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Health Care

Jonesboro Family Gives $2M to Arkansas Children’s, $1M to Northeast Arkansas Clinic

Lynn and Don Parker had given anonymously in the past, but they announced their latest gift in an effort to encourage others to donate. read more >

by Arkansas Business Staff - July 29, 2024, 11:05am

Curtis Winar of Frost PLLC in Little Rock acknowledges the main headache in accounting for the cannabis industry: “I mean, it’s still illegal on the federal side, and that complicates certain rules on what a company can deduct for tax purposes.”

Rolling Those Numbers: Winar Is Arkansas’ Cannabis CPA

Arkansas medical marijuana retailers have generated $190 million in sales since May 2019. Accounting for them is a challenge and an opportunity, professionals say. read more >

by Kyle Massey - December 7, 2020, 12:00am

Agriculture & Poultry / Banking & Finance / Business Services

Marijuana Cultivator Turns Down Dispensary Over Cash Policy

Hot Springs dispensary owner Dragan Vicentic's penchant for paying for cannabis in cash, disdaining electronic payments, gives marijuana cultivator reason for blacklisting. read more >

by Arkansas Business Staff - November 30, 2020, 12:00am

Delta Medical Cannabis Co. is building a 35,000-SF medical marijuana cultivation center in Newport. Its exclusive consultant is Revolution Enterprises of Delavan, Illinois, which has grow operations, dispensaries or both in three states.

Agriculture & Poultry / Construction / Government & Politics

Marijuana Cultivator Rising In Newport Adds Illinois Ally

Don Parker can tell you chapter and verse about how he’ll grow medicinal marijuana at a $9 million, 35,000-SF cultivation facility his company is building in Newport. But ask where he’ll get his first plant or seed, and he goes quiet for a beat. read more >

by Kyle Massey - August 5, 2019, 12:00am