by - March 29, 2016 5:15 pm
Gov. Asa Hutchinson, along with a host of top state government and higher education officials, recognized the Arkansas Biosciences Institute (ABI) on Tuesday for raising more than $500 million in…
by - March 25, 2016 9:29 am
Arkansas’ jobless rate fell two-tenths of a percentage point in February to an all-time low of 4.2%, well below the nation’s unemployment rate of 4.9% and well ahead of year-ago…
by - March 25, 2016 8:26 am
The U.S. economy is still performing well short of expectations as the nation’s Gross Domestic Product activity only grew at a weak 1.4% in the fourth quarter of 2015, according…
by - March 24, 2016 4:05 pm
Anxieties about the Arkansas economy have grown significantly in the first quarter as business executives are increasingly concerned that economic conditions in 2016 will be much worse than in 2015,…
by - March 23, 2016 4:42 pm
Former Arkansas Public Service Commission chair Colette Honorable, now a member of the powerful Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), said Wednesday that federal energy regulators are still holding meetings with…
by - March 23, 2016 3:49 pm
Editor’s note: This is the second of two stories about rising employment in Arkansas’ education and health services sector. Link here for the first story. –––––––––––––––– As Arkansas lawmakers prepare…
by - March 22, 2016 3:12 pm
Editor’s note: This is the first of two stories about rising employment in Arkansas’ education and health services sector. The second story is scheduled to be posted Wednesday (March 23),…
by - March 21, 2016 3:36 pm
Arkansas’ rig count remained at zero from January through March as the oil and gas industry continue to shed jobs across the board. In February, severance tax revenue fell to…
by - March 18, 2016 1:28 pm
Editor’s note: This story is a component of the Arkansas Energy Report, which is produced monthly and is sponsored by the Arkansas State Chamber of Commerce/Associated Industries of Arkansas, and…
by - March 17, 2016 12:57 pm
Although the manufacturing sector in Arkansas and the rest of the U.S. has been mired in a recent slump, a new report from Oxford Economics says U.S. productivity from the…
by - March 16, 2016 2:19 pm
The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) on Wednesday (March 16) maintained federal funds rates at 0.25% to 0.5%, with Fed Chair Janet Yellen calling the nation’s current hawkish monetary policy…
by - March 14, 2016 3:09 pm
In an annual evaluation of the nation’s commercial nuclear plant fleet, the federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission said Entergy Arkansas’ Nuclear One and Two (ANO) units in Russellville were among three…
by - March 14, 2016 9:46 am
Arkansas’ job market got off to a strong start in 2016 as the state’s jobless rate fell three-tenths of a percentage point in January as more than 6,000 workers were…
by - March 13, 2016 8:13 pm
Although Arkansas’ travails in the manufacturing sector are well-known, several initiatives by state workforce and higher education officials and top employers are starting to gain traction in the highly competitive…
by - March 10, 2016 3:04 pm
Arkansas Economic Development Commission chief Mike Preston and officials with Energy Security Partners LLC confirmed this week that they’ve engaged in preliminary talks concerning what would be the nation’s first…
by - March 9, 2016 9:00 pm
The Little Rock Technology Park Authority on Wednesday moved into a new stage of development with the appointment of former Acxiom Corp. executive Kevin Zaffaroni as chairman, coupled with several…
by - March 9, 2016 9:17 am
U.S. Department of Energy officials said Tuesday (March 9) that natural gas is expected to fuel the largest share of electricity generation in 2016 just as future prices for the…
by - March 8, 2016 4:42 pm
Top officials with the state Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ) and Arkansas Public Service Commission (PSC) on Tuesday said they will halt stakeholder compliance meetings on President Barack Obama’s Clean…
by - March 8, 2016 2:49 pm
A State Chamber of Commerce-led public-private partnership unveiled a new workforce initiative Tuesday with the help of Gov. Asa Hutchinson that is aimed at shrinking the “skills gap” that exists…
by - March 8, 2016 8:39 am
BHP Billiton’s Fayetteville Shale operations posted a loss of $102 million in the second half of fiscal 2015 as the mining giant suspended its drilling operations and announced plans for…
