by - May 10, 2018 7:06 pm
Attorney General Leslie Rutledge has filed briefs with the Arkansas Supreme Court raising legal questions in the state’s expedited appeal of a Pulaski County Circuit Court decision to block the…
by - May 10, 2018 6:51 pm
The Little Rock Technology Park Authority Wednesday (May 9) voted to accept a lone bid from Stone Ward to promote the city’s downtown startup village and pitch positive stories on…
by - May 10, 2018 3:55 pm
It was a better than expected first quarter for Fort Smith-based ArcBest, which posted net income of $9.954 million, a wide swing from the first quarter 2017 loss of $7.407…
by - May 10, 2018 3:14 pm
A legislative task force on Thursday (May 10) compiled a working list of corporate and income tax exemptions that lawmakers will begin sifting through to decide if certain exclusions that…
by - May 10, 2018 2:17 pm
Shippers who compete against big box retailers and e-commerce giant Amazon need to determine what they are doing right and apply these standards to develop a parcel shipping strategy, logistics…
by - May 10, 2018 2:00 pm
Walmart has confirmed the pilot tests with Uber for final mile delivery in select markets of Dallas, Phoenix, Tampa and Orlando will end June 30. Walmart has since retained the…
by - May 10, 2018 1:44 pm
It would be too expensive to move the Arkansas state Capitol to influential Northwest Arkansas, so regional leaders will have to find ways to bridge the political passageway from inner-city…
by - May 10, 2018 9:21 am
In the latest survey from Talk Business & Politics and Hendrix College, Second District Democrats offered empirical proof of their overwhelming support for the state’s Medicaid expansion program and additional…
by - May 10, 2018 6:36 am
A nonpartisan group that monitors Arkansas judicial campaigns says its initial review of ads targeting Supreme Court Justice Courtney Goodson indicate the ads contain false and misleading information. The complaint…
by - May 9, 2018 7:22 pm
Chinese soybean buyers have stopped buying U.S. produced soybeans, and at this point in the growing season it’s mildly concerning, University of Arkansas at Monticello agriculture economist Dr. Robert Stark…
by - May 9, 2018 5:47 pm
Democratic candidates for Arkansas Governor, Leticia Sanders and Jared Henderson, met for a one-on-one debate with each other on Wednesday (May 9) at the KATV studios on downtown Little Rock….
by - May 9, 2018 4:48 pm
Editor’s note: This story has been corrected to indicate Tyson Foods did not invest $2.2 million with Future Meat Technologies, but rather co-led the round. Tyson Foods did not disclose…
by - May 9, 2018 3:09 pm
The Arkansas Department of Human Services and Skyline Healthcare agreed Tuesday that a temporary receivership order issued Friday for two nursing homes will stay in place for 30 days. DHS…
by - May 9, 2018 1:32 pm
Walmart confirmed a $16 billion investment for a 77% majority stake in India’s e-commerce startup Flipkart. The deal has been closely watched for the past few months, with Walmart execs…
by - May 9, 2018 12:39 pm
Consumers are driving radical changes in shopping behaviors, leaving brand manufacturers and retailers scratching their heads. There is no crystal ball or algorithm that truly knows when and why each…
by - May 9, 2018 8:00 am
Ross DeVol, formerly the chief researcher at the economic think tank Milken Institute in California who now does similar work for the Walton Family Foundation in Bentonville, has released a…
by - May 8, 2018 7:23 pm
Mother’s Day, rooted in the sentiment of honoring the one you call “mom,” has grown to the second largest spending retail holiday behind Christmas. The National Retail Federation estimates the…
by - May 8, 2018 5:28 pm
While Republicans in Arkansas overwhelmingly support President Donald Trump’s job performance, Democratic voters in the state’s most progressive Congressional District view Trump negatively. A new survey of 624 likely Democratic…
by - May 8, 2018 4:51 pm
The Arkansas Public Service Commission on Tuesday (May 8) gave Southwestern Electric Power Co. (SWEPCO) the go ahead for the controversial Wind Catcher Energy Connection project, a $4.5 billion project…
by - May 8, 2018 3:23 pm
Officials at the Fort Smith-based Arkansas Colleges of Health Education (ACHE) are in the process of hiring 25 more people, at an average salary of $118,000, to complete faculty and…
