by - August 19, 2015 8:54 am
After reaching an all-time high in fiscal year 2015, Arkansas severance tax collections tumbled nearly 59% in July as spending cutbacks in the Fayetteville Shale Play kick in.
by - August 19, 2015 8:42 am
National commercial real estate firm Collett is spearheading a $65 million, 400,000 sq. ft. shopping center in Conway. The Lewis Crossing Shopping Center is now under construction at the southeast…
by - August 19, 2015 8:22 am
The rise of the U.S. dollar against the euro and other world currencies over the past year has reduced the cost-competitiveness of U.S. manufacturing compared with economies such as Germany,…
by - August 19, 2015 8:13 am
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by - August 18, 2015 7:40 pm
Shrinkage. Supercenter sales. Stocking shelves. Stuff in storage; aka, too much inventory. Those are some of the “Urgent Agenda” item edicts from the corporate offices of Wal-Mart Stores Inc., with…
by - August 18, 2015 7:33 pm
The long rain-induced nightmare for port, barge and other operators on the Arkansas River may soon be over, but the impact of heavy rains earlier this year pushed river tonnage…
by - August 18, 2015 7:30 pm
Nine out of ten passengers surveyed in the second quarter say they are pleased with Clinton National Airport, according to a report released by the Little Rock Municipal Airport Commission,…
by - August 18, 2015 3:02 pm
The CEO of the state’s first superproject, Big River Steel CEO John Correnti, passed away on an out-of-state business trip.
by - August 18, 2015 2:44 pm
Rep. Mary Broadaway, D-Paragould, said Tuesday that she will not run for re-election in 2016. The deadline to file for the primary is November 9, 2015. The primary elections are…
by - August 18, 2015 2:11 pm
Attorney General Leslie Rutledge announced the creation of the Arkansas Cooperative Disability Investigations Program (CDI), a joint state-federal initiative to prevent fraud in disability programs administered by the federal Social…
by - August 18, 2015 1:33 pm
The backlog of cases verifying the incomes of Medicaid and private option recipients has been eliminated, and the Department of Human Services again will begin sending out notices to private…
by - August 18, 2015 10:46 am
The co-chairman of the Health Reform Legislative Task Force responded cautiously Tuesday to a report by a consultant showing the private option will have a cumulative positive impact of $438…
by - August 18, 2015 10:00 am
A first-term state House member from Mississippi County threw his hat in the ring Tuesday to challenge incumbent Sen. David Burnett, D-Osceola, in the November 2016 general election. Rep. David…
by - August 18, 2015 8:13 am
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by - August 18, 2015 5:35 am
Wal-Mart Stores posted second quarter net income of $3.475 billion, 15% below the same period in 2014 and well below the consensus of analyst estimates. Lower margins on U.S. sales…
by - August 18, 2015 4:58 am
A consulting group hired by a legislative task force says the Private Option will have a net positive fiscal impact for the state of Arkansas of $438 million through 2021, but it also highlights some warnings.
by - August 18, 2015 12:02 am
In June, a group of nearly 40 travelers from Arkansas went on a “cultural exchange” trip to Cuba through coordination with the Arkansas State Chamber of Commerce. The group of…
by - August 18, 2015 12:01 am
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by - August 17, 2015 7:34 pm
Jacob Kaufmann with our content partner, KUAR FM 89.1 News reports: As of Tuesday it will have been two weeks since the governor issued a two week pause in issuing…
by - August 17, 2015 4:31 pm
Fayetteville-based Sage Partners announced Monday that it has leased 55,882 square feet of space at the former Hawker facility at Bill and Hillary Clinton National Airport to Mountain Home aviation…
