by - August 4, 2015 12:02 pm
Fort Smith-based Beall Barclay & Company has hired Patrick Deakins and Robert Floyd. Deakins will work in the company’s Rogers office, with Floyd working in Fort Smith. Deakins was named…
by - August 4, 2015 11:55 am
The Arkansas Department of Higher Education Coordinating Board has granted approval to Arkansas Tech University-Ozark Campus to offer an Associate of Applied Science in Logistics Management beginning in the fall….
by - August 4, 2015 11:24 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 4, 2015 11:05 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 10:41 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 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
Editor’s note: Each Tuesday, Talk Business & Politics provides “Campus Talk,” a recap and deep-dive into education topics in our email newsletter, which you can sign up to receive daily for free here….
by - August 4, 2015 8:26 am
Little Rock-based lender Bank of the Ozarks Inc. ranked first among mid-sized banks nationally in a recent survey tracking profitability, asset quality and capital strength.
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 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 6:03 pm
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 3, 2015 5:08 pm
The federal Environmental Protection Agency on Monday 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…
by - August 3, 2015 1:43 pm
Pedaling for NICA (National Interscholastic Cycling Association) Learn more about NICA, bid on bike goodies, and provide students with the chance to be part of something special on August…
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 1:08 pm
The new Center for Advanced Surface Engineering, a collaboration between the University of Arkansas and Arkansas industries, will be funded from part of a $20 million grant from the National…
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…
