Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment

Two developments emerged late last week in the state’s formative lithium production industry, and both could shape the course of companies’ plans to pull the battery-making metal from the brine fields of south Arkansas. read more >

The projects aim to transform once-polluted, vacant and abandoned properties into community assets. read more >

Bank OZK of Little Rock is involved in a court battle over a landfill purchase that has generated opposing circuit court rulings and raised questions about whether Arkansas taxpayers can be required to bail out holders of revenue bonds. read more >