by - June 4, 2019 10:50 am
Georgia-Pacific announced Tuesday (June 4) it is permanently shutting down the equipment and processes supporting the bleached board operations at its Crossett facility in south Arkansas as of October 2019….
by - June 4, 2019 10:22 am
If President Donald Trump moves forward with his plan to impose a 5% tariff on all goods from Mexico starting on June 10, the impact would be equal to a…
by - June 4, 2019 10:04 am
Walmart is often beaten up in the media for being “big business” making profits on the back of its hourly workforce, but the retail giant is working hard to change…
by - June 4, 2019 9:27 am
The latest annual report from the National Institutes of Health shows that cancer death rates continued to decline in men, women and children across the U.S. from 1999 to 2016….
by - June 3, 2019 6:38 pm
The poultry industry is concerned it will be targeted by retaliatory tariffs on exports in the wake of the 5% duty on Mexican imports announced by President Donald Trump this…
by - June 3, 2019 6:30 pm
Back in 2006, the foreign direct investment picture looked bright in the Arkansas Delta. Toyota looked at Marion for an assembly plant, and Hino Motors put a big Toyota parts…
by - June 3, 2019 4:53 pm
Federal banking regulators took over the first U.S. bank to fail in nearly 18 months when the Texas Department of Banking closed the doors to the Enloe State Bank in…
by - June 3, 2019 4:33 pm
The filing period for the special primary election for the Arkansas House seat vacated by Rep. Charles Blake, D-Little Rock, is open. Blake resigned his seat to take a position…
by - June 3, 2019 5:45 am
U.S. Secretary of Transportation Rodney Slater had a solution to a problem that had vexed President Bill Clinton since he served as governor of Arkansas. Clinton had tried for years…
by - June 2, 2019 10:07 am
Two casino resort CEOs believe their projects in Pope County can be of massive benefit locally and to the whole state. Bill Warner, CEO of Warner Gaming, and Dan Kehl,…
by - June 1, 2019 10:06 pm
Professor Howard Brill has been at the University of Arkansas School of Law since 1975. He is the first Vincent Foster Professor of Legal Ethics & Professional Responsibility and teaches…
by - June 1, 2019 11:51 am
Dr. Margaret Ellibee, chancellor for UA-Pulaski Tech, has a pretty full pipeline of students wanting work. The notion that work is the be-all, end-all for higher education is a mindset…
by - May 31, 2019 8:03 am
Editor’s note: This article appears in the June edition of Northeast Arkansas Talk Business & Politics. Davy Carter is the Regional President for Centennial Bank in Jonesboro. He’a also an…
by - May 31, 2019 7:59 am
Natural State Medicinals Cultivation in Jefferson County will be the second marijuana grower to harvest and make cannabis product available to Arkansans making the trek to Hot Springs this weekend,…
by - May 30, 2019 7:56 pm
Ahead of Thursday’s 5 p.m. deadline to submit bids for gaming licenses in Pope and Jefferson counties, the Arkansas Racing Commission received four applications to build new casino operations near…
by - May 30, 2019 6:54 pm
Flooded port operations in Fort Smith and Van Buren managed by Five Rivers Distribution meant at least 17 families would face several weeks or months without a paycheck. But the…
by - May 30, 2019 1:46 pm
The U.S. expansion in the first quarter of 2019 was revised downward 0.1 percentage point to a still robust 3.1%, according to the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) “second”…
by - May 29, 2019 10:16 pm
Dr. Cole Peck of Jonesboro will run for Arkansas State House District 53, which serves citizens in parts of Jonesboro and eastern Craighead County, including Black Oak, Brookland, Caraway, Lake…
by - May 29, 2019 4:03 pm
Gov. Asa Hutchinson is asking federal agencies for direct support and will tour flooded areas with members of the state’s congressional delegation Thursday, he said in a press conference Wednesday…
by - May 29, 2019 3:58 pm
As the Arkansas River reaches historic levels in central Arkansas, Little Rock Port Authority officials have halted all barge traffic amid concerns that waters will crest and create dangerous conditions…
