by - January 7, 2016 6:11 pm
The top challenge in the commercial trucking industry isn’t regulations. It’s the growing shortage of qualified drivers that is expected to surpass 70,000 this year. That’s a lot of empty…
by - January 7, 2016 6:10 pm
It is a tradition in Arkansas politics that draws candidates from Bentonville to Blytheville and from Texarkana to Trumann, with the money raised helping students further their education. The 73rd…
by - January 7, 2016 5:56 pm
A series of meetings next week will seek to bring the private and public sectors together to leverage opportunities and resources to get things done, the federal co-chairman of the…
by - January 7, 2016 5:53 pm
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by - January 7, 2016 3:25 pm
Editor’s note: The Arkansas Tourism Ticker is sponsored by the Arkansas Hospitality Association. –––––––––––––––––– September and October were good months for Arkansas’ tourism sector, with hospitality tax collections among 17…
by - January 7, 2016 2:41 pm
Bill Way has taken over as president and CEO of Southwestern Energy Co., succeeding longtime company executive Steve Mueller who has been CEO since 2008, company officials announced after the…
by - January 7, 2016 2:07 pm
A strong economy, coupled with what appears to be a growing reluctance to announce layoffs during the holidays, contributed to December experiencing the lowest number of monthly job cuts in…
by - January 7, 2016 1:15 pm
Highway contracts in conjunction with the Interstate 49 widening through Northwest Arkansas generated more than $41.48 million for construction crews in 2015. Nearly $350 million of highway projects are in…
by - January 7, 2016 8:47 am
Arkansas is home to major military installations, numerous National Guard and Reserves units, and military manufacturers. Gov. Asa Hutchinson would like to keep it that way. Hutchinson announced the creation of…
by - January 7, 2016 8:45 am
Jimmy Moses grew up steeped in the history of Little Rock, especially its downtown. His great-grandfather, Herman Kahn, moved to Little Rock from Frankfurt, Germany, in 1870. Kahn and his…
by - January 7, 2016 8:34 am
More than 125 small businesses have begun the enrollment process in Arkansas’ small business health insurance exchange, and 25 have completed the process in the two months the exchange has…
by - January 7, 2016 6:44 am
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by - January 6, 2016 9:34 pm
U.S. Sen. David Pryor enjoyed such a close relationship with the late Sen. Dale Bumpers that the two senators could finish each other’s jokes as they traveled across the state…
by - January 6, 2016 8:05 pm
The rate of uninsured residents in Arkansas and Kentucky, both of which expanded their Medicaid populations but in different ways, dropped significantly between late 2013 and late 2014 compared to…
by - January 6, 2016 7:21 pm
Consumers in key metro areas around the Natural State are carrying an average credit card debt ranging between $4,700 in Springdale and Pine Bluff to a high of $6,783 in…
by - January 6, 2016 5:54 pm
A second hotel may be built alongside a hotel/convention center that is slated to be built in Jonesboro along U.S. 63, an official with the company that wants to build…
by - January 6, 2016 5:35 pm
Officials with Southwest Airlines and the Clinton National Airport gathered to celebrate the first day of renewed nonstop flights between Little Rock and St. Louis. Southwest previously discontinued nonstop service…
by - January 6, 2016 4:46 pm
Gov. Asa Hutchinson said the state could combine health care and highways into one special session this year, while the state should celebrate the birthdays of Dr. Martin Luther King…
by - January 6, 2016 1:20 pm
A leading economic indicator for the nine-state middle America region stretching from Arkansas to North Dakota shows that business growth has slumped for the fifth straight month heading into the…
by - January 6, 2016 12:34 pm
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