by - July 18, 2022 12:30 pm
All 29 Arkansas Democratic legislators have signed an open letter addressed to Arkansas teachers and support staff calling for increasing their pay in the upcoming legislative session, but a spokesperson…
by - July 17, 2022 9:09 pm
It’s been a busy few weeks for Arkansas State University System President Dr. Charles “Chuck” Welch. The ASU leader recently announced plans for the troubled Henderson State University campus and…
by - July 17, 2022 8:46 pm
Two Arkansas politicos who worked closely with the late Jimmie Lou Fisher, Arkansas’ longtime state treasurer, reflected on her contributions to state politics. Dr. Chuck Welch, ASU System President, worked…
by - July 17, 2022 12:02 pm
Bentonville-based think tank Heartland Forward recently released a report showing that decades of declines in domestic manufacturing, demographic shifts and labor force participation preceded and exacerbated the ‘Great Resignation’ experienced…
by - July 16, 2022 11:39 am
Field Agent, a company based in Fayetteville, was founded 12 years ago on the principle of solving problems for retail suppliers. Today, the company continues to evolve by launching a…
by - July 16, 2022 9:11 am
The McDaniel family has for generations been known for two things in Northeast Arkansas — practicing law and construction. The family had been involved in building projects since the early…
by - July 14, 2022 4:49 pm
The consensus is that completion of the Interstate 49 corridor in Western Arkansas is essential to providing all the necessary components that will allow the Fort Smith metropolitan area to…
by - July 14, 2022 3:48 pm
Dr. Hamdi Zurqani, assistant professor of geospatial science, joined the University of Arkansas-Monticello College of Forestry, Agriculture and Natural Resources (CFANR) in the fall of 2021. When he arrived on…
by - July 14, 2022 3:41 pm
Arkansas collected $15.8 million in tax revenue from medical marijuana sales in the first six months of 2022, down from $16.9 million in the same period of 2021. Pounds of…
by - July 14, 2022 2:51 pm
The Northwest Arkansas Council convened its annual meeting Thursday (July 14) in Springdale, where it released a new report that provides recommendations to strengthen a region at a crossroads. Entitled…
by - July 14, 2022 11:56 am
State and local economic officials on Thursday (July 14) joined Bluestem Partners of Kansas City and Bailey Construction for the groundbreaking of a one million square foot industrial storage space…
by - July 14, 2022 6:01 am
Bentonville nonprofit Heartland Forward has organized a coalition of more than a dozen Arkansas organizations whose goal is to help expand internet access in the state. According to a Thursday…
by - July 13, 2022 10:25 am
The Arkansas Department of Transportation (ArDOT), in collaboration with the Department of Energy and Environment, is accepting comments on a draft plan to install electric vehicle charging stations across the…
by - July 12, 2022 8:22 pm
Law enforcement officers from all agencies need uniform training for school shootings to prevent the confusion during the recent killings at the Uvalde school in Texas, several law enforcement members…
by - July 12, 2022 4:26 pm
Commercial tonnage shipped on the Arkansas River in the first half of 2022 is up 3% thanks in large part to a 22% increase in sand, gravel and rock shipped…
by - July 12, 2022 4:02 pm
Consumers are seeing record grocery prices with the latest inflationary report indicating prices are up 15.1% from a year ago and up 7.4% since the start of 2022, according to…
by - July 12, 2022 3:24 pm
Lowell-based carrier J.B. Hunt Transport Services is expected to beat analyst expectations in the second quarter amid intermodal volume growth, strong intermodal pricing and better-than-projected margins in the brokerage segment,…
by - July 12, 2022 11:28 am
A recent study found that Medicare could have saved $3.6 billion in 2020 on the costs of generic drugs if it had bought them at the same prices paid by…
by - July 12, 2022 9:11 am
Jimmie Lou Fisher, one of the state’s longest serving constitutional officers and the first female major party nominee for Arkansas governor, has died, according to a Twitter statement from the…
by - July 12, 2022 9:01 am
Each year, the number of women involved in the business and civic sectors continue to grow, and Talk Business & Politics is set to honor the best of them in…
