Arkansas’ revenue collections reversed recent trends as individual income tax collections slumped and gross receipts saw improvement.

Read the full story

Economists at a northwest Arkansas business forecast symposium predicted “modest expansion” for the state and national economies this year with little worry of a full-blown second recession.

Read the full story

By Roby Brock On the five-year anniversary of the El Dorado Promise, a new study shows how the scholarship program has impacted trends in the south Arkansas school district. In January 2007, Murphy Oil announced it would contribute $50 million to help graduates of El Dorado Public Schools go to college tuition-free. Five years later, a study [...]

Read the full story

Electronic games of skill wagers at Oaklawn Park thoroughbred racetrack and Southland Greyhound Park recorded their best years since their inception in 2006, according to figures released by the Arkansas Racing Commission.

Read the full story

Upscale mall retailer Dillard’s Inc. ended the year on a high note.

Read the full story

Home sales in Arkansas grew nearly 9 percent compared to last November boosting year-to-date totals near last year’s levels, according to the latest statistics from the Arkansas Realtors Association.

Read the full story

The state Department of Workforce Services reported that November’s unemployment rate fell two-tenths of a percent to 8.0 percent.

Read the full story

The first tangible signs of a moratorium on the Keystone XL oil pipeline project affecting Arkansas jobs has surfaced.

Read the full story

An Arkansas Supreme Court decision upheld a lower court ruling awarding $48 million in damages to rice farmers harmed by the actions of Bayer CropScience, a lawsuit that claimed genetically modified rice tainted other rice strains of Arkansas farmers.

Read the full story

A slow economic recovery, flatline revenue growth and potential federal funding cuts have Gov. Mike Beebe convinced that he won’t try to reduce the state’s grocery tax in his next budget.

Read the full story