by - December 5, 2019 11:18 am
Craighead County and its seat, Jonesboro, have been on a historical sales tax collection run during the last decade, and both are poised to set all-time collection numbers as 2019…
by - August 28, 2018 6:12 pm
Through the first eight months of the year sales tax and use collections are slightly up in Jonesboro and slightly down in Craighead County. Jonesboro collected $12.098 million in sales…
by - November 28, 2017 5:02 pm
If historical sales and use tax collections are true to form in December, the city of Jonesboro and Craighead County will set records for the second consecutive year. Jonesboro collected…
by - October 26, 2017 4:23 pm
Sales and use tax collections in Jonesboro rebounded in October after a 5.4% drop in September when compared to the same month in 2016. The city collected $1.501 million in…
by - July 26, 2017 4:01 pm
Residents and visitors continue to spend money at a healthy pace in the heart of Northeast Arkansas. Craighead County and Jonesboro set records for sales tax receipt collections in 2016,…
by - May 30, 2017 2:20 pm
Jonesboro’s economic growth stumbled in recent months as sales and use receipts and building permit values declined. At least one of those indicators is on the rise again. Northeast Arkansas’…
by - April 27, 2017 5:35 pm
Sales tax receipts in Jonesboro and Craighead County were down in April when compared to the same month in 2016, but both are on pace to break all time collection…
by - November 10, 2015 10:12 pm
A proposed one-cent sales tax went down to defeat Tuesday (Nov. 10) as supporters and opponents made their cases in the hours leading up to the vote. In unofficial numbers,…
by - October 23, 2015 3:40 pm
The October 2015 sales tax revenue reports for Craighead County and Jonesboro followed the proverbial yo-yo as both get closer to ending their calendar year. The Craighead County sales tax…
