Gov. Asa Hutchinson's spokesman, J.R. Davis, will leave the post by the end of the month for a job in the private sector, and Katie Beck, the governor's director of state-federal relations, will take move into that job Oct. 1. read more >
Lockheed Martin has broken ground on the first part of a $142 million expansion at its southern Arkansas facility that is expected to create more than 300 new jobs. read more >
The Arkansas State Chamber of Commerce and Associated Industries of Arkansas unveils its second-generation “Be Pro Be Proud” mobile workshop, which will begin touring thanks to sponsorships that include $200,000 from Union Pacific Railroad. read more >
"Farmers will wait as long as it takes" for a good trade deal with China, "and we'll find other markets, frankly," if a deal isn't reached, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue says in Little Rock. read more >
Arkansas is one of only four states without a specific hate crimes law. Now Republican Gov. Asa Hutchinson has called on lawmakers to approve harsher penalties for crimes targeting people because of their race, ethnicity or religion. read more >
The University of Arkansas at Little Rock Bowen School of Law said last week that it is starting a Veterans Legal Services Clinic. read more >
Arkansas Tech University has a new cybersecurity lab on the first floor of Corley Hall on its campus in Russellville. read more >
States' efforts to fight future floods may turn out to be only a down payment on a long-term battle against floods, which are forecast to become more frequent and destructive as global temperatures rise. read more >
High-speed broadband has become almost as essential to civilized living as electricity or safe drinking water, products provided for the most part by public utilities, products that, with occasional exceptions, are provided relatively cheaply and reliably. read more >
Gov. Asa Hutchinson says he's still open to discussing "red flag" legislation that could take guns away from people believed to be a danger to themselves or others following mass shootings in Texas and Ohio. read more >
Gov. Asa Hutchinson says the state should have harsher penalties for people convicted of targeting others because of their race, ethnicity or religion, calling for the measure in the wake of two mass shootings that include one in Texas being investigated as a possible hate crime. read more >
AETN is offering proposals that could end a six-month dispute with its nonprofit fund-raising arm, according to details revealed in an emergency conference-call meeting of the network's commission. read more >
Written answers from master gardener, author and TV host P. Allen Smith in answer to questions from Arkansas Business about his marketing partnership with the Arkansas Department of Parks, Heritage and Tourism. Includes statements by Gov. Asa Hutchinson and Stacy Hurst. read more >
Tian Yuan Chairman Tang Xinhong gives details about the garment-maker's expansion plans at the Port of Little Rock read more >
Before calculating whether Arkansas gardening and lifestyle celebrity P. Allen Smith is worth $845,000 a year to the state for promotion, consider this: State tourism and marketing officials say they have better ways to spend the $200,000 a year Smith has been getting. read more >
Arkansas House Speaker Matthew Shepherd says he's told state Rep. Mickey Gates, who pleaded no contest to not paying state income taxes, that it would be in everyone's best interests if he resigned. read more >
State Rep. Mickey Gates of Hot Springs pleaded no contest to not paying state income taxes and agreed to pay thousands of dollars back to the state, but his lawyer said the legislator had no plans to step down from his statehouse seat. read more >
In 2012, Arkansans got to vote on a proposal to help fund highway construction. In 2020, they will get to do it again on a permanent basis. read more >
The historic spring flooding in Arkansas caused at least $100 million in damage. Now comes the re-evaluation of Arkansas’ long-neglected levee system, which will surely seek to address at least two big public policy questions: Who should be responsible for the levees? Who should pay for their maintenance? read more >
Lance Fritz, the head of Union Pacific Railroad, said last week during a Q&A panel celebrating the Little Rock Port Authority's 60th anniversary that he had cautionary words for President Trump regarding the country’s trade war with China. read more >
