by - July 11, 2024 12:05 pm
With the looming threat of a TikTok ban, marketing agencies and influencers are bracing for a big change. In April, President Joe Biden signed a law requiring ByteDance, the parent…
by - July 11, 2024 11:25 am
An Asian longhorned tick, known for carrying deadly parasites that can impact cattle, has been found in another county in Arkansas. Researchers recently confirmed that the tick was found in…
by - July 11, 2024 11:12 am
The United States is expected to generate more electricity from renewables and coal in the second half of 2024 as electricity demand and natural gas prices increase, according to the…
by - July 10, 2024 10:01 pm
Former U.S. Rep. Tommy Robinson has died at the age of 82, according to our content partner, KARK News. The St. Francis County coroner confirmed Robinson died around 7 p.m…
by - July 10, 2024 1:58 pm
A proposed constitutional amendment to allow for exceptions to the state’s no abortion law has been rejected by the Arkansas Secretary of State due to a lack of proper identification…
by - July 10, 2024 1:56 pm
Gov. Sarah Sanders and several key agency leaders awarded roughly $500,000 Wednesday (July 10) in outdoor recreation grants to projects in seven counties across the state. The money was allocated…
by - July 10, 2024 1:27 pm
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Translational Research Institute announced Wednesday (July 10) that it will receive $31.7 million to continue its role in a national effort to…
by - July 9, 2024 6:38 pm
Consumer spending has remained resilient despite sticky inflation, and early indications by data, tech provider Numerator predicts that more than 40% of U.S. households will shop Amazon Prime Day event…
by - July 9, 2024 1:27 pm
Arkansas Gov. Sarah Sanders will be the keynote speaker at the Northwest Arkansas Business Journal’s Forty Under 40 luncheon at the Embassy Suites in Rogers on Aug. 13. This year’s…
by - July 9, 2024 8:33 am
Global climate change and rising populations will make drinking water more scarce in the coming decades, according to a report from the United Nation’s World Water Development. Nearly one-third of…
by - July 8, 2024 3:02 pm
Gov. Sarah Sanders announced Monday (July 8) that Chris Caldwell will serve as the newest Arkansas Game and Fish Commissioner. Caldwell’s seven-year term will last until 2031. He is replacing…
by - July 8, 2024 1:30 pm
High live cattle prices are pushing beef production down and pushing retail beef prices higher during the summer grilling season. Cattle prices were at an all-time high at mid-year, according…
by - July 8, 2024 11:24 am
Cotton acres in Arkansas have surged to a decade high, while corn acres have plummeted, according to the June acreage report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics…
by - July 8, 2024 9:19 am
The four largest Arkansas-based metro areas posted year-over-year net job growth in May with Northwest Arkansas posting the largest percentage increase at 2.5%. Central Arkansas – Little Rock, North Little…
by - July 8, 2024 9:14 am
Among the 11 largest Arkansas-based publicly traded companies, only four reported gains in their stock prices over the first two quarters ending June 28. Most of the decliners were among…
by - July 7, 2024 12:22 pm
Jennifer James wasn’t sure what she wanted to do when she began college. She studied business and specifically agriculture business and that made sense. Her family had farmed for three…
by - July 7, 2024 10:26 am
Generation Z, the youngest age demographic of consumers (18 to 27 years), is the first digitally native generation. According to research from SheerID, it represents around 2 billion global consumers…
by - July 5, 2024 6:19 pm
Supporters of an amendment that would legalize abortion in Arkansas submitted signatures to qualify for the November ballot on Friday afternoon (July 5), the last day to do so. However,…
by - July 5, 2024 2:38 pm
Groups submitted signatures for the November ballot on Friday (July 5) for a proposed constitutional amendment that would expand medical marijuana access in Arkansas and another that would revoke the…
by - July 3, 2024 12:09 pm
Arkansas Gov. Bill Clinton had a real threat to his political career that could have had dramatic impacts to the state he governed, the country as a whole, and could…
