Fred Smith

Among the Arkansas or those with Arkansas ties who died this year are Nascar owner Bill Davis, FedEx founder Fred Smith and former governor Jim Guy Tucker. read more >

FedEx is a reminder of the uncertainty that can surround economic development. read more >

Smith founded FedEx in Little Rock, Arkansas, before moving the business to Memphis, Tennessee, in 1973. read more >

BlackRock Inc. has more than $5 trillion to invest, so when Larry Fink talks, corporations at least hear him out. read more >

The list once again is led by Microsoft's Bill Gates. Wal-Mart heir Jim Walton leads a group of Arkansans and those with close ties to the state included on the list. read more >

Nine billionaires with Arkansas ties find themselves on the most recent Forbes 500 list of the world's richest people, released this week. read more >

The 2013 Forbes 400 list of the country's richest people includes 10 with close Arkansas ties. Wal-Mart heiress Christy Walton leads the list of Arkansans and those with close ties to the state. read more >

A judge has sentenced a former east Arkansas legislator convicted of election fraud to three years of probation, including nine months of home confinement. read more >

After a campaign season that focused on which party would win Arkansas' House, Democrats and Republicans in that chamber now face a new question: What happens if neither side is in control? read more >

Arkansas Republicans hope to carve out a majority in the Legislature for the first time in more than a century, even though the racially charged writings of three GOP candidates have surfaced and threatened to hurt their momentum. read more >

State Rep. Hudson Hallum, D-Marion, his father and two others have pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit election fraud, according to Assistant U.S. Attorney Jane Duke. read more >