by - November 3, 2020 2:34 pm
Tax revenue in Arkansas’ first four fiscal months (July-October) totaled $2.558 billion, up 13.8% from the same period in 2019 and 12% over the budget forecast. The increase has resulted…
by - November 2, 2020 4:05 pm
Grim COVID-19 milestones continue in Arkansas, with the Arkansas Department of Health on Monday (Nov. 2) reporting record hospitalizations and patients on ventilators of 688 and 112, respectively. Hospital numbers…
by - November 2, 2020 3:37 pm
Retail sales have largely recovered from the pandemic heading into the holiday season but the growing number of COVID-19 cases remains a threat and more federal stimulus could help the…
by - November 2, 2020 3:30 pm
The University of Arkansas School of Art recently broke ground on the four-story, 154,600-square-foot Windgate Studio and Design Center at Martin Luther King Boulevard and Hill Avenue. The building will…
by - November 2, 2020 11:57 am
After serving about one year as company president and three years as a director, Dean Banks officially started as Tyson Foods CEO on Oct. 3. While he had no prior…
by - November 2, 2020 9:46 am
The U.S. has been in a deep recession since February and was accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic that began in March. Shutdowns devastated consumer spending, but there are signs of…
by - November 1, 2020 4:36 pm
October was another month of unfortunate COVID-19 spread in Arkansas, with total known cumulative cases rising more than 32% and deaths up 39% during the month. Hospitalizations, a metric Gov….
by - November 1, 2020 3:07 pm
What’s the oldest business in Arkansas to do for its 200th anniversary? How about give away money as it enters a third century of operation. The Rose Law Firm, founded…
by - November 1, 2020 8:08 am
An audit performed for the Arkansas Insurance Department of the state’s three dominant pharmacy benefit managers found different-sized pharmacies were paid different amounts for the same drugs last year, though…
by - November 1, 2020 7:53 am
Americans will have decided who they want leading the nation and the policy directions they want the government to pursue for the next four years by Nov. 3. That decision…
by - October 30, 2020 4:02 pm
Walmart did an about face Friday (Oct. 30) after the retail giant announced Thursday plans to remove guns and ammo from shelves amid civil unrests in certain parts of the…
by - October 30, 2020 3:57 pm
New known COVID-19 cases reported Friday (Oct. 30) were up compared to Thursday, but below the 1,337 record set the previous Friday, according to the Arkansas Department of Health (ADH)….
by - October 30, 2020 1:51 pm
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) is a step closer to significantly increasing its footprint in Arkansas’ fastest-growing region. The University of Arkansas System Board of Trustees met…
by - October 30, 2020 12:57 pm
The number of COVID-19 hospitalizations in Northeast Arkansas has ballooned by 112% since the end of September and community leaders issued dire warnings Friday (Oct. 30) if the trend isn’t…
by - October 30, 2020 12:45 pm
Van Buren-based USA Truck on Thursday (Oct. 29) reported third quarter net income of $2.295 million, much better than the $1.373 million loss in the same quarter of 2019. Per…
by - October 30, 2020 10:16 am
The consumer packaged goods retail operations and customer experience have taken some wild turns during the COVID-19 pandemic, prompting retailers to revise store layouts and institute new cleaning protocols. Many…
by - October 29, 2020 9:51 pm
An Arkansas Supreme Court ruling on Thursday (Oct. 29) declared that an existing half-cent sales tax for state highways could not be spent on a $1 billion widening project on…
by - October 29, 2020 5:08 pm
New known COVID-19 cases rose by more than 1,000 and there were 19 more deaths in Arkansas attributed to the widespread virus, but Gov. Asa Hutchinson said a comparative decline…
by - October 29, 2020 2:32 pm
The city of Siloam Springs and Oklahoma-based utility Grand River Dam Authority broke ground Thursday (Oct. 29) on a 30-acre whitewater park on the Illinois River, and the Walton Family…
by - October 29, 2020 11:24 am
The cattle industry seems to be shrugging off some of the disruptions brought by the COVID-19 pandemic with cattle placements and marketings on an upward swing as the industry approaches…
