A new University of Arkansas System initiative aims to match Little Rock workers displaced by the pandemic with job training opportunities from colleges around the
The University of Arkansas System was awarded a three-year $900,000 CARES Act Recovery Assistance grant from the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration to
The Northwest Arkansas Regional Planning Commission on March 21 approved a plan for how people will get around the area for the next 25 years.
In 2019 a long range economic development plan for the city of Jasper was created through a grant from the Economic Development Administration. A series
Arkansas’ jobless rate continued to improve in February, dipping to 4.5% for the 10th-consecutive monthly decline since spiking to double digits in April. The state
A new economic normal post-pandemic may include pandemic realities such as online shopping, working from home and zoom meetings. It also will include a struggle
Demand increasing after pandemic-fueled reduction in 2020 Gasoline prices, low through most of 2020, are rising in Arkansas and across the country as global crude
The pandemic has forced businesses to shut down and caused people to lose work. But preliminary data shows this recession is hardest on women–and even
Less monthly payments for student loan debt would mean more money spent in the state’s economy, but taxes could also increase. The Democrats’ $50,000 student
Leaders of the U.S. Marshals Museum expect the museum to attract more than 100,000 people per year and pump millions of dollars into the local
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