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Easing into the post-pandemic environment has not been so easy on the jobs front -- the labor force has withered in Arkansas and across the U.S.

Minority business leaders honored in LR

On Sept. 14, the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) broke ground on a $10 million Child Development Center in Little Rock set to open in 2024. The 20,000-square-foot center will inhabit four acres at the in

Arkana Laboratories will invest upwards of $30 million to expand its Little Rock headquarters and add 74 new jobs in the next five years.

Pulaski County officials met Wednesday to discuss ideas about curbing violent crime— as well as ideas about increasing prison space.

Baptist Health will provide curriculum and credentialing advice; mentorship and expertise on project-based learning; equipment and financial resources; and more.

The retailer Dollar General is now offering fresh fruits and vegetables at 10 of its 16 stores in Little Rock, a move officials publicized with a news conference Tuesday morning at the Little Rock Regional Chamber of Commerce.

The Little Rock Venture Centers development, probably as it should be, tracks the entrepreneurial blueprint that diagrams the life of a startup business: theres an idea, followed by research to assess its viability, development of a business plan, fund-raising efforts, early struggles and, for the fortunate few, success and expanded growth.

Arkansas claims a financial technology legacy dating back more than 50 years to the founding of Systematics Inc., which was known then as a data-processing company that provided software and other support services for medium-sized banks. Nobody talked about fintech in 1968.

U.S. Labor Secretary Marty Walsh stopped in Little Rock on Wednesday to tout an administrative effort to build jobs programs in the nation and he left behind $2 million to help the city get started.