by - July 30, 2017 9:38 am
Arkansas Economic Development Commission Executive Director Mike Preston said Gov. Asa Hutchinson and President Donald Trump’s administration deserve credit for the breakthrough with the reopening of U.S.-China rice and beef…
by - May 10, 2017 3:48 pm
Editor’s note: This story is completely updated with this report from Wesley Brown. –––––––––––––––– Making good on a seven-month old promise to bring a major employer to the Arkansas Delta,…
by - March 20, 2017 5:59 pm
A key program that is part of Gov. Asa Hutchinson’s workforce initiative to retrain and retool Arkansas’ blue collar-focused labor pool for a more technology-oriented economy could be at risk…
by - February 14, 2017 6:23 pm
Gov. Asa Hutchinson on Tuesday (Feb. 14) announced the following appointments. Ann Hudson, Forrest City, to the Board of Trustees of East Arkansas Community College. Appointment expires Dec. 31, 2022….
by - February 6, 2017 7:58 pm
Now that his tax cut proposals are in hand, Gov. Asa Hutchinson on Monday (Feb. 6) advanced several measures that are part of his overall economic development and government efficiency…
by - January 30, 2017 10:05 am
Gov. Asa Hutchinson on Monday visited El Dorado to join local leadership and economic development officials for job announcements that will bring dozens of new jobs to the South Arkansas…
by - January 18, 2017 1:30 pm
Daisy Outdoor Products will expand its Rogers facility and add about two dozen jobs in the next two years, company leaders announced on Wednesday (Jan. 18) alongside Gov. Asa Hutchinson…
by - December 11, 2016 10:53 am
Editor’s note: Mike Preston is executive director of the Arkansas Economic Development Commission. Opinions, commentary and other essays posted in this space are wholly the view of the author(s). –––––––––––––––––––…
by - September 20, 2016 10:22 am
Editor’s note: This is the final of three stories about economic development policy plans for the upcoming 2017 Arkansas Legislative Session. Link here for the first story, and link here…
by - September 19, 2016 3:41 pm
Editor’s note: This is the second of three stories about economic development policy plans for the upcoming 2017 Arkansas Legislative Session. Link here for the first story. –––––––––––––––– It is…
by - September 18, 2016 12:33 pm
Editor’s note: This is the first of three stories about economic development policy plans for the upcoming 2017 Arkansas Legislative Session. –––––––––––––––– As the state’s globe-trotting, chief job recruiter, Gov….
by - September 9, 2016 8:58 am
Gov. Asa Hutchinson and Arkansas Economic Development Commission (AEDC) Director Mike Preston will make their second trade visit to China in 2016 when they head back to the Far East…
by - September 7, 2016 6:39 pm
Cuba needs rice and chicken. German companies have a keen interest in conducting business in the southern U.S., and Henan Province in China is known for food processing and rice…
by - August 23, 2016 2:56 pm
Editor’s note: This is the first of two stories about the activities and financial position of the Arkansas Teacher Retirement System. ––––––––––––––––– As Arkansas communities deal with economic development opportunities,…
by - May 12, 2016 3:42 pm
Arkansas Economic Development Commission Executive Director Mike Preston said Thursday (May 12) that the growth in Northeast Arkansas has been keyed by the work in both Jonesboro and Paragould. Preston,…
by - April 28, 2016 4:08 pm
Paragould Mayor Mike Gaskill said Thursday (April 28) that a move into the city by GW Communications will help keep young people living and working in the town. Gaskill was…
by - April 14, 2016 6:00 pm
An upcoming May 1 deadline to find a site location for a $1.3 billion superproject that China’s largest privately-held timber company hopes to build in south Arkansas is expected to…
by - February 14, 2016 2:48 pm
Gov. Asa Hutchinson (R) has floated the idea of cutting the state’s largest economic development incentive program as a funding source for highways, but the idea is being resisted by…
by - February 4, 2016 2:23 pm
Gov. Asa Hutchinson said Thursday (Feb. 4) that his main proposed changes to the private option remain intact after his recent discussions with federal Department of Health and Human Services…
by - February 2, 2016 3:46 pm
A pair of Jonesboro residents recently became the newest members of a state economic development group with several items on the agenda, one of the members said Monday. Gov. Asa…
