Tom Mars

The university is staking a national precedent by demanding buyout payments from athletes who leave early. read more >

Rogers attorney Tom Mars represents Sprye Sports Group of Nashville, Tennessee, an NIL collective that is at the center of the NCAA investigation. read more >

While critics worry about the ruination of college sports, advocates say collectives offer a real chance for student-athletes playing college sports to maximize the earnings for their name, image and likeness, something the NCAA began to allow in 2021. read more >

Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders is trying to move past questions over a $19,000 lectern that she doesn't even want to use right now. But questions about its cost and how its purchase was handled haven’t gone away so easily. read more >

The all-Republican executive committee of the Legislative Joint Auditing Committee also voted to audit the Republican governor's travel and security expenditures. read more >

Questions about the lectern, its cost, how it was purchased and even whether it existed has dominated political talk in Arkansas in recent weeks. read more >

The Bentonville retailer abruptly canceled a supplier’s contract in the early stages of the pandemic. read more >

New restrictions on trangender minors have left the state a target of scorn and boycotts, and LGBTQ activists were calling the new legislation itself a hate crime. read more >

Friday Eldredge & Clark of Little Rock announced Tuesday that Tom Mars will join the firm as senior counsel on Jan. 1. read more >

Wal-Mart Stores Inc.'s chief administrative officer, Tom Mars, is stepping down, according to the Wall Street Journal. read more >