by - August 6, 2001 12:00 am
Northwest Arkansas Business Journal’s 2001 40 Under 40
The Northwest Arkansas Business Journal’s 2001 40 Under 40 list.
Tag: Government & Politics
by - July 9, 2001 12:00 am
Let Market Forces Choke Out Smoke
Market should decide what restaurants should allow in the way of smoking.
by - July 3, 2001 10:08 am
Arkansas? Building Boom Keeps It Viable in Region
The Natural State rates No. 1 in nonfarm employment growth for construction jobs during the first quarter of 2000 at 4.4 percent.
by - June 25, 2001 12:00 am
Sprawl Blues Can Be Avoided
We read a recent newsletter from the Eighth Federal Reserve District Bank of St. Louis that gauges urban sprawl in Memphis. The article discusses ways to make the city more efficient.
by - June 25, 2001 12:00 am
UA Poses a Taxing Dilemma
The UA is looking into purchasing the 154-unit College Park Apartments on Mt. Comfort Road, just a block off Garland Avenue near the Garland and North Street intersection.
by - June 25, 2001 12:00 am
Preliminary Redistricting Seems Acceptable
Some preliminary boundaries have been drawn for this summer?s reshaping of the state?s legislative districts.
by - June 11, 2001 12:00 am
Rogers Readies for Traffic Flux in Real Estate Hotspot
Rapid expansion along Interstate 540 and Champions Boulevard has forced Rogers? city planners to plan for wider roads possible additional interstate interchanges.
by - June 11, 2001 12:00 am
House Speakers Visit UA
All three first-term speakers of Houses of Representatives in Arkansas, Oklahoma and Missouri will be speaking at the University of Arkansas July 6.
by - June 11, 2001 12:00 am
Road am-Bush Falls Through
For whatever reason, President Bush has relented on his threat to pull $93 million from the Interstate 49 project.
by - May 28, 2001 12:00 am
Election Season Rears Ugly Head Early
Hold tight to those pocketbooks as election season 2002 gets under way.
by - May 28, 2001 12:00 am
WRMC Saves Space for Future Veterans Home
While most of Washington Regional Medical Center?s employees will move into the new building on Northhills Boulevard, the North Street location in Fayetteville will continue to be useful.
by - May 14, 2001 12:00 am
Brown Named Small Businessman of the Year
Robert Brown, president of Technical Machining Services Inc. of Rogers, is named the Arkansas Small Businessman of the Year by the United States Small Business Association.
by - April 30, 2001 12:00 am
GOP Doesn?t Need Ugly Race
The executive director for the Republican Party of Arkansas recently galled many of his GOP brethren with derogatory comments about a state representative.
by - April 16, 2001 12:00 am
What Will Mary Think?
Fayetteville Mayor Dan Coody has stated to local business leaders that he would be on hand to publicly welcome Kohl?s department store at its April 20 grand opening. Kohl?s officially opened April 16.
by - April 16, 2001 12:00 am
G.I. Joe Meets Geranimo
Mike Gauldin, former head of PR for Gov. Bill Clinton and Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt, has started his own company.
by - April 2, 2001 12:00 am
Am-Bush On Work Regs Right On (Editorial)
President Bush appears set on undoing as much of former President Clinton?s final administrative regulations as possible, and his signing of the repeal of ergonomic rules is a good thing.
by - March 19, 2001 12:00 am
Census Backs District Complaints
The March 16 release of the state?s 2000 U.S. Census data validated the gripes of Northwest Arkansas lawmakers and business leaders, who for the last decade have said the area is underrepresented in the Arkansas General Assembly.
by - March 19, 2001 12:00 am
Tobacco Wars Rage Despite Voter Mandate (Jeff Hankins Publisher’s Note)
The tobacco settlement funds are too much for the Arkansas Legislature to resist as a source of pork spending, despite the voter mandate for a coalition plan.
by - March 12, 2001 12:00 am
Software Company Bought by Election.com
CMIS Inc., the Fayetteville election software firm, is purchased by Election.com Inc. of Garden City, N.Y.
by - February 19, 2001 12:00 am
Jet Bill’s Crash Has Silver Lining
When we heard that state Rep. David Hausam, R-Bentonville, had proposed a House bill that would give Wal-Mart Stores Inc. a $2.3 million tax break to buy a $35 million ultra-long-range jet, we thought he was nuts.