by - May 18, 2016 4:57 am
The Fort Smith Board of Directors grilled the city’s Utilities Department over a $3.2 million appropriation request at Tuesday’s (May 17) regular meeting. Additionally, City Directors allocated $94,376 for a…
by - May 17, 2016 8:18 pm
Editor’s note: Notes from the Campaign Trail is a compilation of various political insider tidbits and is sponsored by Little Rock-based Capitol Advisors Group. –––––––––––– GOVERNOR’S HIGHWAY PLAN FACES HURDLE…
by - May 17, 2016 7:10 pm
Council members approved the creation of a new committee that will look at the police salary issue in Jonesboro, while also voting not to appeal a zoning lawsuit to a…
by - May 17, 2016 6:58 pm
Acxiom Corp. on Tuesday reported fourth quarter and year-end losses as the Little Rock data provider looks to expand its data integration and enhancement services that enables companies to better…
by - May 17, 2016 4:11 pm
Editor’s Note: This is the first of two stories about numerous public and private investments in Northwest Arkansas’ downtowns in recent years. ––––––––––––––––– City officials in Bentonville and Rogers have…
by - May 17, 2016 3:16 pm
Initial estimates show that the economic impact of the 2016 Steel Horse Rally was $8.346 million, almost double the $4.272 million for the 2015 inaugural event in downtown Fort Smith….
by - May 17, 2016 9:46 am
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia on Monday (May 17) unexpectedly rescheduled next month’s challenges to President Obama’s Clean Power Plan to be heard by the…
by - May 17, 2016 9:18 am
Consumer sentiment about the economy is growing more positive among Arkansans, edging out sentiment ratings in Oklahoma and Missouri, according to the Arvest survey conducted in March by the University…
by - May 16, 2016 10:11 pm
Ten companies were announced as the teams competing for up to $100,000 to $300,000 in funding at the first-ever VC FinTech Accelerator at Little Rock’s Venture Center powered by FIS…
by - May 16, 2016 9:59 pm
Gretchen Hall, CEO of the Little Rock Convention and Visitors Bureau, likes the numbers she sees. Last year, Pulaski County accounted for 13,000 travel-related jobs and 6.1 million visitors who…
by - May 16, 2016 8:00 pm
Highways may be the inspiration for the special session beginning May 19, but Gov. Asa Hutchinson’s call also includes 14 other items such as ending new claims in a workers’…
by - May 16, 2016 7:41 pm
Gov. Asa Hutchinson is calling on legislators to approve more highway spending but no longer is asking them to partially rely on sales taxes on the purchases of new and…
by - May 16, 2016 5:29 pm
As promised Walmart is rolling out Walmart Pay, its version of mobile pay, to more than 600 stores in Arkansas and Texas, the retail giant noted Monday (May 16). The…
by - May 16, 2016 5:00 pm
Shayne Hart, 47, cut his teeth on a six generation family dairy farm in Prairie Grove before landing several high profile retail marketing jobs for the Gap, Old Navy, Limited…
by - May 16, 2016 4:09 pm
Privately-held American Natural Gas, based in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., announced Monday (May 16) it has acquired two public compressed natural gas (CG) fueling stations from Southwestern Energy Co. in Conway…
by - May 16, 2016 1:58 pm
Gov. Asa Hutchinson issued his call for a special session to deal with highway funding for Thursday, May 19, and he plans to ask the state Legislature to consider a…
by - May 16, 2016 12:37 pm
Manu Nair believes a new venture in Jonesboro may create the next Phil Knight, as well as help turn great ideas into a startup company, like Nike or Google. Nair,…
by - May 16, 2016 12:12 pm
The economy is often front and center in U.S. elections – particularly voters’ perceptions of the economy. With that in mind as we head toward the election of a new…
by - May 16, 2016 12:12 pm
Just over a third of non-supervisory manufacturing production workers in the U.S. and half of the nation’s manufacturing workers hired through temporary agencies rely on at least one public assistance…
by - May 16, 2016 12:01 pm
Anita Davis never set out to rehabilitate part of downtown Little Rock. She wasn’t a historic preservation activist or one of those people who write letters to the local newspaper….
