by - February 18, 2019 6:08 pm
Windstream Holdings Inc. on Monday (Feb. 18) put off its fourth-quarter and yearly earnings report scheduled for Thursday as the Little Rock-based Fortune 500 company evaluates its options following an…
by - February 18, 2019 4:25 pm
Arkansas farmers managed to pull enough rice from the land to mark a 30% increase over 2017’s lower numbers, which was a result of flooding during that year’s spring. Not…
by - February 18, 2019 1:34 pm
Net orders of class 8 trucks, the largest truck class, fell in January to the lowest order level in more than two years as orders have fallen over the past…
by - February 18, 2019 12:54 pm
Walmart’s big sustainability push known as Project Gigaton was announced in 2017 in partnership with the Sustainability Consortium. The milestone project involves Walmart’s removing 1 billion metric tons of greenhouse…
by - February 17, 2019 4:33 pm
Senate President Pro Temp Jim Hendren, R-Sulphur Springs, says a $300 million highway plan will easily move through the State Senate and he’s confident that UAMS will secure the $10-20…
by - February 17, 2019 4:32 pm
A proposed constitutional amendment would remove Arkansas’ status as one of two states that still has language allowing for involuntary servitude of citizens. Rep. Vivian Flowers, D-Pine Bluff, hopes fellow…
by - February 17, 2019 12:06 am
The retail landscape is changing but that’s not all bad, according to Kantar Research analyst Tim Campbell, who recently outlined his projections for retail growth by shopping channel in a…
by - February 16, 2019 11:10 am
A recently released report by the nation’s top human resource trade group said the “skills gap” in the U.S. is real and getting worse as four out of five hiring…
by - February 16, 2019 11:08 am
A new report by the St. Louis’s Fed’s Center for Household Financial Stability notes that while a college degree is usually associated with higher pay and a better financial future,…
by - February 15, 2019 11:08 pm
A federal judge in New York City ruled late Friday evening that Little Rock-based Windstream Holdings had defaulted on its bonds in 2015 during the spinoff of its telecom assets…
by - February 15, 2019 2:33 pm
Almost 9,000 Arkansas Works recipients did not meet work requirements in January, meaning they could lose their benefits if they fail to comply two more months in 2019. The Arkansas…
by - February 15, 2019 1:07 pm
Ritter Communications is investing $7 million in infrastructure construction to build out new high-speed services to Hot Springs. The company announced Friday (Feb. 15) that it would make the investment…
by - February 14, 2019 7:04 pm
Editor’s note: Story updated with U.S. House vote and comment from U.S. Rep. Steve Womack, R-Rogers. Arkansas’ U.S. Senators split their votes Thursday (Feb. 14) on a compromise bill to…
by - February 14, 2019 6:49 pm
Tyson Foods CEO Noel White said last week the meat giant would tap the bond market to finance the $2.16 billion acquisitions of Keystone Foods and the $340 million it’s…
by - February 14, 2019 5:30 pm
Walmart is expected to report solid fourth-quarter and fiscal year gains behind robust holiday sales ahead of the government shutdown which could have some impact on the last part of…
by - February 14, 2019 4:06 pm
The final legislative act in Gov. Asa Hutchinson’s legacy-setting tax cut trilogy was approved Thursday (Feb. 14) in the state House of Representatives with the necessary three-fourths vote after a…
by - February 14, 2019 3:50 pm
Twenty-five female legislators from both parties are sponsoring two bills to create committees to study maternal mortality and maternal and infant health. House Bill 1440 by Rep. Deborah Ferguson, D-West…
by - February 14, 2019 3:17 pm
Large donations of $21.131 million to the U.S. Marshals Museum in Fort Smith have come from 36 separate sources, with nine of those owing a combined pledge balance of $4.08…
by - February 14, 2019 10:32 am
Representatives from Minnesota-based Blue Zones Project said Northwest Arkansas is the healthiest area of the state, but they qualified that achievement by saying it’s like being “valedictorian of summer school,”…
by - February 14, 2019 8:31 am
North Little Rock-based fintech startup Gas Pos released a software Tuesday (Feb. 12) that’s expected to reduce fraud related to truck driver fuel cards and offset the fees truck stops…
