by - March 29, 2023 2:24 pm
A top 10 Arkansas metric
Arkansas isn’t 48th or 49th. We’re in the Top 10 in the United States in one charitable metric. A broad-based coalition of Arkansans have distributed more than 13,000 dictionaries to…
Education
by - March 28, 2023 5:49 pm
Peak Center floods again, site engineers working on a solution
Open for less than a year, Fort Smith Public School’s Peak Innovation Center has flooded for the second time. District officials said Monday (March 27) that a heavy rainstorm Thursday…
by - March 27, 2023 8:06 am
Researchers in Arkansas searching for fertilizer alternatives
Fertilizer costs have exploded in the last two years due to inflation, the Russian invasion of Ukraine and other factors. Farmers across the country and in Arkansas may have to…
by - March 25, 2023 4:26 pm
Rep. Cozart files bill to change school funding formula, will run this week
A bill filed Friday (March 24) by the former longtime House Education Committee chairman would change Arkansas’ school funding formula. House Bill 1689, the Comprehensive Investment in Student Achievement Act…
by - March 23, 2023 7:44 pm
Education committee chairs file bill for school foundation funding
The leaders of the legislative education committees filed a bill Thursday (March 23) that sets the foundation funding amount for public school students. The dollar figures in the measure will…
by - March 23, 2023 6:16 pm
LEARNS Act pays for teacher salary mandates, but districts must adjust schedules
Gov. Sarah Sanders’ LEARNS Act will increase beginning teacher salaries in the Bryant School District by $7,500 and give all teachers above $50,000 a raise of $2,000, but the district…
by - March 23, 2023 4:07 pm
Crawford County hit with large legal bill with attorney ‘running to the sirens’
A debate over books has cost Crawford County in recent months more than $65,000 in severance pay and attorney fees. The county is being asked to pay a $26,000 legal…
by - March 23, 2023 9:32 am
GOP Rep. Jim Wooten, Democrat Chris Jones speaking at anti-LEARNS Act town hall
State Rep. Jim Wooten, R-Beebe, and Chris Jones, Democratic candidate for governor in 2022, will headline an anti-LEARNS Act town hall discussion Tuesday (March 28) hosted by the Rural Caucus…
by - March 22, 2023 5:12 pm
Arkansas State University hires Alabama assistant as basketball coach
University of Alabama assistant coach Bryan Hodgson has been hired as head coach of the Arkansas State University men’s basketball program, Vice Chancellor of Intercollegiate Athletics Jeff Purinton announced Wednesday…
by - March 21, 2023 10:44 am
Arkansas ag economist John Anderson elected president of Southern Agriculture Economics Association
Starting next year, John Anderson will be in a position to provide strategic guidance to the Southern Agriculture Economics Association, an organization he says has helped shape him professionally for…
by - March 20, 2023 5:07 pm
Ballot referendum to undo LEARNS Act faces high hurdles
Opponents of Gov. Sarah Sanders’ LEARNS education plan are discussing potential litigation to undo the measure, and a possible citizens’ referendum could also delay enactment or even reverse the new…
by - March 20, 2023 11:12 am
‘Labor History and Contemporary Laborlore’ the theme of the 28th annual Delta Symposium
Arkansas State University will host its annual Delta Symposium March 30 through April 1. The 28th symposium is themed “Labor History and Contemporary Laborlore.” It will be held in the…
by - March 20, 2023 10:42 am
Colleagues reflect on Waller’s legacy as Walton College dean
Matt Waller is in his eighth year as dean of the University of Arkansas’ Sam M. Walton College of Business. In a recent interview with the Northwest Arkansas Business Journal,…
by - March 19, 2023 11:27 am
How Arkansas’ construction industry succeeds in 2023
Between inflation, supply chain issues, a looming recession and more, 2023 promises to be a year of challenges for the construction industry in Arkansas. Those of us in Construction Management…
by - March 19, 2023 11:23 am
UA’s Heartland Challenge announces 12 semifinalists
The University of Arkansas has selected a dozen student startup teams for its fourth annual Heartland Challenge Startup Competition. The Heartland Challenge is a global competition designed to simulate the…
by - March 16, 2023 7:32 pm
UAFS again receives ‘Military Friendly’ designation
With Wednesday’s (March 15) news that the U.S. Air Force (USAF) will place its foreign pilot training center at Ebbing Air National Guard Base in Fort Smith, the University of…
by - March 16, 2023 12:18 pm
UA awarded $3.5 million to study 3D concrete printing
Applied Research Associates, a research and engineering firm headquartered in New Mexico, awarded University of Arkansas faculty in the College of Engineering nearly $3.5 million to study the most expedient…
by - March 16, 2023 12:10 pm
Women’s Leadership Center to host annual leadership conference
The Women’s Leadership Center in the Neil Griffin College of Business at Arkansas State University will host its annual Women’s Leadership Conference on April 6. The conference themed as “Seize…
by - March 15, 2023 5:14 pm
J.B. Hunt exec Shelley Simpson honored at Economics Arkansas luncheon
It’s been a long way to the top for Shelley Simpson, president of J.B. Hunt Transport Services, who started her career in logistics as an hourly customer service employee 27…
by - March 15, 2023 3:18 pm
Dr. Carl Cates steps down as dean of ASU’s College of Liberal Arts and Communications
Dr. Carl Cates has decided to step down as the dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Communication at the end of the academic year. Departing as dean effective…