by - June 10, 2015 7:03 pm
J.B. Hunt Transport Services is expected to start construction this summer on a seven-story office tower on its corporate headquarters campus in Lowell. Details on the construction project, expected to…
by - June 10, 2015 6:31 pm
Arkansas’ real gross domestic product (GDP) output lost momentum in 2014 as the Natural State’s economic growth fell well below the rest of the nation and surrounding states, according to…
by - June 10, 2015 4:00 pm
Advertising agency CJRW made five staff announcements on Wednesday in its digital division. CJRW touts itself as a full-service marketing, advertising, digital and public relations firm with offices in Little…
by - June 10, 2015 2:44 pm
U.S. Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Arkansas, said Wednesday (June 10) that he does not think President Obama is willing to commit the resources necessary to defeat ISIS, the militant terrorist group…
by - June 10, 2015 2:43 pm
An $8 million project to install solar panels at the Little Rock Veterans Affairs Medical Center is the first recipient of a newly resurrected award highlighting government waste, Rep. French…
by - June 10, 2015 2:42 pm
Jacob Kauffman with our content partner, KUAR FM 89.1 News, reports: A trio of Arkansas legislators officially requested an advisory opinion from Attorney General Leslie Rutledge on Wednesday as to…
by - June 10, 2015 2:17 pm
Wal-Mart says it remains focused on helping return manufacturing jobs to the U.S., with the number of success stories growing and the 2015 manufacturing summit being moved to Bentonville to better connect buyers with products “that are ready to go.”
by - June 10, 2015 2:16 pm
Members of Big River Steel had the opportunity to tour SMS group’s manufacturing plant in Hilchenbach, Germany during a visit in late May, company officials said Wednesday. SMS group, headquartered…
by - June 10, 2015 12:43 pm
Michelle Gloeckler says Wal-Mart Stores remains focused on helping return manufacturing jobs to the U.S., with the number of success stories growing and the 2015 manufacturing summit being moved to…
by - June 10, 2015 12:26 pm
Jacob Kauffman with our content partner, KUAR FM 89.1 News reports: The newly constituted Arkansas Workforce Development Board held its first meeting Tuesday to begin building a long-term plan to…
by - June 10, 2015 12:20 pm
Each month, the Bureau of Labor Statistics announces our nation’s unemployment rate, and with the announcement comes plenty of predictable partisan banter. When rates are low, the party that is…
by - June 10, 2015 10:44 am
The combined value of building permits fell 26.8% during May in Fort Smith, Greenwood and Van Buren. However, permit values in the three cities are up more than 16% during…
by - June 10, 2015 10:08 am
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), administrator of the Arkansas INBRE program promoting biomedical research across the state, has been awarded $3.9 million by the National Institutes of…
by - June 10, 2015 7:05 am
Content partner KAIT Ch. 8 reports: Federal investigators will look into the cause of a small plane crash in a business parking lot in Jonesboro. A small-engine plane crashed in…
by - June 10, 2015 6:37 am
The state’s congressional delegation – Sens. John Boozman (R-Ark.), Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), Reps. Rick Crawford, R-Jonesboro, French Hill, R-Little Rock, Steve Womack, R-Rogers and Bruce Westerman, R-Hot Springs as well…
by - June 10, 2015 6:34 am
Despite winning high-profile Arkansas startup competitions, it gets harder to grow from idea to implementation. Stamina, perseverance and out-of-state help makes a difference and highlights a problem for the state’s startup scene.
by - June 10, 2015 5:49 am
Editor’s note: Each Wednesday, Talk Business & Politics provides “Health Beat,” a round-up of health-related topics in our email newsletter, which you can sign up to receive daily for free here. HEALTHCARE HIRING…
by - June 9, 2015 7:26 pm
A U.S. appellate court threw out a challenge to the EPA’s controversial Clean Power Plan by attorneys general in several states, saying the plaintiffs’ lawsuit was prematurely filed before the federal agency had drafted final rules.
by - June 9, 2015 6:41 pm
The four-year phase from construction to completion of a $16.5 million, 28-acre facility to help people with Alzheimer’s disease and dementia culminated Tuesday when the doors opened for people to…
by - June 9, 2015 5:34 pm
April U.S. manufacturing technology orders totaled $384.81 million, according to The Association For Manufacturing Technology (AMT). The numbers were down 8.1% from March and 1% from the previous April report….
