Grace Rains, the executive director of the Ark Angel Alliance, explains angel investing, and what it offers to a wide range of investors.
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.
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.
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. read more >
The feud between former University of Arkansas Head Football Coach Bret Bielema and the Razorback Foundation is getting worse. read more >
Arkansas Business on Monday announced 32 businesses, nonprofits and executives from around the state as finalists for its 33rd Annual Business of the Year Awards. 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 >
David L. Jones, a partner at Wright Lindsey Jennings in Little Rock, has been selected as the 2020 recipient of the Defense Research Institute Davis Carr Outstanding Committee Chair Award. read more >
Jim S. Gowen Jr. has been re-elected to the Independent Community Bankers of America Federal Delegate Board. read more >
Arkansas Children's Foundation announced Friday the suspension of Circle of Friends volunteer chapters and their community-based fundraising through Dec. 31, 2021, citing record-breaking hospitalizations for COVID-19 in the state and concern over volunteers' safety as its reason for doing so. read more >
Twenty three Arkansas nonprofits recently won $500,000 in grants from the Delta Dental of Arkansas Foundation, through its annual Community Grants Program. read more >
Hendrix College of Conway announces a $15 million gift from the Windgate Foundation. 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 >
After dropping dramatically with passage of the Affordable Care Act, the number of uninsured nonelderly Americans began to rise starting in 2017, the Kaiser Family Foundation said in a report earlier this month. read more >
The Northwest Arkansas Council is starting a $1 million Life Works Here pilot program in an attempt to attract skilled workers to relocate to the region. read more >
James Murphy has been promoted to vice president of sales at Cisco-Eagle Inc. in Little Rock. read more >
Rose Law Firm, a full service business law firm with locations in Little Rock and Fayetteville, celebrated its 200th anniversary Sunday with the announcement of a $200,000 philanthropic initiative. read more >
Evictions are rising in Arkansas, even as a national moratorium is in place, according to two nonprofit law firms that offer free legal help in civil cases. read more >
A $100 million renovation of its Little Rock building isn't the only transformation the Arkansas Arts Center is undergoing; it's also spending more than $500,000 to upgrade technology. read more >
An affiliate of Montecito Medical Real Estate in Nashville, Tennessee, bought two Arkansas Urology projects in tandem deals totaling $32 million. read more >
Newport's Iron Mountain Train Depot still has its century-old ticket window, but instead of sending railroad passengers on their way, the refurbished station will soon put Arkansans on a track to better careers. read more >
Three years after its president resigned on his way to federal prison after participating in a state grant kickback scheme, Ecclesia College continues to deal with the repercussions. read more >
Women must support other women in their professional march forward, four panelists agreed during the Jonesboro Women's Leadership Symposium, an online event hosted by Arkansas Business. read more >
In the next Insights webinar from Arkansas Business, John Satterfield of Amuni Financial and Stan Miller of Wilson+Miller will discuss what effect COVID-19 stimulus funding could have on taxes and individual retirement planning read more >
Eight Little Rock nonprofits will receive $200,000 apiece from the Walton Family Foundation's inaugural Community Support Grant Program. read more >
Ballet Arkansas, the Arkansas Repertory Theatre and the Arkansas Symphony Orchestra are fighting to keep the lights on — and, where possible, Arkansans employed — while retaining their audiences. read more >
Seventy-six years into its mission, Heifer is thinking bigger and smaller simultaneously, shepherding fewer but more inclusive projects with a slightly reduced workforce. read more >
An estimated $449.64 billion was donated to charities in the United States in 2019, “placing it among the highest years ever for charitable giving,” according to Giving USA 2020: The Annual Report on Philanthropy for the Year 2019. read more >
Montrell Thornton has been hired as a tour manager for Be Pro Be Proud in Little Rock. read more >
Christine E. Gronwald is director of development for EAST Initiative Inc., a nonprofit that offers students “relevant, individualized, life-changing educational experiences.” read more >
The coronavirus pandemic has catalyzed rapid change in many industries, causing an unexpected shift from in-person to digital functions. read more >
The unemployment rate in Arkansas moved up slightly in August, to 7.4%, as it did in six of the state's eight metro areas. Only Fort Smith and Texarkana posted declines between July and August. read more >
Steve Strickland, Jan Alman and others have been appointed to the board of directors of the Arkansas Repertory Theatre in Little Rock for the 2020-21 fiscal year. read more >
