Follow Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette - State Business, filter it, and define how you want to receive the news (via Email, RSS, Telegram, WhatsApp etc.) https://follow.it/nwaonline10 Sat, 25 Mar 2023 15:41:32 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/9aJ3jec_2Aa97I0sAdYhT5s0ohxaO6Yr Unemployment in Arkansas dropped in February to 3.2%, besting the national rate and inching toward record lows set a year ago. The state's joblessness rate was down from 3.4% in January, state officials reported Friday.]]> Sat, 25 Mar 2023 11:08:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/9aJ3jec_2Aa97I0sAdYhT5s0ohxaO6Yr https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/9aJ3jec_2Aap2kxhCnQggilmFkX7M1Jw Wealth unit jobs cut at Bank of America]]> Sat, 25 Mar 2023 08:42:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/9aJ3jec_2Aap2kxhCnQggilmFkX7M1Jw https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/9aJ3jec_2AbdOSdKF8Ak3eT5HJgy6HUf The report from the Arkansas Division of Workforce Services said there were 3,051 more Arkansans employed in February compared with January and 2,964 fewer unemployed.]]> Fri, 24 Mar 2023 19:45:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/9aJ3jec_2AbdOSdKF8Ak3eT5HJgy6HUf https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/9aJ3jec_2AZVQvHeiVDiNJs0ohxaO6Yr Simmons Bank celebrated its 120th anniversary Thursday by lighting up the town.]]> Fri, 24 Mar 2023 15:00:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/9aJ3jec_2AZVQvHeiVDiNJs0ohxaO6Yr https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/9aJ3jec_2AaDkVMBjAEau6CY3L745TL_ Stuttgart will soon be the home of the largest commercial and industrial solar project in Arkansas and one of the largest microgrid projects in the nation.]]> Fri, 24 Mar 2023 08:51:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/9aJ3jec_2AaDkVMBjAEau6CY3L745TL_ https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/9aJ3jec_2AaDkVMBjAEauylmFkX7M1Jw Simmons celebrates 120th anniversary]]> Fri, 24 Mar 2023 08:41:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/9aJ3jec_2AaDkVMBjAEauylmFkX7M1Jw https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/9aJ3jec_2AaUEtsmuliyCaCY3L745TL_ A bill that would create an income tax credit incentive for farmers who sell or rent agricultural assets -- like land, livestock, buildings and facilities or machinery -- to beginning farmers is scheduled to go before the House Taxation and Revenue Committee on Tuesday.]]> Thu, 23 Mar 2023 08:52:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/9aJ3jec_2AaUEtsmuliyCaCY3L745TL_ https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/9aJ3jec_2AaUEtsmuliyCSlmFkX7M1Jw Ramadan begins at the sight of the crescent moon, this year it was Wednesday, and continues until Eid al-Fitr, when the next one is seen in a month. The world's 1.9 billion Muslims observe the time with prayer, spiritual reflection and day after day of sunup-to-sundown fasting.]]> Thu, 23 Mar 2023 08:50:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/9aJ3jec_2AaUEtsmuliyCSlmFkX7M1Jw https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/9aJ3jec_2AbSegaqQHy4vV1cWWor9YPv The federal lawsuit contending Summit Utilities Inc. overcharged customers and mismanaged billing practices was voluntarily dismissed Tuesday and the issue instead will be moved to the Arkansas Public Service Commission for review.]]> Wed, 22 Mar 2023 11:00:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/9aJ3jec_2AbSegaqQHy4vV1cWWor9YPv https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/9aJ3jec_2AZVHJLeFrFvMSlmFkX7M1Jw Tyson putting $70M]]> Wed, 22 Mar 2023 09:41:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/9aJ3jec_2AZVHJLeFrFvMSlmFkX7M1Jw https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/9aJ3jec_2AZLrtYKYdde6Zs0ohxaO6Yr Today's volatile banking environment could give Arkansas' three publicly traded banks renewed opportunities to receive government assistance and acquire failed lenders, according to a report issued Tuesday.]]> Wed, 22 Mar 2023 09:36:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/9aJ3jec_2AZLrtYKYdde6Zs0ohxaO6Yr https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/9aJ3jec_2AZLrtYKYdde6ezdsCmHakzH Boca Raton, Fla., real estate company Second Horizon Capital is lined up to buy Little Rock's Park Plaza mall from investors' trustee Deutsche Bank.]]> Wed, 22 Mar 2023 09:29:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/9aJ3jec_2AZLrtYKYdde6ezdsCmHakzH https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/9aJ3jec_2Ab-UOxQScoFD6CY3L745TL_ Fort Smith-based ABF Freight System Inc. has agreed to a settlement resolving allegations it violated the Clean Water Act, according to a release by the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Western District of Arkansas.]]> Tue, 21 Mar 2023 15:18:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/9aJ3jec_2Ab-UOxQScoFD6CY3L745TL_ https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/9aJ3jec_2AYnkY4lBCcDKsb1naedg1wr Tyson Foods Inc. said Monday that it will spend $70 million on a new hatchery in Arkansas to serve two of its poultry production complexes in the southwestern part of the state, less than a week after it said it would close a plant in Van Buren and a second one in Virginia.]]> Tue, 21 Mar 2023 12:04:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/9aJ3jec_2AYnkY4lBCcDKsb1naedg1wr https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/9aJ3jec_2AZFfk4LFnAb1sb1naedg1wr ABF Freight agrees]]> Tue, 21 Mar 2023 10:11:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/9aJ3jec_2AZFfk4LFnAb1sb1naedg1wr https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/9aJ3jec_2AYY5KA-Pwg2yV1cWWor9YPv A federal judge is giving Oklahoma and nearly a dozen poultry companies, including the world's largest poultry producer, Tyson Foods, an additional 90 days to reach an agreement on plans to clean a watershed polluted by chicken litter.]]> Mon, 20 Mar 2023 11:00:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/9aJ3jec_2AYY5KA-Pwg2yV1cWWor9YPv https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/9aJ3jec_2AYRiiHpDHT1aV1cWWor9YPv As Simmons Bank's 120th anniversary approaches, the Pine Bluff-based company has found regional success expanding its footprint into five of its surrounding states over the past 13 years.]]> Sun, 19 Mar 2023 10:16:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/9aJ3jec_2AYRiiHpDHT1aV1cWWor9YPv https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/9aJ3jec_2AYOxG6fbheKQOT5HJgy6HUf Instability in the global banking system that began just more than a week ago, raising global concerns about the sector's health and leading to jittery consumers, has avoided Arkansas as industry observers note depositors in the state appear to be staying calm as early March madness rips through the sector.]]> Sun, 19 Mar 2023 09:03:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/9aJ3jec_2AYOxG6fbheKQOT5HJgy6HUf https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/9aJ3jec_2AZ2SMBHWZofkezdsCmHakzH Building permits for the Little Rock metro area; projects valued at $75,000 or more.]]> Sun, 19 Mar 2023 08:57:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/9aJ3jec_2AZ2SMBHWZofkezdsCmHakzH https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/9aJ3jec_2AZ2SMBHWZofkV1cWWor9YPv ALEXANDER Michael S. Miller, 9009 Springdale Road, March 9, 2023, Chapter 13.]]> Sun, 19 Mar 2023 08:55:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/9aJ3jec_2AZ2SMBHWZofkV1cWWor9YPv