by - August 4, 2015 10:38 am
Financial gains continue for USA Truck, with second quarter net income of $2.46 million and a positive operating income for the company’s trucking segment. However, declining overall revenue and a…
by - August 4, 2015 9:26 am
The Arkansas Regional Innovation Hub announced that Jeff Stinson will become the director of The Silver Mine, which will provide facilities and programs to support entrepreneurs and early-stage ventures in…
by - August 4, 2015 9:07 am
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by - August 4, 2015 6:28 am
A growing population in Northwest Arkansas and continued benevolent support for Arkansas Children’s Hospital Foundation are two good reasons why the Little Rock-based hospital is reportedly eyeing Springdale for a…
by - August 4, 2015 6:25 am
Entergy Corp., parent company of Entergy Arkansas Inc., fell short of Wall Street expectations on Tuesday as the utility giant reported second quarter 2015 earnings per share of 83 cents,…
by - August 3, 2015 7:00 pm
Former Arkansas Attorney General Dustin McDaniel, representing the city of Osceola in an ongoing battle with Mississippi County over where the county’s new courthouse would be located, filed an Arkansas…
by - August 3, 2015 6:52 pm
A vote to bring a bill that would have defunded Planned Parenthood to the Senate floor failed Monday. The Senate voted 53-46 against invoking cloture on the bill, S. 1881….
by - August 3, 2015 6:48 pm
The federal EPA released its final rules on President Obama’s far-reaching and controversial “Clean Power Plan,” putting the nation on track to cut carbon pollution from the power sector 32% below 2005 levels by 2030.
by - August 3, 2015 1:22 pm
Editor’s note: The author of this guest commentary, Alan Hughes, is the President of the Arkansas AFL-CIO, the largest organized union in Arkansas. The Department of Labor has taken an…
by - August 3, 2015 1:21 pm
Editor’s note: Randy Zook, author of this guest commentary, is the President & CEO of the Arkansas State Chamber of Commerce/Associated Industries of Arkansas. Instead of pro-growth policies that lift…
by - August 3, 2015 10:58 am
The Arkansas labor pool continues to expand as business activity picks up this summer, but flat to declining weekly wages are stifling economic growth across the state and region heading…
by - August 3, 2015 10:48 am
Gov. Asa Hutchinson on Monday announced the members of a board that will help improve the juvenile justice system in the state. The Youth Justice Reform Board will be to…
by - August 3, 2015 10:04 am
The number of enrollees in Arkansas’ private option shrunk by about 26,500 at midnight July 31 because those former beneficiaries did not respond to requests by the Department of Human…
by - August 3, 2015 10:01 am
The Delta Entrepreneurship Network (DEN) is seeking its second round of fellows to join the inaugural class of DEN fellows through six Delta Challenge pitch competitions across the region this…
by - August 3, 2015 9:17 am
A plan to extend the Earned Income Tax Credit in Arkansas failed in the last legislative session, but the idea has seen support in other states, according to a national…
by - August 3, 2015 7:55 am
Another police officer is dead, murdered in the streets of Memphis, Tennessee. Only a few weeks ago, two police officers were gunned down on the streets of Jackson, Mississippi. Murders…
by - August 3, 2015 7:41 am
The Arkansas Economic Development Commission will receive a $20 million grant to support research and workforce development training opportunities with an emphasis on strengthening STEM.
by - August 3, 2015 6:51 am
A more than $900 million gain in prepared food segment revenue helped push fiscal third quarter net income for Tyson Foods up to $343 million, 31.9% higher compared to the…
by - August 3, 2015 6:45 am
ArcBest Corp. posted second quarter net income of $19.967 million, up 16% compared to the same quarter of 2014, thanks in large part to a more than 13% reduction in…
by - August 3, 2015 6:40 am
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