Mark Friedman
Health Care Costs & ABCBS (Editorial)
Rising health care costs now threaten the state’s biggest private company. read more >
Top Online Stories of 2024: Bryan Malinowski Shot Down, a Plot to Ruin a Boss and a Lawsuit Against an Exotic Dancer
Malinowski, the executive director of Bill & Hillary Clinton National Airport in Little Rock, was killed in a shootout with federal authorities. read more >
by Scott Carroll -
Arkansas Business Files Motion to Intervene in Supreme Court Justice’s FOIA Lawsuit
Associate Justice Courtney Rae Hudson obtained an injunction blocking the release of her emails and other records last week. read more >
Arkansas Business Takes National Awards
Senior Editor Mark Friedman won a second straight gold prize for best body of reporting work at the annual Alliance of Area Business Publishers awards. read more >
Through The Years: The 2010s (40 Years of Arkansas Business)
See highlights from Arkansas Business from 2010-2019. read more >
Biggest Scoops (40 Years of Arkansas Business)
A scoop is a story so important that other news organizations are forced to follow. Here are some of our biggest. read more >
Arkansas Business, Greenhead Take Top National Awards
Contributing Editor Gwen Moritz took a gold prize for best scoop, and Mark Friedman and Kyle Massey won silver for best investigative reporting. read more >
Shop Talk (Lance Turner Editor’s Note)
Takeaways from the Alliance of Area Business Publishers’ annual conference, including a word from a Biden administration official on the rising inflation that threatens to derail the pandemic comeback. read more >
by Lance Turner -
Awards Go to Arkansas Business, Greenhead
Arkansas Business Senior Editor Mark Friedman claimed gold for best body of work at the annual Alliance of Area Business Publications awards. read more >
Little Rock, Big Plans (Lance Turner Editor’s Note)
Lyon College, a small school with big ambitions, has more work to do to get its plans off the ground. But it presents an exciting new vision for Little Rock and health care in Arkansas. read more >
by Lance Turner -
Building the Firewall (Lance Turner Editor’s Note)
While online scams and hacking have been around for decades, bad actors are becoming more sophisticated and scaling their operations to target more people. read more >
by Lance Turner -
Comeback Kid (Lance Turner Editor’s Note)
Heading into the pandemic, you might have doubted that Dillard’s would emerge intact, with record profits and share prices. But that’s exactly what happened. read more >
by Lance Turner -
The Search for Simple Solutions (Lance Turner Editor’s Note)
Two events last week showed lawmakers seeking simple solutions to complex problems. But as most business owners and managers know, there’s no such thing as a quick fix. read more >
by Lance Turner -
Park Plaza Mall’s Future A Hot Topic (Lance Turner Editor’s Note)
It took a little more than 60 years for Arkansas’ premier shopping center to go from top shelf to the discount bin. read more >
by Lance Turner -
Charting the Future of Hospitals (Lance Turner Editor’s Note)
For Arkansas hospitals, the new normal is coming quickly into view. read more >
by Lance Turner -
Officers of the Court (Gwen Moritz Editor’s Note)
For two and a half years, Jefferson County Circuit Judge Alex Guynn demonstrated compassion toward the family of a man who died of a fatal gunshot in a Jefferson County hunting lodge. Ultimately, he lost patience with “theatrics” and dismissed the Bakers’ attempt to use a civil court to reassign the blame for their son’s death. read more >
by Gwen Moritz -
Trust But Verify (Gwen Moritz Editor’s Note)
Misplaced trust is a common theme in the fraud cases I’ve observed over the past two decades, as is the failure to make simple, routine checks. read more >
by Gwen Moritz -
A Firing Offense (Gwen Moritz Editor’s Note)
Dr. Soliman hasn’t exactly denied the allegations against him. Instead, his defense seems to be that his behavior has been unfairly mischaracterized. read more >
by Gwen Moritz -
Be Careful Out There (Gwen Moritz Editor’s Note)
A $2.4 million scam perpetrated against the Arkansas Department of Transportation is a particularly useful case for business executives to consider since it involves a simple, unsophisticated and yet exceptionally effective form of fraud, and any business that pays employees or vendors is vulnerable. read more >
by Gwen Moritz -
ABPG Wins 5 National Awards for Excellence
Arkansas Business' coverage of Walmart Inc.'s response to a spate of gun-related incidents in its stores and a former state senator's acknowledgement that he accepted bribes are recognized with gold awards from the Alliance of Area Business Publishers. read more >