by - August 23, 2017 6:23 pm
New data from the U.S. Labor Department shows that Arkansas had the second-largest percentage gain in nonfarm payroll U.S. employment over the past 12 months, adding nearly 33,000 jobs to…
by - August 23, 2017 4:35 pm
The Little Rock School District needs to form a school-community partnership model, and four students from the Clinton School of Public Service will aid in that effort. The Arkansas State…
by - August 23, 2017 10:07 am
Editor’s note: Updated with many additions throughout the story. –––––––––––––––––––– The Walton Family Charitable Support Foundation of Bentonville will donate $120 million toward growing the University of Arkansas’ art department…
by - August 23, 2017 8:47 am
The city of Fort Smith is running approximately $100,000 under budget on implementation of its Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software that will integrate the city’s operations across all departments. When…
by - August 23, 2017 6:39 am
Stressing that he does not believe a U.S. troop presence in Afghanistan will be permanent, despite a 16-year presence and no end in sight, U.S. Sen. Tom Cotton said President…
by - August 22, 2017 1:40 pm
The Fort Smith engineering department has spent $24 million across 14 projects developing the Chaffing Crossing district in the eastern portion of the city, according to Jennifer Walker, the city’s…
by - August 22, 2017 10:10 am
Rep. Charles Blake, the incumbent Democratic lawmaker who announced Monday that he plans to run for this third term, will face an opponent from his own party in the 2018…
by - August 22, 2017 7:11 am
Governor Asa Hutchinson announced the following appointments on Monday: Matt Keil, Texarkana, to the Pawnbroker Licensure Commission. Appointment expires August 1, 2020. Douglas Braswell, Little Rock, to the Pawnbroker Licensure…
by - August 20, 2017 12:00 pm
It is time to either remove Confederate statues from public grounds or to change the plaques that purport their reason for being there. Gov. Asa Hutchinson said on Wednesday: “When…
by - August 20, 2017 9:45 am
In a wide-ranging TV interview, U.S. Rep. Steve Womack, R-Rogers, paid tribute to former University of Arkansas coach and athletic director Frank Broyles, assessed the President’s handling of the Charlottesville…
by - August 19, 2017 11:36 am
Six years ago Saturday (Aug. 19), Damien Echols woke for the last time on the wrong side of a set of jail bars. He spent 18 years in prison, convicted…
by - August 18, 2017 12:41 pm
Arkansas’ jobless rate held steady in July as the state’s brimming labor pool added another 9,100 new workers amid employers’ continued quest to find capable workers to fill positions throughout…
by - August 17, 2017 8:44 pm
The Fort Chaffee Redevelopment Authority (FCRA) voted to approve a $10,000 donation to the Fort Smith Regional Chamber of Commerce economic development campaign fund on Thursday (Aug. 17) at the…
by - August 17, 2017 7:01 pm
Now that the Arkansas Department of Corrections (ADC) has a necessary supply of the lethal injection drugs, Attorney General Leslie Rutledge on Thursday (Aug. 18) sent a letter to Gov….
by - August 17, 2017 4:32 pm
Robert Butler has worn many professional hats during his life and has lived and traveled all over the world. The 66-year-old from Marmaduke is hoping the voters in Arkansas’ First…
by - August 17, 2017 10:59 am
Insurance costs are on the rise as Congress continues to debate the future of Obamacare. But members of the House and Senate are not under the same pressure as many…
by - August 16, 2017 6:59 pm
Gov. Asa Hutchinson on Wednesday (Aug. 16) applauded a decision by the U.S. Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals to vacate a preliminary injunction by a federal court judge in Arkansas…
by - August 16, 2017 6:25 pm
It is unknown how Wal-Mart CEO Doug McMillon voted, but enough high-profile corporate titans on President Donald Trump’s Strategic & Policy group voted to disband the group in the wake…
by - August 16, 2017 6:22 am
The Fort Smith Board of Directors denied an exception to its $5,000 sovereign immunity policy on Tuesday (Aug. 15) for damage incurred to nonprofit Midtown Apartments due to city negligence….
by - August 15, 2017 7:24 pm
Several corporate execs and industry and labor reps have resigned from President Donald Trump’s advisory councils following his controversial comments after the Charlottesville, Va., tragedy, but Wal-Mart Stores CEO Doug…
