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Mark Friedman has been with Arkansas Business since 2000. He also is an event photographer for Little Rock Soirée and occasionally writes columns about his daughter for Little Rock Family.
Walmart Inc. of Bentonville has asked a federal judge to throw out the Department of Justice's lawsuit against it over allegations that its pharmacists unlawfully dispensed opioids, fueling the national opioid crisis. read more >
Hospitals in Arkansas and around the country are desperately seeking nurses to care for a surging number of COVID-19 patients, and providers fear the demand will rise during the upcoming flu season. read more >
A recent Wisconsin jury award of $125 million against Walmart Inc. for failing to accommodate a longtime employee with Down syndrome will be lowered to $300,000, the maximum amount allowed under federal law. read more >
Stores for the Little Rock retailer overcome obstacles as customers get out again, with sales "firing on all cylinders." read more >
Walmart insists it doesn't want to be a bank, but it's surely acting like one. read more >
Nearly three years after a gunshot to the head killed his 20-year-old son in a Jefferson County hunting lodge in 2015, Kerry Baker of Conway started the machinery to dig up his boy's body for the autopsy he had initially declined. read more >
One fact is certain: Kerry Baker's 20-year-old son died of a gunshot to the head at a Jefferson County hunting lodge on Oct. 24, 2015. read more >
Baptist Health of Little Rock reported an eye-popping $115 million in operating income in 2020, thanks to government stimulus funds. read more >
As Prosecuting Attorney Larry Jegley works through a backlog of cases that developed because of COVID-19 restrictions, he's preparing for his last 18 months in office. read more >
The University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture says it will not go forward with a proposed $16.5 million land sale that drew opposition from Arkansas legislators and Arkansas' senior U.S. Senator. read more >
