by May 24, 2004 12:00 am
-Arkansas Housing Starts Lead Seven-state Region
For the fourth quarter of 2003, Arkansas was first out of seven regional states and outpaced the U.S. average in percent change in housing permits.
by May 24, 2004 12:00 am
-For the fourth quarter of 2003, Arkansas was first out of seven regional states and outpaced the U.S. average in percent change in housing permits.
by May 24, 2004 12:00 am
-Population projections for the Little Rock/North Little Rock metropolitan statistical area and the Northwest Arkansas MSA show that the latter is growing more than twice as fast as its Southern sister.
by April 26, 2004 12:00 am
-Low interest rates and a booming economy have 2004 new home construction on track to easily break 2003?s record of 7,000 units in Northwest Arkansas.
by April 26, 2004 12:00 am
-It has taken a couple of years to get all the parts in motion, but legislation approved by the General Assembly in 2001 may finally be about to help attract venture capital investment to the state.
by April 26, 2004 12:00 am
-We hear Walgreen Co. has expressed an interest in selling liquor at its stores in Arkansas, but the folks at the state Alcoholic Beverage Control Board said they have received no formal application.
by April 12, 2004 12:00 am
-Northwest Arkansas? six-county area produced $134.7 million (21.8 percent) of the $616.8 million in state sales and use taxes collected from all 75 counties in Arkansas last year.
by April 12, 2004 12:00 am
-For the third straight quarter in 2003, Arkansas remained second of seven regional states in real personal income growth, outpaced only by Mississippi.
by March 29, 2004 12:00 am
-Fayetteville Mayor Dan Coody wants the city to buy 800 acres of land straddling the city limits west of Cato Springs Road.
by March 29, 2004 12:00 am
-Twenty-six for-profit companies in Northwest Arkansas have had continuous operations for at least 100 years.
by March 29, 2004 12:00 am
-For the first time in its history, the city of Goshen has hired a building inspector, James Royal.
by March 15, 2004 12:00 am
-Estate planners say there?s no way to avoid estate taxes but there are several ways to mitigate them.
by March 15, 2004 12:00 am
-The number of lawyers in the state Senate is down because fewer are running for office.
by February 16, 2004 12:00 am
-Wal-Mart Stores Inc. of Bentonville is the first big-box retailer to embrace Chicago’s green-roof program.
by February 16, 2004 12:00 am
-As a conservative, pro-business newspaper, we have a hard time understanding how Republicans became the party of huge deficits and big government, and the Democrats were the ones who balanced the budget and gave us a surplus.
by February 16, 2004 12:00 am
-Real estate?s old adage ?location, location, location? is fitting for the ever-growing town of Lowell.
by February 16, 2004 12:00 am
-Jim Bolt of Rogers repeated two things on Feb. 10 that he?s done a lot of in the last couple of years ? appear in court and complain of chest pains.
by February 16, 2004 12:00 am
-The Lowell City Council establishes a moratorium on new construction in July of 2002.
by February 16, 2004 12:00 am
-Business owners preparing for the March 15 tax-filing deadline may do well to look over some of the finer points of the 2003 Tax Act.
by January 5, 2004 12:00 am
-Gov. Mike Huckabee fought the good fight for education reform during 2003.
by January 5, 2004 12:00 am
-Education reform is the biggest thing, but not the only one, to pay attention to in 2004.