by - August 5, 2015 8:03 am
CDC: 53 MILLION ADULTS IN THE US LIVE WITH A DISABILITY In the United States, one out of every five adults has a disability, according to a new study published…
by - August 4, 2015 11:07 pm
A day after President Obama unveiled the centerpiece of his climate change proposal, representatives from Entergy Arkansas and Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corp. are taking a wait-and-see approach before responding publicly to how they will deal with the historic environmental mandate.
by - August 4, 2015 9:02 pm
The agenda may have been light, but the Jonesboro City Council meeting Tuesday was a meeting filled with announcements. Officials expect a $2 million boost to the economy this week…
by - August 4, 2015 9:00 pm
A deputy prosecuting attorney in Craighead County was appointed Monday night to fill the vacancy of a circuit judge who passed away last month. Gov. Asa Hutchinson appointed Thomas “Tommy”…
by - August 4, 2015 8:58 pm
News of a $450 million government service contract over the next five years pushed Windstream’s stock above five dollars in trading Tuesday ahead of the Little Rock telecom’s second quarter…
by - August 4, 2015 4:17 pm
The Department of Human Services will pause for the next two weeks in sending out notices of termination for the private option, and more staff members will be devoted to what Gov. Asa Hutchinson called an “information overload.”
by - August 4, 2015 4:09 pm
The state has saved $2.5 million in salaries during the last half of the state’s fiscal year from January 13 to June 30 as a result of a hiring freeze…
by - August 4, 2015 4:04 pm
As the decision gets closer on the contract award for the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) project, Lockheed Martin and rivals Oshkosh Corp. and AM General are making last-minute marketing…
by - August 4, 2015 3:57 pm
A Searcy-area company will be opening a clothing store at the corner of Caraway Road and Highland Drive, creating at least 100 jobs in the process, officials with Haag Brown…
by - August 4, 2015 10:39 am
Total Arkansas tax revenue during the first month of the new fiscal year (July 2015-June 2016) was $466.8 million, down 0.8% compared to July 2014 but 1% above the budget…
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 9:07 am
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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…
