Summit argued that the rate hike was necessary to enhance its aging gas delivery infrastructure and comply with stronger pipeline safety standards.

Gen Z employees will outnumber baby boomers in the American workforce by next year as retirements step up, and organizations face the challenge of harnessing young workers’ skills — or else.

“The goal of the event is to hire students to work in the power industry here in Little Rock,” said MISO’s Brandon Morris.

The funding represents Climate United’s first investment from the $6.97 billion it received from the EPA’s National Clean Investment Fund.

Natalie Ghidotti and her PR firm are involved in a high-profile campaign opposing Arkansas Issue 2, which could impact Cherokee Nation’s planned casino in Pope County.

Two developments emerged late last week in the state’s formative lithium production industry, and both could shape the course of companies’ plans to pull the battery-making metal from the brine fields of south Arkansas.

Solar power systems that have their interconnection documents in place by Sept. 30 are granted legacy status and will be “grandfathered in” at the old net-metering credit rate.

Until recently, only bromine has been refined profitably from the brine running deep below the surface of the Smackover Limestone Formation. But as lithium became a more valuable mineral, companies have been racing to lead a new direct lithium extraction industry.

After Sept. 30, the state’s rules for utility credits on newly interconnected solar-power systems will change. Credits will fall to about four-tenths of what existing system owners receive, and new restrictions will also go into effect.

Recent allegations of illegal foreign ownership of commercial properties proved unfounded in two prominent cases, triggering criticism of the state’s process for enforcing a 2023 law meant to halt Chinese stakes in Arkansas real estate.

The removal of Jeremiah Sloan as CEO of Craighead Electric Cooperative remains something of a mystery.

Newport has a new air charter business that’s poised to soar, steered by a native son and father who own their own Cessna jet and have several others on call.

Joe Schratz has departed as chief reporter, and top editor Rachel Anderson will be taking a position at Arkansas State University on Nov. 1.

About 11,000 students at 11 area high schools are set to get industry introductions, job shadowing and internship possibilities and curriculum guidance from more than 80 partner companies in the Academies of Central Arkansas program.

Five big players in south Arkansas’ emerging lithium industry are proposing a royalty rate for mineral rights owners, but they may have to dig a little deeper.

An ethics complaint raises questions about the “cozy relationship” between Doyle Webb and Entergy, pointing to campaign contributions from the utility to Webb’s wife, Arkansas Supreme Court Justice Barbara Webb.

The EACH Initiative will help city and county leaders by providing critical resources, support and capacity-building opportunities. The idea is to overcome constrained budgets and challenges that seem overwhelming, Waldrip said.

The show on the ESPN Arkansas network promises inside insights, entertaining segments, live discussions with listeners and a strong lineup of guests.

Brazilian pulp and paper giant Suzano has a vision for the mill it is acquiring in Pine Bluff, but precisely what that is poses “the $64,000 question,” Arkansas forestry expert Matthew Pelkki says.

The state’s top economic developer, Clint O’Neal, called firearms and ammunition a “target industry” for Arkansas. But there’s no question Arkansas-made gun, ammo and accessory sales are booming.