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Plant property changes hands

Crystal Bridges moves forward with new campus at site of old Kraft Foods facility in Bentonville.

Guests at Mercy Hospital’s O’Night Divine Charity Ball raise money for expansion and new equipment

A sold-out crowd of 1,500 business and community leaders saw an animated video about Mercy Hospital’s proposed new patient tower and heard about other expansion plans during the 23rd annual…

Gov. Hutchinson meeting with Obama, Trump teams about health care

Gov. Asa Hutchinson will meet with U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Director Sylvia Burwell Monday in Washington in hopes of securing a waiver for his Arkansas Works Medicaid…

DHS director Gillespie tackling foster care crisis, awaiting state flexibility for Medicaid

Arkansas Department of Human Services director Cindy Gillespie says she has legislators’ attention for changes to impact the serious foster care crisis in Arkansas, and she’s hoping the new federal…

Made in America: Farm income forecasted to see double-digit decline in 2016

Editor’s note: Each Sunday, Talk Business & Politics provides “Made In America,” a round-up of state and global manufacturing news. –––––––––––––– FARM INCOME FORECASTED TO SEE DOUBLE-DIGIT DECLINE IN 2016…

Panelists encourage young women to consider careers in information technology

A panel of women working in information technology for Acxiom, J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Tyson Foods and Wal-Mart Stores took questions from about 150 young women who are students from…

Arkansas tax collections below forecast a month before 2017 session, sales tax revenue disappoints again

Gross tax collections in Arkansas came in below forecast and year ago levels in November as nervous state lawmakers hope strong holiday sales boost state coffers ahead of the 2017…

Weekend Digest: Bad auto loans, great television, and the right and wrong of Hog football

TV PREVIEW On this week’s TV edition of Talk Business & Politics, which airs Sundays at 9:30 a.m. on KATV Channel 7 in Central Arkansas and in Northeast Arkansas on…

Energy In-depth: U.S. shale producers rapidly expanding pipeline capacity for natural gas exports into Mexico

Editor’s note: Each Friday, Talk Business & Politics provides “Energy In-depth,” a round-up of energy and regulatory news. ––––––––––––––––– U.S. SHALE PRODUCERS RAPIDLY EXPANDING PIPELINE CAPACITY FOR NATURAL GAS EXPORTS…

Teen gets a surprise birthday party with gifts from 33 states, but is hoping for a family

A 15-year-old had a surprise birthday party. He received an iPod, a Razorbacks hat and some other gifts. What he really wants is a family. The young man, Anthony, is…

Legislator from Fort Smith metro files bills on guns, hate crimes against police and sanctuary cities

Just over a month before the 2017 legislative session begins, more than 40 bills have been pre-filed as Arkansas lawmakers prepare for a budget-tight session that includes a proposed $50…

Feds issue final rules on national drug and alcohol database for semitrailer drivers

Trucking organizations and executives strongly support a new federal rule creating a national database of drug and alcohol test results for commercial truck drivers. On Friday (Dec. 2), the Federal…

Northwest Arkansas officials provide updates on economic growth around food and recreation amenities

David Wright is confident parks, trails and fine cuisine will remain a priority and continue to build on the quality of life for residents and visitors to Bentonville and Bella…

UA study: Customers wary of oversized rewards following data breaches

Compensation is useful in fixing relationships with customers following a data breach but can have a negative effect if companies overcompensate, according to a study from information systems researchers at…

Wal-Mart asking customers for product reviews as part of effort to boost online sales

Wal-Mart is actively emailing customers who use its Savings Catcher application asking them to review certain items from their recent grocery receipt as part of an effort to boost its…

Spending on university athletics increases 7.4%; revenues increase 8.7%

Arkansas’ state-supported higher education institutions spent more than $166 million on athletics in fiscal year 2016, a 7.4% increase from the year before, while athletic revenues from a variety of…

NMC-Bentonville opens wound care and hyperbaric center

The new Northwest Medical Center-Bentonville Wound & Hyperbaric Center is expected to give patients more comprehensive wound care. The hospital’s parent company, Springdale-based Northwest Health, announced the opening Friday (Dec….

State chamber boss talks globalization in the age of Trump, marijuana in Arkansas, 2017 legislative agenda

Arkansas State Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Randy Zook said globalization will continue in the administration of President-elect Donald Trump. He also expects marijuana legislation to “take the oxygen…

First commercial offshore wind farm set to open late 2016

The first commercial wind farm operating off shore of the United States is set to open late this year, according U.S. Energy Information Administration. Block Island is three miles southeast…

U.S. jobless rate declines to 4.6%, 178,000 new workers added to payrolls

The U.S. jobless rate fell to 4.6% in November as the health care and professional and business services sectors continued to add new jobs to the nation’s economy, according to…

Oklahoma court ruling threatens poultry industry in Arkansas

GDP up 4.3% in the third quarter, consumer confidence declines

St. Bernards to expand Maternal Life360 HOME program into Greene County

Then and Now: Cooperative business model a good fit for Mitchell Johnson