by June 9, 2003 12:00 am
-Bush Rolls The Dice (Editorial)
Since Arkansas is heavily supplied with low-income households, the state won?t experience the kind of influx of money that wealthier states will enjoy from upcoming tax cuts.
by June 9, 2003 12:00 am
-Since Arkansas is heavily supplied with low-income households, the state won?t experience the kind of influx of money that wealthier states will enjoy from upcoming tax cuts.
by May 26, 2003 12:00 am
-Along with the expansion at Tyson Foods are plans for an easier access to Interstate 540 from the company?s south Springdale headquarters.
by May 26, 2003 12:00 am
-Legislators, like journalists, seem to work best when they have a firm deadline.
by May 26, 2003 12:00 am
-Susan Marshall, Madison County?s tax collector, said the 12.34 percent increase in state sales and use taxes that her office collected last year is a product of land sales and population growth.
by May 12, 2003 12:00 am
-We wonder if any of the legislators have ever heard that politics is the art of compromise.
by April 28, 2003 12:00 am
-Operation Kuwaiti Field Chicken, or KFC, didn?t go as planned because the tough desert environment didn?t agree with the finicky fowl.
by April 28, 2003 12:00 am
-An increase in Arkansas? taxable wage base went into effect Jan. 1.
by April 28, 2003 12:00 am
-Even if the economy improves in the next six months, most workers will not be jumping back into the employment market.
by April 14, 2003 12:00 am
-The state could save at least $712,044 per year by consolidating the two most inefficient school districts in Northwest Arkansas ? Decatur and Winslow ? with nearby districts.
by April 14, 2003 12:00 am
-Arkansas? new economic development bill became law in March. It?s something that should have been in place years ago, but at long last the state is on the right track.
by April 14, 2003 12:00 am
-The Botanical Garden of the Ozarks, off Arkansas 265 in Fayetteville, plans to build a 3,000-SF timber-frame structure in October with 30 logs from the construction site of Kohl?s department store in Fayetteville.
by April 14, 2003 12:00 am
-The Civil Justice Reform Act of 2003 changed the state?s joint and several liability, caps punitive damages and prevents venue shopping.
by April 14, 2003 12:00 am
-The Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration on April 2 said that net available general revenue totals $2,325.3 million so far this fiscal year.
by April 14, 2003 12:00 am
-Venture capital advocates in Arkansas are hailing Act 860 of 2003 as the start of a new day for venture capital in Arkansas.
by April 14, 2003 12:00 am
-New methods specifically designed for the knowledge-based economy must be developed, adopted and implemented along with appropriate policy.
by April 14, 2003 12:00 am
-Wal-Mart Stores Inc. of Bentonville will temporarily stop selling guns at its 118 stores in California after hundreds of violations of state laws, California’s attorney general said on April 4.
by March 31, 2003 12:00 am
-We?re hearing from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office that President Bush?s spending plans will turn a $900 billion surplus into a $1.8 trillion deficit in the next 10 years.
by March 31, 2003 12:00 am
-Tiny mold spores float continuously through the air, indoors and out, but when they begin to thrive in a damp indoor area, they can wreak havoc on the health of those breathing in their contaminants.
by March 17, 2003 12:00 am
-Every year, 4 million hunters and anglers travel from all over the world to Springfield to visit America?s largest Bass Pro Shop. It?s the state?s No. 1 tourist attraction.
by March 17, 2003 12:00 am
-Two organizations long at odds with each other, the Arkansas State Chamber of Commerce and the Arkansas Education Association, recently endorsed Gov. Mike Huckabee?s compromise education program.