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Richard Harold Stone pleaded guilty to a charge of conducting an unlicensed money transmitting business. read more >

The Springdale-based chicken producer was accused of conspiring with other poultry companies to keep wages down. read more >

The grant will help reduce recidivism and promote public safety through job readiness training, job leads and other resources and support. read more >

Facing an $88M fraud charge, lab owner Billy Joe Taylor says he welcomes his day in court. read more >

Walmart Inc. of Bentonville has asked a federal judge to throw out the Department of Justice’s lawsuit against it over allegations that its pharmacists unlawfully dispensed opioids, fueling the national opioid crisis. read more >

Tracking bitcoin transfers requires high-level expertise in blockchain technology, but knowing that money has been moved from one state-of-the-art safe to another is one thing; getting the money out is another. read more >

Commit this to memory so you can stop being surprised: Wherever there are human beings, there will be waste, fraud and abuse. read more >

Fort Smith is pushing back against a 2015 federal consent decree on sewer upgrades that city officials say could cost ratepayers 2.5% of median household income. read more >

Brian Ferguson pursues claim on assets allegedly hidden by Bill Schwyhart in a once secret settlement. read more >

A creditor gets a peek behind Bill Schwyhart’s corporate veil but is not allowed to disclose what he’s seen. read more >

The corporate veil protecting Bill Schwyhart from creditors holding millions of dollars in claims is showing further signs of fraying. read more >

A consent decree with federal authorities for fixing sewer lines has proved so expensive that Fort Smith City Administrator Carl Geffken is asking for leeway. read more >

No, local news folks shouldn’t be pledging their bosses’ allegiance to Trump in the media wars. But they are at financial gunpoint. read more >

Cantrell Drug Co., already reorganizing under bankruptcy court protection, may not survive another week after the U.S. Food & Drug Administration alerted health care professionals and patients not to use drugs from the Little Rock company. read more >

When IberiaBank Corp. agreed in December to pay $11.7 million to settle allegations by Arkansas whistleblowers that it filed false claims for mortgage loan guarantees, it became the first lender working in the state to join a lengthy roster of lenders that have settled similar allegations with the U.S. Department of Justice since 2011. read more >

Little Rock was a magnet for representatives from law firms around the country last week when U.S. District Judge Kristine Baker heard arguments in the first federal lawsuit attempting to stop the Obama administration’s new “persuader rule” concerning anti-union activities. read more >

While an internal investigation into bribery allegations have cost Wal-Mart at least $230 million, the move was the right one, according to legal experts who follow Foreign Corrupt Practices Act enforcement. read more >