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U.S. Freight Activity Rebounds In May

What a difference a month makes. After declines in April, the American Trucking Associations’ truck tonnage index and the Cass Freight Index reported gains in May.

Questions raised about Brockovich’s Whirlpool review

They did not have to come. They chose to come after Fort Smith residents reached out and asked for help. But now there are questions about where Erin Brockovich's environmental…

U.S. freight activity rebounds in May

What a difference a month makes. After declines in April, the American Trucking Associations’ truck tonnage index and the Cass Freight Index reported gains in May. The reports from the…

Local banking preference poll unveiled

Consumers living in Northwest Arkansas (420,000-plus) have 38 banks to choose from which makes Benton and Washington counties one of the most competitive markets for bankers in the country. In…

Walton Family Foundation grants $1.3 million to Arkansas schools

The Walton Family Foundation announced Tuesday (June 18) grants totaling $1.3 million to two organizations working to improve the quality of the state’s K-12 schools. The Arkansas Advanced Initiative for…

Tyson details assistance given to Moore, Okla.

Tyson Foods said its disaster relief teams served more than 80,000 meals to survivors and rescue workers in the aftermath of last month’s devastating tornado in Moore, Okla. The meat…

Walton Family Foundation Gives $1.3 Million To Public School Groups

The Walton Family Foundation has granted two organizations $1.3 million in an effort aimed at the state’s K-12 schools. The Arkansas Advanced Initiative for Math and Science (AAIMS) and Arkansas…

Tuesday Kudos: Delta Dental Names New VP For Sales

Delta Dental names a new vice-president, TransAmerica earns an impressive accolade, and Wal-Mart has a new lead independent director. JAY REAVIS NAMED VP AT DELTA DENTAL Jay Reavis was named Vice…

Chief Justice To Initiate More Public Outreach After Session Squabbles

In his “State of the Judiciary” speech to the Arkansas Bar, state Supreme Court Chief Justice Jim Hannah sees a threat to the future of the state’s independent judicial system.

Fort Smith area building permit values up 54%

The value of building permits in Fort Smith, Greenwood and Van Buren were a combined $34.602 million in May. The figure is up significantly from last month, with $18.35 million…

Wal-Mart board selects Cash as lead independent director

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. said on Saturday that its board appointed James Cash Jr. as lead independent director. Cash is an emeritus professor at Harvard University and a member of Wal-Mart’s…

Steve Clark: ‘Immigration Reform Is About The Economy’

Editor’s note: Steve Clark, the author of this guest commentary, is the President & CEO of the Fayetteville Chamber of Commerce. He is a lawyer, a mediator, a former law…

New $42 Million Mercy Hospital Could Add 100 Jobs

Mercy officials provided details Monday (June 17) on the $42 million Orthopedic Hospital in Fort Smith that should be completed by October 2014 and could add to up to 100…

Education Commissioner Names New Chief of Staff

Deborah Coffman, former director of professional development with the Arkansas Department of Education, is the department’s new chief of staff effective June 17. She replaces Phyllis Stewart, who is leaving…

Arkansas economy ‘improves at a modest pace’

With the exception of Fort Smith, five of the six metro areas covered in the Little Rock Zone of the Federal Reserve’s St. Louis District showed improvement or flatline stability…

New $42 million Mercy hospital could add 100 jobs

Mercy officials provided details Monday (June 17) on the $42 million Orthopedic Hospital in Fort Smith that should be completed by October 2014 and could add to up to 100…

Feds Say Economic Growth In Arkansas ‘Improves At A Modest Pace’

With the exception of Fort Smith, five of the six metro areas covered in the Little Rock Zone of the Federal Reserve’s St. Louis District showed improvement or flatline stability in the first quarter of 2013.

Campus Talk: Three Questions With Dr. Laura Bednar

Editor’s note: Talk Business Arkansas contributor Steve Brawner today offers another installment of “Three Questions,” a recurring feature for our education and public policy readers. As the Arkansas Department of…

NWA home sales rally continues

It took just four hours for Jim Long, a real estate agent with Crye-Leike In Bentonville, to sell one of his listings in May. “I also had another listing go…

Arkansas Insurance Department Announces 23 ‘Health Connectors’

The Arkansas Insurance Department announced Friday (June 14) the launch of its Arkansas Health Connector program with the award of contracts to 23 organizations to serve as guides to help…