by - February 9, 2009 12:00 am
State officials have been busy preparing for the influx of federal money that Arkansas will receive if Congress approves the nationwide economic stimulus package, with a special emphasis on the job-creating aspect of the plan.
by - February 9, 2009 12:00 am
From 2003 through 2007, collections on the state’s 2 percent tourism tax grew nearly 33 percent to $11.47 million; Northwest Arkansas accounted for 20 percent of that revenue in the six-county area.
by - February 9, 2009 12:00 am
Longtime landowners realized their vision after more than three years of planning, permitting and construction on a 140-acre property on Markham Hill in Fayetteville now home to the Pratt Place Inn.
by - January 26, 2009 12:00 am
Contractors in Northwest Arkansas said they aren’t counting on an immediate impact from the public spending package but are pursuing projects that have guaranteed funding.
by - January 26, 2009 12:00 am
Wind and fire damage is covered under builders risk insurance, which are policies usually taken out by the general contractor to cover their investment in a project while it’s under construction.
by - January 26, 2009 12:00 am
After years of doubling and tripling raw materials prices from oil to copper caused by burgeoning world demand and a weak U.S. dollar, the bottom fell out in the final quarter of 2008.
by - January 26, 2009 12:00 am
The number of commercial construction projects under way in 2008 fell sharply from the previous year.
by - January 26, 2009 12:00 am
The number of deals made in Northwest Arkansas declined in 2008, but the value increased.
by - January 26, 2009 12:00 am
The Arkansas chapter of the Associated Builders and Contractors Inc. is encouraging its members to contact their legislators regarding the Employee Free Choice Act.
by - January 26, 2009 12:00 am
The University of Arkansas has over $75 million in construction projects set to begin in 2009.
by - January 26, 2009 12:00 am
As Oklahoma’s case against Tyson Foods Inc., Simmons Foods Inc., George’s Inc. and others plods through its fourth year with a tentative trial date set for this September, parallel efforts locally and in Washington D.C. are aiming to make Edmondson’s laws
by - January 26, 2009 12:00 am
President Obama would surely hear the howls of his allies on the left who trust the power of government over power of the people, but I suspect a safe prediction for the market reaction would be quite different than what we saw on Inauguration Day.
by - January 26, 2009 12:00 am
No matter what your role is ? whether executive or hourly, service or sales ? we all have one thing in common: the ability to control our own attitude.
by - January 26, 2009 12:00 am
Six of the eight state senators from Arkansas’ northwest corridor sit on the Arkansas General Assembly’s Joint Budget Committee.
by - January 26, 2009 12:00 am
KFSM-TV, Channel 5, led the 11-county designated market area during all three weekday evening newscasts in the November household ratings from Nielsen Media Research.
by - January 26, 2009 12:00 am
A recent study found that charitable organizations in Arkansas contributed more than $14 billion to the state’s economy from 2005 to 2008.
by - January 26, 2009 12:00 am
BKD LLP, the largest accounting firm in Arkansas, has acquired an office in Rogers with the addition of several members from the Lundy Allard & Co. PLLC firm.
by - January 26, 2009 12:00 am
Advanced Environmental Recycling Technologies Inc. of Springdale has received federal approval of a settlement with plaintiffs who sued over the companies ChoiceDek product.
by - January 26, 2009 12:00 am
Our hopes for 2009 seem to reside with the collective emotional well-being of soccer moms and Joe Six-packs. It could reasonably be asked if tax cuts and cheap money will turn the trick.
by - January 26, 2009 12:00 am
A gluttonous quartet of habits – smoking, drinking, eating and gambling – are the triggers behind several early bills proposed this state legislative session in Little Rock. The bills either make it easier, or more expensive, to enjoy all of the above.
