by - March 17, 2015 8:57 pm
The 2015 Compass Conference will focus on downtown Fort Smith development, with the soon-to-be-renovated Masonic Temple to provide a unique venue and format for sixth annual event. “Banking on Downtown…
by - March 17, 2015 8:52 pm
Efforts by Fort Smith city staff to move quickly on a plan to raise sewer rates to pay for federally-mandated system improvements hit a snag when City Director Tracy Pennartz…
by - March 17, 2015 8:31 pm
It’s been a decade in the making but the region’s first interactive children’s museum has announced an opening date and a new name in honor of Lee and Linda Scott…
by - March 17, 2015 7:27 pm
A stalemate between supporters and opponents of an education bill led to the bill’s sponsor yanking the bill from consideration this session. However, the bill’s sponsor said he plans to…
by - March 17, 2015 4:26 pm
Keeping with his campaign rhetoric, Gov. Asa Hutchinson met with reporters on Tuesday to tout three measures designed to realign workforce education efforts in Arkansas. He also talked about a…
by - March 17, 2015 4:00 pm
The Affordable Care Act has reduced the number of uninsured Americans, but many of the most important changes in health care have come as a result of market forces that…
by - March 17, 2015 2:41 pm
On Tuesday, more than 600 women in Arkansas heard hours of advice from some of the top female business leaders in the state.
by - March 17, 2015 2:27 pm
TB&P Business Editor Wes Brown and Editor-in-Chief Roby Brock discuss the big business stories of the week, which included the Maker Faire coming to downtown North Little Rock and the…
by - March 17, 2015 2:22 pm
Grocery is a business of thin margins but it is about 56% of Wal-Mart’s total annual U.S. sales. Getting it right is of the upmost importance to Walmart U.S. CEO…
by - March 17, 2015 2:05 pm
Labor market numbers moved in the right direction for Arkansas during January, with the number of employed up more than 3%, the workforce size up more than 2% and unemployment…
by - March 17, 2015 1:39 pm
Officials with Parrot Island Waterpark announced Tuesday (March 17) the start of hiring 100-150 part-time employees for the aquatics facility now under construction at Ben Geren Regional Park. The almost…
by - March 17, 2015 1:29 pm
Keeping with his campaign rhetoric, Gov. Asa Hutchinson met with reporters on Tuesday to tout three measures designed to realign workforce education efforts in Arkansas. Surrounded by cabinet members and…
by - March 17, 2015 11:24 am
A bill that would ban “rehoming” in Arkansas was approved by a key committee Tuesday morning, and later in the day, Gov. Asa Hutchinson said he was launching an “independent…
by - March 17, 2015 8:18 am
Arkansas’ unemployment rate fell one point in January to 5.6% as the state’s growing labor pool added another 9,200 workers, according to state Department of Workforce Services (DWS) officials. As…
by - March 17, 2015 8:00 am
Last week, Senator Tom Cotton made himself a household name by deviating from “Senatorial” norms and circumventing the president’s authority by sending a letter to the Iranian government for the…
by - March 17, 2015 7:36 am
Plastic Ingenuity, a plastics packaging manufacturer, is expanding its Maumelle facility. The $2.5 million expansion will add 10 jobs to the company’s plastic food packaging lines and bring total employment…
by - March 17, 2015 5:54 am
Deltic Timber, Murphy Oil and Murphy USA have had a huge impact on El Dorado, its success and its quality of life.
by - March 17, 2015 12:23 am
While the recent focus has been on the brewing steel factory war in Northeast Arkansas, Nucor Steel has been part of the fabric of the region for nearly three decades….
by - March 16, 2015 7:50 pm
A House legislator facing questions in an adoption scandal resigned his committee leadership post Monday afternoon, while several education bills including two on workforce training sailed through the state Senate….
by - March 16, 2015 7:10 pm
The United States faces many of the same issues that were present in the days before World War II, Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., said Monday night. Cotton gave his first…
