by - October 6, 2025 12:15 pm
Lower commodity prices, increased production in Asian countries, input costs, and higher inventories will likely push rice acres down in Arkansas in 2026, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture…
by - October 5, 2025 8:42 am
Rep. Lee Johnson, R-Greenwood, is a physician and a policy maker, which makes his opinion worth weighing. He’s also vice-chair of the House Insurance Committee and a member of the…
by - October 5, 2025 8:39 am
In an interview with Talk Business & Politics on Wednesday (Oct. 1), U.S. Rep. Rick Crawford, R-Jonesboro, said D.C. Democrats and their pitch to bargain with extending health insurance premium…
by - October 2, 2025 4:17 pm
Google is set to invest the most money ever in an Arkansas project. Alphabet and Google President and Chief Investment Officer Ruth Porat said the company will spend $4 billion through 2027 building a data center in West Memphis….
by - October 2, 2025 3:48 pm
Two-day delivery used to be table stakes for retailers just a few years ago. But times have changed, and consumers want products faster and faster, according to David Guggina, chief…
by - October 2, 2025 3:43 pm
Twenty-nine percent of Arkansas respondents reported being food insecure in the inaugural Arkansas Health Survey, which attracted 10,000 respondents ages 18 and over across all 75 counties. Five counties had…
by - October 2, 2025 2:19 pm
State tax revenue was down more than 7% in September and is up less than 1% in the first three fiscal months (July-September 2025) of the year compared with the…
by - October 1, 2025 6:00 pm
Arkansas government officials outlined Wednesday (Oct. 1) a list of departments and employees affected by the federal government shutdown with the state’s military department seeing the largest cuts. Chris Price,…
by - October 1, 2025 3:12 pm
Add Walmart to the list of retailers and food producers making ingredient changes after pressure to do so from Health and Human Services Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr., through his “Make…
by - October 1, 2025 1:22 pm
The Creighton University Mid-America Business Conditions Index, which includes Arkansas, points to a decline in manufacturing activity and overall flat or declining economic conditions during September. The Business Conditions Index,…
by - October 1, 2025 12:58 pm
Perceptions of food and financial insecurity are at the highest rate since August 2023, according to a Dunnhumby consumer survey. The data found that 35% of American families with children…
by - October 1, 2025 12:37 pm
With a 2.7% gain in year-over-year job numbers, the Northwest Arkansas metro had the highest percentage August job gain of the seven metro areas in or connected to Arkansas. The…
by - October 1, 2025 4:03 am
Gov. Sarah Sanders announced the following appointments: Arkansas Educational Television Commission Charlene Fite, Van Buren, to the Arkansas Educational Television Commission. Term to expire March 23, 2032. Replaces West Doss….
by - October 1, 2025 2:17 am
The Arkansas Food Hall of Fame announced its 2025 class of winners Monday (Sept. 29) in North Little Rock. Five winners were announced at an induction ceremony hosted by the…
by - September 30, 2025 12:12 pm
Former Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen expressed hope for future bipartisan cooperation on federal budget deficits and also expressed concern about the Federal Reserve’s continuing independence at the Clinton Presidential Center…
by - September 29, 2025 7:41 pm
Four women have been arrested as part of an organized retail crime operation while two remain at large, Attorney General Tim Griffin announced Monday (Sept. 29). The women walked out…
by - September 29, 2025 5:10 pm
With company shares down almost 25% since January, execs with Fort Smith-based ArcBest used their 2025 Investor Day presentation to outline “strategic pillars” and better expectations for future financials. ArcBest,…
by - September 29, 2025 3:07 pm
Halloween is a month away, yet retailers have had their merchandise out since late August with the hopes that consumers buy early. The National Retail Federation (NRF) found 49% of…
by - September 29, 2025 11:21 am
Recent rains have helped stop the Mississippi River from dropping to historically low levels and it may help Arkansas farmers in terms of basis, the difference between the cash price…
by - September 28, 2025 12:49 pm
After three consecutive losses, including the broadly noted embarrassing 56-13 loss to Notre Dame on Saturday, Head Coach Sam Pittman has been fired. His contract buyout is estimated to be…
