Earlier this month, former county employee John Powell was awarded $16,120 for lost wages and $4,030 for pain and suffering in his suit against Jefferson County and former County Judges Henry “Hank” Wilkins IV and Booker Clemons.
A “COVID Generation” — portending reduced achievement and growing inequities — will define the period between now and the mid-2030s. Policy leaders must confront this generational reality in guiding strategic education policy.
“Fort Worth and Dallas, about a million miles away,” Texas singer Jimmie Dale Gilmore croons, but Arkansas publisher Mitch Bettis knows better.
Westrock Group CEO and co-founder Scott Ford and Southern Bancorp CEO Darrin Williams are among the featured executives scheduled to speak during the spring 2021 Arkansas Business Executive Leadership Academy. read more >
Arkansas' COVID-19 hospitalizations continued climbing to a new high on Monday as the state reported more than 1,100 new coronavirus cases. read more >
President-elect Joe Biden announces his senior economic team, including his plans to nominate the first woman to head the Treasury Department. read more >
Arkansas health officials reported more than 1,200 new cases of COVID-19 Sunday and 21 more deaths linked to the disease caused by the novel coronavirus. read more >
Arkansas' known coronavirus cases again topped 2,000 in a single day and hospitalizations remained at a record level Tuesday, state officials said. read more >
Known coronavirus cases in Arkansas rose by more than 1,000 on Monday as officials continued to urge caution ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday. read more >
Wednesday is the last day to apply for a pandemic relief program providing up to $250,000 in aid to Arkansas business in the personal care, tourism, travel and hospitality industries. read more >
A trial date has been set in the case of Dr. Ben Burris, the former Fayetteville orthodontist who is charged with bribing former state Sen. Jeremy Hutchinson. read more >
Turnabout is fair play in Jefferson County, which gained a medical marijuana cultivation center from Newport this month after losing it to the Jackson County seat more than two years ago. read more >
Arkansas' richest family has had a good year financially. The heirs of Sam Walton own publicly traded stock valued collectively at more than $205 billion. read more >
It's an extraordinarily rare day that a deer hunt is mounted on a college campus in the middle of the state's biggest city. But Little Rock's Cammack Campus of the University of Arkansas isn't a normal collegiate setting, and the men downing the deer weren't permit-toting hunters. read more >
Let another pesky woman editor encourage you to embrace the spirit of Thanksgiving this year as never before, even as we must limit the traditional togetherness — a small sacrifice by historic standards. read more >
The 2020 General Election attracted 66.4% of eligible voters, with turnout highest in Minnesota at 79.9%. read more >
The Arkansas Supreme Court may have handed the Arkansas Department of Transportation a loss in October, but the agency isn't licking any wounds. read more >
ABC Real Estate LLC, led by Jim Bottin, sold three office buildings on the ABC Financial campus and adjoining properties in Sherwood for a combined $4.5 million transaction read more >
Jim S. Gowen Jr. has been re-elected to the Independent Community Bankers of America Federal Delegate Board. read more >
As a component of the CARES Act, the Federal Reserve established the Main Street Lending Program to provide up to $600 billion in financing to businesses and nonprofit organizations negatively impacted by the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. read more >
The Arkansas Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Commission has approved $2.4 million in funding for water and wastewater projects serving more than 2,700 people in seven Arkansas communities. read more >
Arkansas' seasonally adjusted unemployment rate declines to 6.2% in October from 7.2% in September, the state Department of Workforce Services reports. read more >
Arkansas' former lottery director has been hired to consult for one of the industry's biggest vendors. read more >
Gov. Asa Hutchinson says he's accepted a recommendation by his Winter COVID-19 Task Force to direct bars, restaurants and clubs licensed to sell alcohol to close by 11 p.m. read more >
The number of Americans seeking unemployment aid rose last week to 742,000, the first increase in five weeks and a sign that the resurgent viral outbreak is likely slowing the economy and forcing more companies to cut jobs. read more >
Nearly 300 doctors from around Arkansas urged Gov Asa Hutchinson on Wednesday to impose new restrictions to curb a surge in coronavirus cases as the state's hospitalizations from the virus hit a new record level. read more >
Arkansas Business and the Best Companies Group last week honored 47 Arkansas companies with "Best Places to Work" awards, which honor firms that have exceptional workplace environments. read more >
Arkansas' top health official and a White House task force on Tuesday warned the state is on the verge of a rapid rise in coronavirus cases, while Gov. Asa Hutchinson rejected the panel's call to significantly scale back restaurants' indoor capacity in most of the state. read more >
A White House panel says the coronavirus situation is worsening in Arkansas and is recommending limiting restaurants' indoor capacity in most of the state to less than 25%. read more >
Retail sales in the U.S. grew a sluggish 0.3% in October, even as retailers offered early holiday discounts online and in stores. read more >
Arkansas saw a state record-setting 42 deaths and 861 hospitalizations of people with COVID-19 on Monday, the day a newly-formed state coronavirus task force met for the first time. read more >
Proposals laid out in Gov. Asa Hutchinson's proposed budget, including a temporary income tax break for new residents, drew enthusiastic responses from business leaders and tax attorneys. read more >
A newly formed task force dealing with the coronavirus in Arkansas will begin meeting Monday, a day after COVID-19 hospitalizations hit a new record high in the state. read more >
