by - December 22, 2025 9:31 am
How will we remember 2025? Amid many bright spots — low unemployment, strong consumer spending and easing inflation — we’ve experienced unique challenges due to what Deloitte calls a “rapidly…
by - December 11, 2025 7:34 pm
Arkansas, like other states, faces challenges in maintaining access to healthcare professionals, especially in rural areas. Analyses of healthcare workforce data by the Arkansas Center for Health Improvement show that…
by - December 10, 2025 11:40 am
Will Arkansas nonprofits weather what is being called the “perfect storm” of financial and operational challenges? Absolutely. But they will need community support to do it. Like nearly every industry,…
by - December 8, 2025 11:48 am
Nearly all of us have experienced a self-reinforcing problem. We get a bad night’s sleep and, depleted of energy, rely on coffee to power through our to-do lists. But that…
by - December 7, 2025 10:16 am
For more than a century, families in Fort Smith have trusted that their loved ones would be laid to rest in dignified, well-maintained cemeteries. Roselawn, Holy Cross, and Forest Park…
by - December 6, 2025 10:24 am
It is right, fitting, and proper to talk about Arkansas and specifically Fort Smith as part of the Flag Sojourn 250, the journey of a single American flag to every…
by - December 5, 2025 1:21 pm
For two decades, Oklahoma Attorneys General have pursued a misguided lawsuit against Arkansas-based poultry companies operating in the Illinois River Watershed. This litigation, originally filed in 2005, has morphed into…
by - December 3, 2025 8:14 am
For as long as I’ve served in the Arkansas Legislature, I’ve taken pride in our state’s reputation for tackling difficult challenges through a conservative lens. Whether the issue is strengthening…
by - December 2, 2025 1:00 pm
We’ve written plenty about the booming steel industry in Northeast Arkansas — an industry that is about to become a more dominant part of the state’s economy. Nucor Steel, which…
by - November 30, 2025 10:35 am
Last month, at the Arkansas Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) conference in Bentonville, I joined leaders from Ingeborg Initiatives, Excel by Eight and Arkansans for Improving Maternal Health to…
by - November 23, 2025 10:31 am
Commercial real estate development and construction in Northwest Arkansas is “remarkably healthy,” according to the most recent Arvest Skyline Report released in late September. The proliferation of buildings under construction…
by - November 21, 2025 9:08 pm
Farms are more than land. They’re places where livelihoods are built and what rural Arkansas economies depend on. For those in Howard, Sevier, and Little River County, access to credit…
by - November 18, 2025 3:52 pm
Lawn care, meal delivery subscriptions, cell phone plans—every day, we enter into dozens of contracts. While some are more formal than others, the most successful agreements share two key ingredients:…
by - November 17, 2025 5:56 pm
Black Friday sales have likely been hitting your inbox before you got your kids’ Halloween costumes put away. But big box stores aren’t the only place to find a good…
by - November 12, 2025 12:36 pm
In the supplier world — especially here in Bentonville, where the stakes are high and Walmart and Sam’s Club partnerships move fast — interviews aren’t just about filling a role….
by - November 10, 2025 12:03 pm
Arkansas has one of the highest maternal mortality rates in the United States. This problem isn’t limited to our state — the system is failing mothers across the country, especially…
by - November 8, 2025 11:33 am
Let us be among the first to publicly applaud the Fort Smith Public School District’s new effort to provide more district information through a “Transparency Dashboard” that can be found…
by - November 4, 2025 7:00 am
We are very fortunate to live and work in Northeast Arkansas. The commercial construction landscape is enjoying some of the strongest growth I’ve ever seen, with numerous new construction projects…
by - November 2, 2025 8:47 am
Recently, I was working with an organization that had developed some interdepartmental tension. The people in both departments were exceptionally talented and deeply passionate about the mission of their company….
by - October 26, 2025 9:03 am
Will Arkansas nonprofits weather what is being called the “perfect storm” of financial and operational challenges? Absolutely. But they will need community support to do it. Like nearly every industry,…
