The recent merger of the $2.8 million-asset Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Federal Credit Union with Arkansas Federal Credit Union pared the number of credit unions with a presence in Little Rock to 18. read more >
A constitutional amendment to make a half-cent sales tax permanent goes before Arkansas voters on Nov. 3. Those in favor of the amendment, which would dedicate the tax revenue to the state highway fund, are already out beating the bushes to drum up support. read more >
With a pandemic entire countries — indeed, cultures — can be thrown into a type of panic that paralyzes routine activities, including day-to-day commerce driven by consumers. read more >
Howard Hurst, the head of Tipton & Hurst, says investing in e-commerce and social media has paid off for the 134-year-old florist business. read more >
Lauren Euseppi and Chris Ho have been appointed to the board of directors of CJRW in Little Rock. read more >
Jay Friedlander, a journeyman reporter and former journalism department chairman at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, died Jan. 31 at age 74 in Tampa, Fla. read more >
Four business leaders who have made contributions to the banking, construction, publishing and real estate industries will be inducted tonight into the Arkansas Business Hall of Fame. read more >
One ad timed for the Super Bowl was an NFL spot featuring a Harding University graduate who was murdered by a confused Dallas police officer in 2018. read more >
With the $350 million Saracen Casino Resort under construction in Pine Bluff, a federal lawsuit is just getting underway over who designed it. read more >
Kerri Jackson Case is still fluent in English, sarcasm and profanity, as she proudly proclaims on Twitter, but she’s no longer a senior communications specialist at Entergy Arkansas. read more >
The annual mean wage for architects in Arkansas in 2018 was $69,470, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. That compares with $88,860 for the United States as a whole. read more >
Reflecting on a strong 2019 and a meaningful business anniversary last week, Mike Sells cast himself as the Goldilocks of Little Rock’s marketing agency story. read more >
The Arkansas Center for Health Improvement unveiled a website last week to help people track the financial health of Arkansas hospitals, a move that comes during a time of struggle for rural hospitals. read more >
North Little Rock businesswoman Gina Radke was featured last week in a Wall Street Journal story about the conflict young women feel about the fur coats that were a coveted status symbol for their grandmothers’ generation. read more >
CEO optimism is not a new metric. It is tracked by businesses, economists and pundits as a barometer for decisions on investments in capital expenditures, employment and other expansion-related issues. read more >
More than ever, employers face hurdles in creating a ready, drug-free workforce. The opioid and drug epidemic is one of the most serious threats to Arkansas’ economy and the workforce. read more >
Kila Owens was promoted to president of the St. Bernards Foundation in Jonesboro. read more >
Fashion industry leader Rebecca Minkoff will be the keynote speaker at this year's Soirée Women's Leadership Symposium in Little Rock. read more >
Mangan Holcomb Partners/Team SI of Little Rock has hired Emma Willis, former director of the state’s 529 college savings plan, to help launch a vertical consultancy at the agency aimed at the government savings sector. read more >
Longtime Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Managing Editor David Bailey is retiring, making way for the publisher’s daughter, Eliza Hussman Gaines, to take the top editorship. read more >
