Arkansas Industry Leaders Say Temporary Workers in Short Supply
The RAISE Act that U.S. Sen. Tom Cotton introduced in February would slash permanent legal immigration, but it doesn’t address at all the immigration issue that may be most pressing back home in...
View ArticleHelp Wanted: Cotton Immigration Measure Can Be Improved, Zook Says
U.S. Sen. Tom Cotton’s bill to change the country’s immigration priorities contains a feature that Randy Zook loves and Patrick Gallaher hates: It would dramatically reduce the number of immigrants...
View ArticleShifting Labor Rules Keep Arkansas Attorneys Busy
Arkansas labor and employment attorneys are keeping an eye on challenges to the U.S. Department of Labor’s overtime rules as well as a bill that would amend the Minimum Wage Act in Arkansas. The Labor...
View ArticleArkansas House Rejects Attempt to Impose Online Sales Taxes
LITTLE ROCK — Arkansas legislators wrapped up the bulk of their work for the 2017 regular session Monday, approving a $5.5 billion budget and establishing a rainy day fund for future fiscal...
View ArticleDave & Buster's Draws $8.1M Transaction (Real Deals)
The sale-leaseback of the Dave & Buster's in Little Rock weighed in at $8.1 million. National Retail Properties Ltd. of Orlando, Florida, bought the 30,346-SF project at 10900 Bass Pro Parkway from...
View ArticleChick-fil-A Coming to Pinnacle Hills in Rogers
The popular fast-food restaurant chain Chick-fil-A appears headed to a spot in the Pinnacle Hills area of Rogers. No formal plans have been submitted to the city for the development, which will be...
View ArticlePromenade at Chenal Property Purchased for $4 Million
A retail project in west Little Rock, commercial property in Sherwood, a parking lot in downtown Little Rock and two homes provide our five piece of multimillion-dollar transactions. • Beefam LLC and...
View ArticleRepublicans Hope Trump Amenable to Food Stamp Restrictions
AUGUSTA, Maine — Maine resident Zak McCutcheon says he likes soda but acknowledges he'd drink less of it if his governor convinced Republican President Donald Trump to put restrictions on the...
View ArticleMedical Clinic Replaces Nichols Furniture After $3M Purchase (Real Deals)
Redevelopment of a 31,884-SF retail project in west Little Rock is in motion after a $3.03 million transaction. PTCOA Shackleford Clinic LLC, led by Dr. Meraj Siddiqui and Dr. Ronald Tilley, bought the...
View ArticleArkansas PR Pros on Pepsi, Hitler and Unfriendly Skies
It was a dizzying couple of weeks, even in the ever-spinning world of PR. Just as the outrage and laughter was dying down over Pepsi’s silly ad featuring the model Kendall Jenner at a multicultural...
View ArticleASU Convention Center Project Also Delayed
As the Jonesboro Hyatt Place Hotel & Convention Center faces delays, the other convention center being developed in Jonesboro hasn’t broken ground yet. However, the Embassy Suites and Red Wolf...
View ArticleJonesboro Hotel Liens Raise Early ‘Red Flags’
The $30 million Jonesboro Hyatt Place Hotel & Convention Center might not open next spring as planned. The project, one of two convention centers being built in a city of about 70,000, is facing...
View ArticleHooters May Reappear in Little Rock
Stanley Conrad with Hooters of Arkansas has filed a new application with the state for a restaurant mixed drink permit for a location at 6 Bass Pro Drive in Little Rock. This would be a second central...
View ArticleTacos 4 Life Franchises Expanding Beyond Arkansas
Tacos 4 Life, the restaurant mini-chain based in Conway, appears poised to move beyond “mini-chain” status to plain “chain” status with its plans to open more locations in Arkansas, the hiring of a...
View ArticleGateway Property Sold for $3.5 Million
A retail building, a fast-food eatery and an undeveloped parcel generated multimillion-dollar transactions. • Gateway Village I LLC, led by Tommy Hodges, sold the 10,430-SF 6 Bass Pro Drive project for...
View ArticleVideo: Fitz Hill Talks Transparency in Leadership, Work at Scott Ford Center
Leaders should tell the truth, be transparent and communicate regularly with stakeholders during a crisis, says Fitz Hill, a former college football coach and college president, in Part 2 of Arkansas...
View ArticleTom Hayes: Tyson Focused on Sustainable Growth
Tyson Foods Inc. of Springdale is focused on growing in Arkansas, president and CEO Tom Hayes said Tuesday during the Arkansas Economic Development Foundation Luncheon at the Statehouse Convention...
View ArticleArkansas Unemployment Falls to Record Low 3.6 Percent
Arkansas' unemployment record fell to another record low, dropping to 3.6 percent in March from 3.7 percent in February. The state Department of Workforce services said Arkansas' civilian labor force...
View ArticleTyson Foods Names Justin Whitmore Chief Sustainability Officer
Tyson Foods Inc. of Springdale on Thursday named former McKinsey & Co. consultant Justin Whitmore to its newly created position of chief sustainability officer. Whitmore, who will report directly...
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The High Cost of Bad Moods (Barry Goldberg On Leadership)
Research in behavioral science is showing that there is a trend toward higher irritability in the workplace — especially in the United States — and it has been more pronounced over the last 24 months....
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