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In Sunday's column I outlined current trends that play to Little Rock's benefit: tremendous growth in the financial sector as companies such as Bank OZK and Simmons Bank become major regional players; the steady growth of the health-care sector, which will only speed up as the nation ages; the fact that the Little Rock area has become a distribution hub at a time when the supply chain has never been more important.
The National Association of Colored Women's Clubs highlighted its Little Rock convention with "A Night Celebrating Excellence," its awards banquet, July 23 in the ballroom of the Robinson Center.
In June 2021, Anselme Mucunguzi and Theophile Nsengimana founded Vanoma, an integrated, last-mile delivery startup.
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.
Col. Leland Tony Shepherd, a decorated member of the Army National Guard, is now leading in the Arkansas branch of the military reserve, making him the