Social Media Bill Spurs Concerns
by Lara Farrar – 2 days ago
Bill 396, the Social Media Safety Act, would compel social media companies to use a third-party firm to verify ages via a driver's license or other form of identification.
Bill 396, the Social Media Safety Act, would compel social media companies to use a third-party firm to verify ages via a driver's license or other form of identification.
A proposal that would have shielded decision-making by elected officials appears dead. For now.
Dalaney Thomas has been elected to the board of directors, and Katherine Vasilos has been named to the CJRW executive committee.
Smith joins the chamber from the Arkadelphia Regional Economic Development Alliance and Area Chamber of Commerce, where she held roles in event coordination, marketing and communications, and member engagement. read more >
The 122-unit apartment complex in west Little Rock was purchased by VA8 Stagecoach LLC. read more >
You must invest time, resources and training in your business' top performers. read more >
Minorities can take advantage of several Arkansas programs to help them launch and sustain new businesses. read more >
Moore made his debut with co-hosts Roger Scott and former University of Arkansas linebacker David Bazzel on New Year's Eve 2001. read more >
Jackson, the quarterly's editor since 2021, is writing “Honey's Grill: Sex, Freedom and Women of the Blues” after accepting what the magazine called a major book deal. read more >
Bruce Murphy, CEO of Arkansas Heart Hospital of Little Rock, won the Business Executive of the Year Award, and Thomas F. "Mack" McLarty was honored for a lifetime of leadership in business and government at the 35th Arkansas Business of the Year Awards. read more >
The Contingent will use online technology to help fill the gaps for children and families involved in foster care. read more >
The Communications Group has moved in across the street from your Whispers correspondents into offices at 201 E. Markham St., offices that were previously home to Westrock Coffee Co. read more >
Little Rock ad executive Myron Jackson feels that he's in a bad light, no doubt because a front-page piece in the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette March 5 put him there. read more >
While text generators like ChatGPT and Microsoft's Bing chatbot can make the process of writing emails, presentations and marketing pitches faster and easier, they also have a tendency to confidently present misinformation as fact. read more >
Thaxton brings over six years of experience to the role. She was previously marketing manager for the office of admissions at Henderson State University. read more >
The survey, released by Gallup and the Knight Foundation, goes beyond others that have shown a low level of trust in the media to the startling point where many believe there is an intent to deceive. read more >
Owners Christy Vandergriff and Julie Barnett say they're kicking off a new chapter with a new name, a new logo and an expanded variety of work at the company. read more >
The once-celebrated Dilbert comic strip no longer appears in the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, one of hundreds of newspapers that dropped the strip. read more >
O'Kelley joins the private, nonprofit organizations from the Arkansas Economic Development Commission. read more >
The two have accepted executive leadership positions with the Little Rock advertising firm. read more >
Nation joins the tourism and promotion bureau from the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, where he had worked since 2008. read more >
In all, Millar has been with the Times for 16 years, the first four as its arts and entertainment editor. read more >
The donation from alumna Elizabeth Bowles, CEO of Aristotle Unified Communications of Little Rock, will create the W.D. Bowles Endowed Professorship in Music. read more >
Davis comes to the U of A from the University of Arkansas at Monticello, where he was an associate professor of political science and director of governmental relations. read more >
Fifty-eight percent of 48 economists who responded to a survey by the National Association for Business Economics envision a recession sometime this year, the same proportion who said so in the NABE's survey in December. read more >
Finding and hiring the right executive coach can be challenging. Here are some guidelines for making the right decision. read more >
The question entrepreneurs want to ask themselves at the start of each week: What's the one thing I can do to make everything else easier? read more >
The pandemic changed the workforce, making the lesson of “react and adjust” more relevant than ever. read more >
CEO Glenn Crockett said the acquisition accelerates the company's plans to expand into the education space. read more >
They include Dillard's heir Annemarie Dillard Jazic and I Square Management founder and CEO Shash Goyal. read more >
The justices rejected an appeal on behalf of the Arkansas Times, which objected to a state law that reduces fees paid to contractors that refuse to sign the pledge. read more >
Dunlap is a senior vice president/investments at Stifel Nicolaus & Co. read more >
Arkansas PBS will mark the milestone with a six-minute montage of clips from the program over the decades, along with recollections from journalists who regularly appeared with Barnes and other hosts, including longtime Arkansas Business Editor Gwen Moritz. read more >
