Freedom of Information (Gwen Moritz Editor's Note)
If the cost of performing FOIA requests is burdensome, the answer is to come up with the money, not to keep chipping away at the public's right to know. read more >
If the cost of performing FOIA requests is burdensome, the answer is to come up with the money, not to keep chipping away at the public's right to know. read more >
During federal fiscal years 2017-20, Arkansas lenders made more than $658 million loans through the Small Business Administration's 7(a) program. Of that total, only about $10 million or 1.5% went to Black-owned businesses in the state. read more >
A recent analysis of overdraft fees by one of the country's oldest think tanks included Arvest Bank of Fayetteville on a list of banks that “are no more than check cashers with a charter.” read more >
Four Arkansas cities and their surrounding areas face demotion and possible economic repercussions if a proposed statistical change is adopted by the federal Office of Management & Budget. read more >
The American Rescue Plan of 2021 seeks to help the United States recover from the economic downturn caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. read more >
With his faith kept and his finish of a race well run, on March 1, Vernon Jordan has received exemplary eulogies, warm remembrances and laurels for his life, respect and admiration. read more >
Danna Wagnon Taylor has been appointed chief quality officer for the Medical Center for South Arkansas in El Dorado. read more >
Jenny Wilkes has joined Barber Law Firm in Little Rock in an of counsel role. read more >
The state Department of Finance and Administration says that March net available general revenue was $372.9 million, $16.3 million above March 2020 and $20.8 million — or 5.9% — above forecast. read more >
America's employers unleashed a burst of hiring in March, adding 916,000 jobs in a sign that a sustained recovery from the pandemic recession is taking hold as vaccinations accelerate, stimulus checks flow and businesses reopen. read more >
Arkansas legislative leaders introduce a drastically scaled-back hate crimes measure that no longer explicitly refers to race, sexual orientation or gender identity, drawing the the ire of longtime proponents of such laws. read more >
A federal judge has thrown out a rule allowing pork plants to speed up production lines because the U.S. Department of Agriculture didn't properly consider the risks to workers. read more >
Gov. Asa Hutchinson appoints Jeremy Wilson of Bentonville to the Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas. read more >
Arkansas lawmakers give final approval to Gov. Asa Hutchinson's plan to overhaul the state's Medicaid expansion by encouraging work by recipients rather than requiring it. read more >
Ouachita Farms near Hot Springs Village and Dark Horse Medicinals of Little Rock are up for a state license to process medicinal cannabis. read more >
A quick look at what employers need to know about the lifting the mask mandate and what it means for them — including whether they can still require masks in their workplaces (they can). read more >
Arkansas will open up coronavirus vaccinations to anyone 16 and older, and is dropping its mask mandate immediately, Gov. Asa Hutchinson announces. read more >
The U.S. Department of Transportation has awarded more than $1.4 million in federal grants to airports and airfields in Arkansas to offset costs and maintain jobs amid the COVID-19 pandemic. read more >
Ross White has been named the new director of the Arkansas Department of Education's Division of Career and Technical Education. read more >
Arkansas lawmakers reject an effort to end the emergency declared because of the coronavirus pandemic, allowing the governor to keep his emergency powers to curb the virus' spread for another two months. read more >
Arkansas Business announces this year's class of 40 Under 40, a group of rising young professionals who will be honored with an in-person luncheon and an interactive virtual event on June 17 in Little Rock. read more >
Diversity and inclusion consultant and speaker Janet Stovall will be the luncheon speaker at the Soirée Women's Leadership Symposium on April 29, organizers announced Monday. read more >
Convicted of conspiring to injure the head of the state medical board and sentenced to life in prison plus 30 years, former physician Randeep Mann still maintains his innocence. read more >
Despite the coronavirus pandemic, the value of the biggest deals in Arkansas last year jumped 157%, from $7.9 billion in 2019 to $20.3 billion in 2020, pushed largely by Walmart's sales of stakes in two subsidiaries, Asda Group and Seiyu. read more >
The COVID-19 pandemic drove down employment and pushed the U.S. economy into recession a year ago, and now many unemployed Americans are considering changing occupations, according to the Pew Research Center. read more >
After a long drought, Arkansas has its first cannabis processing licensee, Shake Extractions LLC of Johnson. read more >
Shannon Griffin and Shelby Spence have been named watershed planning engineers on the watershed planning staff of the USDA's Natural Resources Conservation Service for Arkansas. The office is in Little Rock. read more >
Whit Cox will serve as general counsel of Entegrity in Little Rock. read more >
Asking potential jurors for donations to crime victims' or abused children's funds can prime jurors to be more sympathetic to victims than they otherwise might be. read more >
A 120-unit apartment complex in Maumelle a North Little Rock warehouse and a west Little Rock trampoline park lead recent real estate deals in central Arkansas. read more >
