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Blue & You Foundation gives $150,000 to Mercy for NWA residency program

Blue & You Foundation for a Healthier Arkansas gave a $150,000 grant to Mercy Health Foundation to support the internal medicine residency program in 2018. On Thursday (Dec. 21), Mercy…

Energy Action Plan to come before Fayetteville City Council on Jan. 2

Fayetteville City Council tabled a request to establish an Energy Action Plan on Tuesday (Dec. 19) after city staff worked with community and city leaders and stakeholders to develop the…

Arkansas personal income up just 0.5% in third quarter, farm earnings hit snag

Although Arkansas saw robust economic expansion and record low unemployment in the first half and third quarter of 2017, personal income growth across the state lagged behind the rest of…

Debbie Griffin named executive vice president, COO of Bentonville chamber

The Greater Bentonville Area Chamber of Commerce has promoted Debbie Griffin to the position of executive vice president and chief operating officer. She will assume the role Jan. 1. Griffin…

ATA applauds new federal tax rules, pushes 20-cent gas tax for roads

Chris Spear, president and CEO of American Trucking Associations, told a Senate panel that the federal government needs to invest more into highway infrastructure to keep up with rising freight…

Arkansas population tops the 3 million mark for the first time in 2017

Arkansas has more than 3 million residents, according to the latest estimate update from U.S. Census Bureau. The state’s population grew half a percent (16,048) from 2016 to this year….

Tax reform bill could have negative consequences for college athletics charitable giving

The Red Wolves Foundation, the athletics fundraising arm at Arkansas State University, is scrambling to collect as many donations as possible before significant changes to the U.S. tax code are…

Chaffee Crossing snags $800,000 federal grant for sewer system work

The U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) has awarded an $800,000 grant to the city of Fort Smith for “critical sewer system improvements needed to accommodate business development…

AEDC executive to return to Entergy Arkansas economic development group

Arkansas Economic Development Commission executive Vice President Danny Games was named Wednesday (Dec. 20) as the new director of business and economic development for Entergy Arkansas, Inc., replacing Mike Maulden,…

Tyson Foods chairman and CEO earned more in 2017, other execs earn less

Tyson Foods had a record year of profits, while the stars were mostly aligned for most protein manufacturers last year. Tom Hayes, who was named president of the company in…

Workplace deaths rise 7% in the U.S., down 8.1% in Arkansas

Deaths from work injuries in the U.S. rose 7% in 2016, marking the third consecutive year deaths increased. Suicides at the workplace reached a level not seen since 1992 when…

Sam’s Club gains city approval for 140,000-square-foot layout center in Bentonville

Sam’s Club, the warehouse club division owned by Wal-Mart Stores Inc., is planning to build a new layout center in Bentonville, just a few steps from its headquarters on Simple…

GOP recast House votes, celebrate holiday legislative win to reboot nation’s tax code; opponents cry foul

After a parliamentary hitch on Tuesday caused the U.S. House of Representatives to reboot a winning vote on a $1.5 trillion tax cut package, Arkansas’ entire congressional delegation on Wednesday…

Computer jobs market dominated by native-born Americans, BLS report says

Widely publicized Silicon Valley success stories often used as recruiting tools abroad perpetuate an unproven belief that foreign-born workers have reaped outsized benefits from the skyrocketing information technology industry in…

Sebastian County gains push Fort Smith home sales market up over 3% for year

A significant increase in month-to-month home sales for Sebastian County pushed the Fort Smith home sales market – Crawford, Sebastian counties – to a more than 11% gain for November,…

$100 business license fee, franchise fee increase approved by Fort Smith board

The Fort Smith Board of Directors voted to approve a controversial $100 business license fee for the city’s close to 5,000 businesses on Tuesday night (Dec. 19) – a revenue…

Byrd Flip: U.S. House must revote on Republican’s $1.5 trillion tax code overhaul

U.S. House members will on Wednesday (Dec.. 20) have to recast their votes on the $1.5 trillion tax cut bill after Republican leaders and rank-and-file members prematurely celebrated a pre-Christmas…

Rusken Packaging plans $20 million expansion in Harrisburg

One of Harrisburg’s leading employers plans to double its workforce by the spring of 2018. Rusken Packaging will undergo a $20 million expansion and hire about 50 new employees, Harrisburg…

Ozark Mountain Music Festival announces lineup for Jan. 18-21 event

Tall Tall Trees of Asheville, N.C., and Carrie Nation & The Speakeasy of Lawrence, Kan., will headline the fifth-annual Ozark Mountain Music Festival Jan. 18-21 at the 1905 Basin Park…

Mobile app-based renters’ insurance with ‘Giveback’ model now available in Arkansas

The mobile app-based rental and home owners’ insurance carrier Lemonade of New York City can now do business in Arkansas, according to a statement from Arkansas Insurance Commissioner Allen Kerr….