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 >
Former Sen. Jeremy Hutchinson admits accepting thousands of dollars in bribes to help a health nonprofit as part of a plea deal in a sprawling federal corruption investigation. read more >
A growing list of gun manufacturers with Arkansas facilities are currently employing more than 3,000. read more >
President Trump's trade war with China is creating casualties in Arkansas. Soybean farmers have seen their exports to China plummet as prices have dropped 15%. read more >
The mission of the Arkansas Center for Data Sciences is twofold: to narrow the gap between open technology jobs in the state and the talent available to fill them, and to help existing businesses use data analytics to better compete. read more >
Lockheed Martin of Bethesda, Maryland, gets a $561.8 million production contract for Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS) missiles for the U.S. Army and Foreign Military Sales customers. read more >
Heather Nelson of Seal Solar Solutions of North Little Rock and other renewable energy companies are pushing businesses interested in solar power to act now, before federal investment tax credits begin sunsetting at the end of the year. read more >
A Sanders candidacy could test whether President Donald Trump and questions about his administration's credibility are political liabilities, even in solidly Republican states. read more >
Gov. Asa Hutchinson and officials with Lockheed Martin announce that the company will expand its operation in East Camden, investing $142 million and hiring 326 new employees over the next few years. read more >
Insurance and health pros talk winners, losers and the future of the Affordable Care Act and its effects felt in Arkansas. read more >
Gov. Asa Hutchinson announced Thursday that the state reached an agreement with C&H Hog Farms Inc. to end its operation in the Buffalo River watershed. read more >
Former state Sen. Linda Collins-Smith was found dead at her Randolph County home on Tuesday, her former press secretary told Jonesboro ABC affiliate KAIT-TV, Channel 8. read more >
Georgia-Pacific says it will shutter equipment and processes supporting the bleached board operations at its Crossett facility as of October, a move that will affect more than 530 jobs. It will also close its particleboard plant at Hope. read more >
Ateca Foreman believes in empowering others to achieve their goals. She developed that belief while working as director of constituent services for Gov. Asa Hutchinson, “my first real management job.” read more >
Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson has set a November special election to fill the seat of a Democratic lawmaker who resigned to take a job with Little Rock's mayor. read more >
The Arkansas River held steady at record levels Thursday morning, putting enormous pressure on aging levees and offering little relief to areas enduring historic flooding. read more >
Mike Preston, the newly-appointed state Secretary of Commerce, his hired Charisse Childers to serve as director of the Division of Workforce Services when it becomes part of the department on July 1. read more >
Gov. Asa Hutchinson announces secretaries to lead 15 cabinet-level agencies under a reorganization of state government approved by the Legislature earlier this year. read more >
Arkansas' governor says more than two dozen states are participating in an inaugural summit next month on computer science. read more >
WeWork is a 9-year-old New York company that builds and runs shared office spaces in more than 100 cities worldwide. It announced April 1 that it would expand its operations to Bentonville at a soon-to-be-developed space at 224 S. Main St. that it hopes to open in 2021. read more >
