by - March 30, 2016 7:20 pm
Little Rock will be among the first nine stops in the U.S. Small Business Administration’s National Road Tour to champion STEM innovation. The SBA announced the touring schedule on March…
by - March 30, 2016 3:25 pm
Editor’s note: Dr. Ken Warden is dean of the College of Applied Science and Technology at the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith. Opinions, commentary and other essays posted in…
by - March 30, 2016 3:03 pm
Editor’s note: This story has been updated throughout to reflect the detailed proposal from Gov. Asa Hutchinson. –––––––––––––––––– Gov. Asa Hutchinson said Wednesday (March 30) that his bill to create…
by - March 30, 2016 3:01 pm
Acxiom announced this week that it plans to deepen its current partnership with Twitter by deploying a pilot program to give advertisers of the real-time online social networking platform the…
by - March 30, 2016 2:09 pm
Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art has solicited the help of the Walton Family Foundation and Tom and Steuart Walton to transform the former Kraft cheese factory in downtown Bentonville…
by - March 30, 2016 1:14 pm
Editor’s note: Each Wednesday, Talk Business & Politics provides “Health Beat,” a round-up of health-related topics. ––––––––––––––– NEW REPORT SHOWS MEDICAID EXPANSION CAN IMPROVE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CARE ACCESS The U.S….
by - March 29, 2016 6:26 pm
Darci Vetter, one of the Obama administration’s key negotiators for the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement, made her case on Tuesday for the necessity of getting congressional approval of the controversial…
by - March 29, 2016 5:49 pm
Gov. Asa Hutchinson will include only two items in his special session call: a bill creating Arkansas Works, and a bill creating a managed care system for some Medicaid programs,…
by - March 29, 2016 5:15 pm
Gov. Asa Hutchinson, along with a host of top state government and higher education officials, recognized the Arkansas Biosciences Institute (ABI) on Tuesday for raising more than $500 million in…
by - March 29, 2016 4:20 pm
An improving economy around the state, steady demand for housing in Northwest Arkansas and commercial expansion there and in central Arkansas helped banks in 2015 sell 29% of unwanted property…
by - March 29, 2016 1:45 pm
One month does not make a trend, but a more than 21% gain in home sales during January in Arkansas’ four large markets continues the momentum of 2015 in which…
by - March 29, 2016 11:39 am
Lockheed Martin has restarted its Tactical Mission System (TACMS) production line at the company’s facility in Camden, Ark. For more than 20 years, TACMS (formerly ATACMS) was assembled on-budget and…
by - March 29, 2016 11:39 am
Lockheed Martin has restarted its Tactical Mission System (TACMS) production line at the company’s facility in Camden, Ark. For more than 20 years, TACMS (formerly ATACMS) was assembled on-budget and…
by - March 29, 2016 11:08 am
The switch will soon be flipped on 151,200 solar panels that will provide electricity to the growing defense industry operations in East Camden. The 12-megawatt solar field – the largest…
by - March 29, 2016 8:03 am
Arkansans Spencer Jones of LineGard Med and Tina McCord from ZUNI Learning Tree were winners at the Delta Regional Showcase event sponsored by the Delta Regional Authority during New Orleans…
by - March 29, 2016 5:48 am
A state legislative panel is eyeing a potential constitutional referral to change the way Arkansas selects appellate judges, but judicial elections don’t need an overhaul. They need a makeover and…
by - March 28, 2016 9:19 pm
The United States made a mistake when it emphasized “all driving all the time” over downtown areas, and communities and state and local governments should correct that mistake, said a…
by - March 28, 2016 7:58 pm
Representatives of Arkansas’ agricultural community and political leaders will be discussing state and national policies impacting farmers at the Farm Policy Summit in Little Rock this week, according to this…
by - March 28, 2016 4:29 pm
With 40 million customers per month, Walmart.com is the 15th largest online shopping site, despite being the world’s largest retailer. Few market watchers are convinced the Bentonville-based retailer’s multi-billion dollar…
by - March 28, 2016 11:25 am
Counties in Northwest and central Arkansas are among the majority counties in the nation to see home prices still affordable relative to historical norms, according to new report from Irvine,…
