Warren Stephens, chairman, president and CEO of Stephens Inc. of Little Rock, accepts the annual Leadership in Free Enterprise Award from Economics Arkansas.
Opponents of a legislative effort to fund a pilot private school voucher program in a central Arkansas county say the bill would "experiment" on primarily black children while not funding more traditional public school improvement methods.
A proposal to extend in-state tuition rates at state colleges and universities to some immigrant students is advancing in the Arkansas Legislature after past efforts faltered, including a high-profile push by former Republican presidential hopeful and ex-Gov. Mike Huckabee.
Arkansas' unemployment rate in March was 3.7%, down one-tenth of a percentage point from the previous month. read more >
Alan Utter, Ph.D., has been named provost and executive vice chancellor for academic affairs at Arkansas State University in Jonesboro, effective July 1. read more >
Arkansas Business will once again honor the state's outstanding young professionals at a luncheon for its 40 Under 40 class. You can order tickets here. read more >
University of Arkansas System President Donald Bobbitt says he will recommend Terisa Riley as the next chancellor at the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith. read more >
Private-sector workers in the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway metropolitan statistical area earned an average of $861.50 each week as of February 2019. read more >
Being Craig O'Neill is not always easy, Randy Hankins says, but somebody had to do it. read more >
Vance Johnson Lewis has been appointed ambassador to the management education and development division of the Academy of Management, a professional association for management and organization scholars. read more >
Teams representing four Arkansas universities won first place awards and a share of $154,000 in cash prices Thursday at the 2019 Arkansas Governor's Cup Collegiate Business Plan Competition luncheon. read more >
The Women's Foundation of Arkansas will host its annual Girls of Promise Conference on Thursday and Friday at the Arkansas 4-H Center and the Wyndham Riverfront Hotel in Little Rock. read more >
The Center for Business and Economic Research at the Sam M. Walton College of Business at the University of Arkansas will present its regular Quarterly Business Analysis on May 16 in Fayetteville. read more >
John Brown University and the Arkansas Rural Nursing Education Consortium sign a memorandum of understanding to increase opportunities for students to advance their careers without leaving their communities. read more >
Pinpointing legally permissible real estate for the state's first medical cannabis enterprises after a 2016 legalization vote was like plunging into the haystack to find the perfect spot for a needle, those involved in the process say. read more >
The Arkansas Educational Television Network Commission has issued an ultimatum to its nonprofit counterpart, the fundraising AETN Foundation: Get on board with Executive Director Courtney Pledger or else. read more >
Total personal income in Arkansas jumped at an annual rate of 7.5% in the fourth quarter of 2018, outpacing the U.S. growth rate of 5.2%, according to the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. read more >
Still feel average living on a combined annual income of $500,000? You may be overlooking some obvious gaps in budget. read more >
Those in positions of authority are sometimes advised to praise the behaviors they want to see more often. To that end, as voters we aim to please. read more >
Daniel Adams has been named director of the Harding University in Greece international studies program by the Office of International Programs at Harding University in Searcy. read more >
Arkansas hired Nevada's Eric Musselman on Sunday, hoping to get a once-proud program back to an elite level. The 54-year-old Musselman led a dramatic turnaround in Reno, leading the Wolf Pack to three NCAA Tournaments in four years. read more >
Arkansas lawmakers have sent the governor legislation that would allow people enrolled in the federal government's program for "Dreamers" to get nursing licenses. read more >
The Arkansas Senate has voted to extend in-state tuition rates at state colleges and universities to some immigrant students. read more >
Hillary Clinton will deliver the keynote speech at a commencement ceremony for a gifted and talented high school that she played a role in establishing in Arkansas. read more >
Dr. Steve Pu has been named director of physician relations at New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine at Arkansas State University. read more >
A Little Rock startup that provides communication and marketing services to schools recently raised $13.2 million. read more >
The previous CEO of Nanomech in Springdale retired before he could be ousted, investors say. read more >
Arkansas needs nurses, but as a severe shortage persists nationwide, there's no simple call button to push. read more >
Even an environment rich in business executives creates tenfold more blue-collar and trade skill jobs. Studies show that only 20 percent of the jobs created or open in northwest Arkansas require four years of college. read more >
The University of Arkansas slipped from first to fifth place on this year's list of the state largest MBA programs after temporarily halting admissions to finish redesigning its full-time Master of Business Administration program. read more >
The University of Arkansas System eVersity offers a 5 percent tuition discount to employers who agree to promote the online college to their workers. read more >
Renewable energy and health care top the list of the fastest-growing jobs in the United States in 2016-26, as predicted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. read more >
Houston Davis, the president of UCA, says the school takes an interdisciplinary approach to prepare students for a competitive world. read more >
