A surge in coronavirus cases in Arkansas does not appear connected to the reopening of the state’s businesses, Gov. Asa Hutchinson said Friday in announcing that the reopening would continue as planned. read more >
Arkansas Business is regularly updating this page with links and contact information for businesses affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. read more >
Will Arkansans be able to call the Hogs again this fall? Whether student-athletes will be performing in empty stadiums remains unknown. read more >
It might seem counterintuitive in the age of coronavirus, but Arkansas’ private colleges are cautiously optimistic about enrollment in the fall. read more >
Harding University has offered classes in Florence, Italy, since 1980, and students there were among the first to feel the weight of the coronavirus pandemic. read more >
With Arkansas’ public colleges in historic financial distress, University of Arkansas at Little Rock Chancellor Christina Drale prescribed a bitter remedy this month — cuts deep enough to cost tenured professors their jobs — and state education leaders fear other state universities may have to take a dose. read more >
Arkansas colleges are planning for a return to the in-person classes that students want this fall, but they’re hedging their bets by preparing for another quick switch to online-only learning if the pandemic rages again. read more >
John Brown University in Siloam Springs recently announced that earning a minimum of 45 transferable credit hours is no longer required to enroll in its JBU Online program. read more >
Most contracts have a “force majeure” clause, in which the parties agree to waive some or all responsibilities in light of unexpected activity constricting a party’s operations. Parties should understand their rights and responsibilities under their contracts as they consider how to respond to the evolving COVID-19 situation. read more >
Dr. Gerry Jones thought that after the ban on elective procedures was lifted, there would be a surge of patients. There wasn’t. read more >
James Carr, the chair of the state’s Higher Education Coordinating Board, says endowments will be key to colleges’ survival. read more >
Arkansas reported its largest single-day increase in coronavirus cases on Thursday as the state expanded the activities it's allowing to resume to include overnight summer camps and youth sports. read more >
Dr. Ben Burris, the former Fayetteville orthodontist who is charged with bribing former state Sen. Jeremy Hutchinson, is seeking court approval to transfer his two Florida homes to his wife. read more >
The virus itself is no respecter of persons, but the same is not true of economic collapse. read more >
Here are the facts about toilet tissue supply in the era of a pandemic that is requiring more and more people to stay at home. read more >
Lindsey Millar, the editor of the Arkansas Times, is reviving his semi-outside project, the Arkansas Nonprofit News Network, with a coronavirus-age fervor. read more >
Arkansas attorneys are bracing for a surge in bankruptcy filings as a result of the financial upheaval of the coronavirus pandemic, and they aren’t alone. read more >
Labscoop — an online marketplace like Amazon, but for research, clinical and industrial labs in many industries — has been “hyper-focused” on helping hospitals and other organizations procure laboratory supplies they need to fight the spread of COVID-19. read more >
The coronavirus pandemic has devastated the U.S. labor market. The unemployment rate in the United States soared to 14.7% in April, the highest since shortly after World War II. read more >
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences received an emergency advance of $101 million from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to help stop the bleeding of cash caused by the global coronavirus pandemic. read more >
