The U.S.-China trade war is being fought in the forests and mill towns of Arkansas as tariffs take their toll on the hardwood lumber industry. So far, state lumbermen say, they've been able to absorb most of the losses, but a day of reckoning is coming.
HMS Mfg. Co. of Troy, Michigan, announced Wednesday that it will open a 550,000-SF injection molding facility at the Port of Little Rock, creating about 90 jobs over the next two years.
Gov. Asa Hutchinson weighed in on controversies at AETN late Monday, assuring Arkansans that Executive Director Courtney Pledger will learn from an audit report finding $400,000 in misused spending.
Arkansas' Republican governor and the leaders of the state's top lobbying groups have launched a campaign to keep a half-cent sales tax for road needs. read more >
New rules from the Trump administration on Friday would require insurers and hospitals to disclose upfront the actual prices for common tests and procedures to promote competition and push down costs. read more >
Trade policy has been a “shock” to the economy, and uncertainty over it is rising sharply, Kevin Kliesen of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis said Thursday at the Little Rock Regional Economic Briefing. read more >
Little Rock teachers are striking for the first time in more than three decades over the state's control of the local school system and a panel's decision to strip their union's collective bargaining rights. read more >
The parent company of Walmart has sued dozens of counties in Colorado where the company has store locations. The company claims its stores' equipment is being overvalued. read more >
Brett Palmer, president of the Small Business Investor Alliance, says there is a gap in access to capital and closing that gap is critical to economic growth. read more >
The Democratic candidate hoping to unseat Republican U.S. Sen. Tom Cotton in Arkansas abruptly dropped out of the race Tuesday, citing a family health concern, leaving Democrats with no one to contest the seat. read more >
The Democratic candidate hoping to unseat Republican U.S. Sen. Tom Cotton has dropped out of the race. And Republican Rep. French Hill gets a Democratic challenger. read more >
Michael Bloomberg files paperwork to appear on the ballot in Arkansas' March 3 presidential primary, the latest indication the billionaire former New York mayor may seek the Democratic nomination. read more >
Former White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders and her husband Bryan have purchased a home in Little Rock's Pleasant Valley neighborhood for $600,000. read more >
Herbology, the first Little Rock medical marijuana dispensary to seek state inspection, didn't make its Nov. 7 goal for opening, disappointing local patients still waiting to inhale. read more >
We need secure borders. We need talented workers. The leaders who can make both happen will leave a lasting legacy. read more >
Bill Sowell, a registered investment adviser in North Little Rock, embraces a legal obligation to put clients' financial interests first. And he's frustrated that the requirement doesn't apply to everyone across the investing industry. read more >
Rather than continue to add more hot air to the BRT debate, let's embrace the reality that corporations can, and should, focus on both what's best for shareholders and the larger community. read more >
President Donald Trump has qualified to appear on the ballot next year in Arkansas. read more >
Anna Tucker Ashton, senior director of government affairs at the U.S.-China Business Council, spoke to Arkansas Business on Friday about the trade war and its effects here. read more >
Arkansas must improve its workforce because a skilled labor pool attracts economic development projects, Ted Abernathy said at the annual Arkansas State Chamber/Associated Industries of Arkansas. read more >
The economy is the top concern for Arkansans, and most support gun licensing and background checks for gun purchases, according to the 21st annual Arkansas Poll released Wednesday by the University of Arkansas. read more >
An Arkansas congressman seeking re-election and a judge running for a state Supreme Court seat are among the hopefuls who have made their candidacies official for 2020. read more >
Candidates for state and federal office in Arkansas' 2020 election have begun making their bids official. read more >
Arkansas' finance office says the state's revenue remains above forecast and above the same point last year. read more >
Hundreds of candidates for state and federal office are expected to begin filing to run in Arkansas' 2020 election. read more >
The Delaware bankruptcy of Springdale's NanoMech Inc. has taken a bizarre cloak-and-dagger turn: Former CEO Jim Phillips, under oath in September, cited “national security” when refusing to answer questions about 46 transactions that its top financial officer knew only as the “CIA arrangement.” read more >
Visions of a $3.5 billion plant to turn natural gas into liquid fuel have tantalized Jefferson County while doubters have touted the project as pie in the sky. With two of four crucial environmental permits in hand, that pie could be going into the oven soon. read more >
Adam Grimmett's reason for insuring Arkansas' new medicinal marijuana industry is personal. An Afghan war veteran, he wants to help ex-service members. read more >
With a law degree from Yale and a lightning-quick mind, John Walker, born in Hope, could have had a brilliant career anywhere. Instead, he quite deliberately chose to stay in Arkansas to try to remedy some of the many wrongs of a racist power and educational structure, many of which he personally suffered. read more >
Christians tired of dealing with insurance companies and unwilling to pay fines for opting out of the health insurance mandate of the Affordable Care Act found a ready option in health care cost-sharing ministries. read more >
Jackie Smith, the state Insurance Department's consumer protection manager, urges consumers to know what's in their policies. read more >
If we want our students to be able to effectively compete in the global market for jobs, we must dramatically improve educational outcomes in our state and consistently make informed and smart decisions on education policy. read more >
Supportive family members cried in a Hot Springs courtroom Friday morning as Berry R. Bishop, the Hot Springs insurance agent who also had offices in Prescott and Arkadelphia, was sentenced to five years in federal prison for bank fraud totaling more than $4.3 million. read more >
