by - April 29, 2002 12:00 am
Administrators at the local level, and bureaucrats at the Arkansas Department of Education, have to start standing behind teachers dealing with the parents of problematic or subperforming students.
by - April 29, 2002 12:00 am
Let?s get real. As long as we keep expecting the quality of parents to improve before we improve the quality of our schools, we are never going to get anywhere.
by - April 29, 2002 12:00 am
Genesis client Space Photonics Inc. on April 17 signed a new R&D contract with the Air Force Research Lab at Kirkland Air Force Base in New Mexico.
by - April 29, 2002 12:00 am
Many of the Republican women in Washington County are irritated with Jim Bob Duggar, who is running against incumbent Tim Hutchinson in the May 21 Republican primary for U.S. Senate.
by - April 29, 2002 12:00 am
Frank Siccardi has been asked to speak before a congressional subcommittee during the May 6-8 National Small Business Week ceremonies in Washington, D.C.
by - April 15, 2002 12:00 am
British protectorates such as the Cayman Islands, Bermuda, Anguilla, British Virgin Islands and Turks and Caicos have long been favored tax havens for American businesses.
by - April 15, 2002 12:00 am
ERA Stewarts Realty Inc. of Hot Springs Village has appealed in Pulaski County Circuit Court more than $400,000 in fines imposed by the Arkansas Real Estate Commission.
by - March 18, 2002 12:00 am
Local bankers aren?t nearly as concerned about playing interest rate limbo as the possibility of rates rising again.
by - March 18, 2002 12:00 am
Several local public accountants, including John Ervin of Fayetteville, say they?ve been swamped with calls from companies that will amend their 2001 tax returns following President Bush?s $38.7 billion worth of new tax incentives.
by - March 4, 2002 12:00 am
Corporations that lease one of the 35 luxury suites at Walton Arena, or that buy large blocks of season basketball tickets, have seriously rethought their discretionary dollars.
by - March 4, 2002 12:00 am
Although there?s been a steady decline in the number of farms in the state, there?s been no decline in the influence of what is probably the state?s most powerful lobby, the Arkansas Farm Bureau Federation.
by - March 4, 2002 12:00 am
On the national level, the Arkansas Farm Bureau Federation through its American Farm Bureau parent, is working to put a permanent end to estate taxes ? the so-called ?death tax.?
by - March 4, 2002 12:00 am
In the most rare of occasions, an activist group has praised Tyson Foods Inc. of Springdale and other large poultry companies.
by - March 4, 2002 12:00 am
We hear Sam Sellers is back in Arkansas. He?s now associate state director for the AARP, where he does lobbying and communications work.
by - March 4, 2002 12:00 am
Mayor Dan Coody and developer Gary Combs point fingers.
by - March 4, 2002 12:00 am
Local developer and businessman Gary Combs said ?We?ve gone nuts in this city,? referring to Fayetteville?s new ideas within the city government.
by - March 4, 2002 12:00 am
The city of Fayetteville asked 13 technology firms to type up a bid proposal to overhaul the city?s Web site. IFworld Inc. returned a 200-page answer.
by - March 4, 2002 12:00 am
It?s time for a buyout of Nolan Richardson Jr.?s remaining six-year contact so that he can be on his hate-mongering way.
by - February 18, 2002 12:00 am
Congress finally got back to business recently ? well, sort of. After all, politics must be dealt with, and this is an election year.
by - February 18, 2002 12:00 am
Harmony Products Inc. wants to turn Northwest Arkansas? wastewater woes into a Midas tale by constructing a fertilizer plant.
