The state faces stiff headwinds providing public transparency in the medical marijuana dispensary industry, where lawsuits and charges of deception have been a constant for nearly five years.
Minority small businesses hold an important place in history, society and our hearts. They are mom-and-pop restaurants, local barbershops, lawn care specialists and more. Those successful enterprises show what it takes to thrive today as a minority small-business owner.
Russellville's First State Bank is developing its first full-service branch in northwest Arkansas.
A dormant bank property in the heart of Ashdown will soon have new life. read more >
The windfall is expected to provide $3.6 billion for Arkansas roads and $278 million for bridge repair and replacement. read more >
Candice Lawrence has been hired as director of communications for the Arkansas State Chamber of Commerce/Associated Industries of Arkansas. read more >
Bridgeman turned his $350,000 salary into $600 million. read more >
Tempus Tempe LLC recently raised $9 million from investors to buy two office buildings in Tempe, Arizona. read more >
This week, we serve up an industrial-retail pairing for your transactional appetite for million-dollar deals. read more >
This Thanksgiving, I want to recognize the owners and leaders of small- to medium-size businesses whose grit, imagination, focus and tenacity have been fundamental to keeping our economy alive. read more >
An affiliate of Wellspring Healthcare of Lakewood, New Jersey purchased The Village at Valley Ranch at 6411 Valley Ranch Drive. read more >
Max Harrell has been promoted to Rogers area market president for Generations Bank of Rogers, and Rick Moody has been hired as market president for the Fayetteville area. read more >
The U.S. jobless rate was also down, hitting 4.6% in October. read more >
The conference will feature product demonstrations from up to 75 companies who completed the accelerators the Venture Center has hosted. read more >
"The last thing you should do is abandon your network when going through difficult times," Misner said. read more >
A shredding property, apartments and homes form this week's quartet of million-dollar real estate transactions. read more >
The COVID-19 pandemic stands as a crucible and a pivot point for Arkansas Blue Cross & Blue Shield as its northwest Arkansas crew settles into a new $40 million, 81,000-SF corporate center. read more >
Dawn Bramlett has joined HCJ CPAs & Advisors PLLC in Little Rock as its business advisory services leader. read more >
A Jonesboro commercial real estate developer buys 187.39 acres along Interstate 555 to build a logistics, warehousing and digital fulfillment park that would include up 3 million SF of space. read more >
Zenwork employs about 80 people and provides digital tax compliance and regulatory reporting software for businesses under the brands Tax1099 and Compliancely. read more >
While some impacts of the coronavirus pandemic are likely to fade along with the virus, others are here to stay. Within the workplace, one of those long-lasting changes will be the switch to a virtual workforce, either in part or in whole. read more >
Independent audits of newspaper circulation are, like the papers themselves, increasingly a thing of the past. read more >
Downtown businesses and boosters have a big stake in the success of two Little Rock skyscrapers entangled in legal battles. read more >
Susan Dumas of Morrilton has been hired by Crews & Associates, the bond brokerage in Little Rock, to work in business development. read more >
The four will be recognized on Feb. 11 at an induction ceremony at the Statehouse Convention Center in Little Rock. read more >
A Little Rock company born of a chance viewing of a television news story is trying to change the way state and local governments maintain roads. read more >
If Arkansas politicians succeed in a push to abolish the state personal income tax, partly to avoid losing ultra-wealthy residents, the state must reckon with what it will give up: $3 billion a year in revenue. read more >
An optimist looks for good news on the horizon. A person in the transportation industry looks on the horizon and sees container ships at anchor. read more >
Arvest Bank of Fayetteville is selling 16 branches from its four-state footprint, opening the door to other banks in nine Arkansas markets. read more >
Arkansas employers find themselves caught between federal mandates and a new state law. read more >
George McGill, Fort Smith's first Black mayor, cites the city's willingness to invest in new projects as one factor behind its development. read more >
Danna Gauntt has been promoted to vice president of human resources at Lexicon Inc. read more >
Jonathan Chance has joined Garcia Wealth Management-Northwestern Mutual of Conway as a financial planning analyst. read more >
