Mike Beebe Says He's Working Quickly to Pick New Arkansas Treasurer
Gov. Mike Beebe said he wants to find someone "relatively apolitical" who has a firm understanding of fiscal matters and the way the treasurer's office is run.

Mike Beebe Says He's Working Quickly to Pick New Arkansas Treasurer

by Andrew DeMillo, The Associated Press
21 hours ago

Arkansas Gov. Mike Beebe said he hopes to name a replacement in the next several days for the state treasurer, who resigned over accusations she took cash bribes from a bond broker. The governor would not say who he's considering for the post, added that he wants to find someone "relatively apolitical."
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Arkansas Treasurer Martha Shoffner Resigns Amid Charges She Took Cash

2 days ago

Arkansas' state treasurer has resigned after federal prosecutors accused her of taking cash payments from a broker who handled a large amount of the state's investment portfolio.
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Intruder Arrested at Arkansas Governor's Mansion

Intruder Arrested at Arkansas Governor's Mansion

43 mins ago

Authorities are questioning a man accused of climbing over the fence around the Arkansas Governor's Mansion and entering the grounds.
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Welspun, Alliance Rubber, Conway Machine and Tyson Winners at Global Trade Awards

Welspun, Alliance Rubber, Conway Machine and Tyson Winners at Global Trade Awards

19 hours ago

Welspun Tubular of Little Rock, Alliance Rubber of Hot Springs, Tyson Foods of Springdale and Conway Machine were the four Arkansas companies recognized Wednesday at the 2013 Governor's Award for Excellence in Global Trade.
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The only place you'll find Arkansas' Largest Private Companies ranked by revenue, mostly provided by the companies themselves. Data also includes top executive, contact info, number of employees, year established and business description.

Rank Name City 2012 Revenue
1 Stephens Inc. Little Rock 1,835,000,000
2 Mountaire Corp. Little Rock 1,824,000,000
3 Arkansas Blue Cross & Blue Shield Little Rock 1,310,166,950
4 Simmons Foods Inc. Siloam Springs 1,291,000,000
5 Riceland Foods Inc. Stuttgart 1,159,154,000

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Rod Bigelow on Keeping a Full Palette at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art

Rod Bigelow was promoted to executive director of the Bentonville museum in February upon the promotion of former Executive Director Don Bacigalupi to the new position of museum president. Read more >