State Treasurer Martha Shoffner Arrested for ... »
Arkansas Treasurer Martha Shoffner has been arrested for extortion by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and is being held in Pulaski County Jail. The arrest comes four months after Arkansas…
May 18 2013 / No Comment / Read More »At Annual Meeting, Dillard’s Mulls What to ... »
Dillard’s Inc. CEO William Dillard II says the Little Rock department store chain will have to decide this year what to do with the cash it’s generating. Daily Report –…
May 18 2013 / No Comment / Read More »Arkansas Unemployment Rate Dips to 7.1 Percent in ... »
Arkansas’ unemployment rate dipped one-tenth of a percentage point from March to April, settling at 7.1 percent last month, according to a report by the state Department of Workforce Services.…
May 18 2013 / No Comment / Read More »Troy Duke, L.R. Gardner Plan to Buy Bank of Rison »
Sigma Holdings Inc. of Little Rock, a newly formed investment company led by veteran Little Rock banker Troy Duke and Garland County businessman Lewis Ray “LR” Gardner, announce a deal…
May 18 2013 / No Comment / Read More »Judge Grants Injunction in Arkansas Abortion Ban ... »
A federal judge granted a request Friday to temporarily block enforcement of a new Arkansas law that bans most abortions 12 weeks into a pregnancy. Daily Report – ArkansasBusiness.com…
May 17 2013 / No Comment / Read More »NextGen Illumination Partners with Cherokee Nation ... »
NextGen Illumination of Fayetteville has partnered with Cherokee Nation Industries to manufacture its LED lighting products. The products will be manufactured in Stilwell, Okla., where Cherokee Nation Industries is headquartered.…
May 17 2013 / No Comment / Read More »Treasurer Shoffner arrested on extortion charge »
Arkansas Treasurer Martha Shoffner was booked into the Pulaski County jail Saturday afternoon on federal charges, records show. Arkansas Online…
May 18 2013 / No Comment / Read More »Oxbow upsets Orb in Preakness »
Oxbow has won the Preakness, ruining Orb's bid to capture the Triple Crown. Arkansas Online stories The Associated Press…
May 18 2013 / No Comment / Read More »Man charged in White County over fetus death »
SEARCY — Authorities in White County have charged a man in the death of a fetus after he allegedly ran…
May 18 2013 / No Comment / Read More »Inspector: Treasury told of IRS probe in June ... »
The Treasury Department’s inspector general told senior Treasury officials in June 2012 that he was investigating allegations that the Internal…
May 18 2013 / No Comment / Read More »Gem of a diamond »
Eighteen years ago, wife Marcia and I moved from a major-league town (Chicago) to a minor-league town (Little Rock). Arkansas…
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