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Job training for state’s displaced is project goal

April 5, 2021

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

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U.S. aid to boost worker training

April 2, 2021

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

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Northwest Arkansas’ new 2045 transportation plan approved

March 30, 2021

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.

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Jasper sniffing ‘burger tax

March 29, 2021

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

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Jobless level in state edges down to 4.5%

March 27, 2021

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

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Pandemic economics: Changed consumer, workplace patterns will be part of post-pandemic world

March 18, 2021

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

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Gas prices make upward trek

March 4, 2021

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

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Pandemic unemployment hits Arkansas women harder than men

February 25, 2021

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

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Some Arkansans excited about proposed plan to forgive student loans

February 5, 2021

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

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U.S. Marshals Museum leaders predict boost to economy

February 1, 2021

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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