by - January 26, 2016 2:24 pm
Editor’s note: Each Tuesday, Talk Business & Politics provides “Campus Talk,” a recap and roundup of education news. EL DORADO PROMISE TURNS NINE: It flew under the radar as most nine-year anniversaries…
by - January 26, 2016 2:03 pm
An Arkansan has tested positive for the Zika virus, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Monday. The resident had traveled out of the country and contracted a mild…
by - January 26, 2016 2:03 pm
An Arkansan has tested positive for the Zika virus, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Monday. The resident had traveled out of the country and contracted a mild…
by - January 26, 2016 1:05 pm
Southwest Power Pool officials on Tuesday (Jan. 26) released a study highlighting more than $240 million in fuel cost savings for utilities that provide power to many Arkansans because of…
by - January 26, 2016 12:15 pm
Lockheed Martin turned in a strong fourth quarter performance on Tuesday (Jan. 26) as the nation’s largest defense contractor completed the $9 billion acquisition of helicopter maker Sikorsky Aircraft and…
by - January 26, 2016 10:45 am
Arkansas Secretary of Agriculture Wes Ward is the luncheon speaker for Arkansas State University’s 18th annual Soil and Water Education Conference and Arkansas Irrigation Expo on Wednesday (Jan. 27), at…
by - January 26, 2016 10:45 am
Arkansas Secretary of Agriculture Wes Ward is the luncheon speaker for Arkansas State University’s 18th annual Soil and Water Education Conference and Arkansas Irrigation Expo on Wednesday (Jan. 27), at…
by - January 26, 2016 10:40 am
Editor’s note: John Burris is a former member of the Arkansas Legislature. Opinions, commentary and other essays posted in this space are wholly the view of the author(s). They may…
by - January 26, 2016 10:27 am
University of Arkansas at Fort Smith student Zachary Vann has been named the 2016 John Paul Hammerschmidt (JPH) Fellow, according to the office of U.S. Rep. Steve Womack, R-Rogers. Vann,…
by - January 26, 2016 10:27 am
University of Arkansas at Fort Smith student Zachary Vann has been named the 2016 John Paul Hammerschmidt (JPH) Fellow, according to the office of U.S. Rep. Steve Womack, R-Rogers. Vann,…
by - January 26, 2016 10:17 am
Arkansas’ jobless rate fell below to 5% for the first time since June 2001 as the state’s labor pool climbed to 1,337,500 in December, according to the figures released Tuesday…
by - January 26, 2016 8:24 am
Former Arvest banker Dennis Smiley, who soon faces sentencing for fraud, believes the banks that loaned him money are not victims in his crime. He says they should have known…
by - January 25, 2016 9:57 pm
As Wal-Mart shutters 152 of its underperforming stores across the U.S., Murphy USA Inc. announced Monday that its board of directors has authorized a strategic allocation of $500 million to…
by - January 25, 2016 8:04 pm
The Fort Smith Board of Directors may on Tuesday (Jan. 26) revisit the hot topic of pushing a prepared food tax to help shift a city budget expense that could…
by - January 25, 2016 6:40 pm
BancorpSouth posted fourth quarter net income of $21.2 million, below the $28.66 million in the fourth quarter of 2014 and well below what market watchers expected from the regional bank…
by - January 25, 2016 5:34 pm
Officials at Black Hills Corp. said they expect to close the $2 billion acquisition of SourceGas later in the first quarter, putting the South Dakota utility operator on target to…
by - January 25, 2016 5:26 pm
One casualty of the East Coast’s winter weather is Congress’ planned votes this week on overriding President Obama’s veto of the bill repealing Obamacare and defunding Planned Parenthood. The U.S….
by - January 25, 2016 5:20 pm
U.S. manufacturers began the year with a rebound in output and new business growth from the lows seen during December, according to the latest U.S. Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI)…
by - January 25, 2016 5:11 pm
The University of Arkansas Department of Athletics is moving forward with a $160 million push for a renovation of Donald W. Reynolds Razorback football Stadium that will include significant additions…
by - January 25, 2016 3:33 pm
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