfill Gov. Asa Hutchinson’s $5.44 billion budget for fiscal 2019, including legislation for a long-awaited…
by - March 1, 2018 8:02 pm
Uniti Group Inc., the fast-growing spin-off of Windstream Holdings Inc., announced Friday (March 1) a year-end, tax cut-aided profit of $20.5 million, and closed the books on a challenging year…
by - March 1, 2018 7:40 pm
Southwestern Energy Company posted solid results in the fourth quarter and returned to profitability in 2017 after the company’s drilling program picked up steam on the East Coast amid plans…
by - March 1, 2018 11:21 am
The nation’s general economic picture held steady in the fourth quarter of 2017 as strong consumer spending, fixed investments and government outlays picked up in the months heading into the…
by - February 28, 2018 7:19 pm
As the smoke clears from the state medical marijuana board’s long-awaited decision on Tuesday (Feb. 27) to award licenses for the state’s first medical pot greenhouses, the clear winners for…
by - February 28, 2018 12:42 pm
As more corporations and businesses experiment with flexible and remote working arrangements, Verizon Wireless is planning to shutter its football field-sized calling center in Little Rock and shift more than…
by - February 28, 2018 11:16 am
Murphy Oil Corp. and Southwestern Energy Co., two of the state’s longest and largest employers in the oil and gas sector, have both announced key changes in their executive suites…
by - February 28, 2018 10:40 am
Japanese auto supply giant Denso North America announced plans Wednesday (Feb. 28) to add four new production lines and 320 new jobs at its huge manufacturing complex in Athens, Tenn.,…
by - February 27, 2018 4:44 pm
As a nervous, standing-room only crowd looked on, the state Medical Marijuana Commission (AMMC) on Tuesday (Feb. 26) selected a handful of Arkansas companies to grow and supply the state’s…
by - February 26, 2018 4:29 pm
Editor’s note: This story is updated to include Morgan’s statement that she would not endorse Gov. Hutchinson if he were to win the GOP primary and it includes the governor’s…
by - February 22, 2018 4:36 pm
Windstream Holdings Inc. closed out a challenging year with reported losses of nearly $2 billion in the fourth quarter as the Little Rock telecom’s customers shed traditional landline phone service…
by - February 21, 2018 6:02 pm
Another shoe has dropped in an ongoing federal bribery investigation after longtime Arkansas lobbyist Milton Russell Cranford was charged Wednesday (Feb. 21) for his part in a Springfield, Mo., charity…
by - February 20, 2018 7:34 pm
Arkansas Economic Development Commission Director Mike Preston told a Senate subcommittee Tuesday (Feb. 20) that state incentives level the playing field in areas where Arkansas has a competitive disadvantage in…
by - February 20, 2018 5:24 pm
Southwestern Energy spokeswoman Christina Fowler said the Houston-based oil and gas firm will offer more details in its upcoming fourth quarter and annual financial report of its Feb. 8 announcement…
by - February 20, 2018 4:26 pm
BHP Billiton has officially kicked off the fire sale for the Fayetteville Shale by hiring Wall Street banking giant Barclays to set up a “virtual data room” to provide prospective…
by - February 19, 2018 5:50 pm
Gov. Asa Hutchinson told reporters Monday (Feb. 19) he will call lawmakers back to the State Capitol shortly after the ongoing fiscal session to pass legislation to address growing concerns…
by - February 19, 2018 3:01 pm
Nearly a year after lawmakers began the process of writing new laws for the state’s controversial medical marijuana industry, the arduous and complicated task of issuing the state’s first growing…
by - February 18, 2018 3:29 pm
The Little Rock branch of the St. Louis Federal Reserve is expecting a record turnout next week for a unique event aimed at helping Arkansas high school students learn more…
by - February 16, 2018 5:09 pm
State Department of Transportation officials said Friday (Feb. 16) they have forwarded an alternate route to federal highway officials for part of the long-awaited Interstate 69 superhighway that many hope…
by - February 14, 2018 6:53 pm
Deltic Timber eked out a small fourth quarter profit as the El Dorado timber manufacturer with Murphy Oil ties closed out its final chapter as a publicly held company ahead…
