After more than 20 years in banking, Sue Owens became executive director of Economics Arkansas — then known as the Arkansas Council on Economic Education — in 2004. read more >

Throughout 2014, the Heartland Foundation of Little Rock, the charitable outlet of Heartland Bank, has donated nearly $100,000 to nine nonprofits. read more >

Donnie Cook has more than 40 years of experience in banking. He’s the Arkansas state president and Little Rock market president for Bank of America as well as its senior client manager in its Commercial Bank Specialized Industries Division, overseeing the development of nonprofit, religious and health care clients. read more >

Sam Alley, CEO of VCC in Little Rock, and Brian Itzkowitz, CEO of Goodwill Industries of Arkansas, won executive of the year awards at Tuesday's 25th annual Arkansas Business of the Year Awards at the Statehouse Convention Center in Little Rock, presented by Centennial Bank. read more >

The marketplace of ideas for U.S. education reform is as crowded and unruly as a 40-student classroom. With marks that regularly put the nation on par with developing nations, the multiple choice answers suggested for remediation are endless. read more >