Around Arkansas Hefei Risever Machinery, a heavy equipment parts manufacturer based in China, held a grand opening celebration for their new $20 million plant in Jonesboro. Steven Jones, the former deputy director of the State Department of Human Services and fresh out of prison for bribery charges has been picked as West Memphis’ new director…
Around Arkansas The Little Rock Education Association (LREA) demonstrated outside the governor’s mansion in response to the Arkansas State Board of Education’s decision to derecognize the teachers’ union and strip the LREA’s negotiating power with the state. National News President Trump announces that a limited number of U.S. troops will remain in Syria to “secure…
Around Arkansas Southland Casino of West Memphis announced it will begin phasing out greyhound racing over a three-year period. Southland will spend these next few years rehoming their 1,200 racing greyhounds, so if you’ve always wanted a dog who is also a washed-up professional athlete, now is the time. National News Juul announced it…
There is still time to submit your nominations for the inaugural Arkansas Influencers of the Year awards. In 2020, Arkansas Money & Politics will honor 25 leaders from across the state for their business and civic accomplishments. The 25 individuals will be featured in the January 2020 print edition and honored at a event that will…
What’s the value of being an Arkansas Razorback? Quite a lot, according to the latest issue of Arkansas Money & Politics. AMP Editor Mark Carter outlines the impact that the Razorback brand has had on former players over the past several decades in his article “Land of Opportunity.” Publisher Heather Baker recently appeared on 103.7…
by Dwain Hebda // Photo by Jamison Mosley A woman looks out a borrowed window in a borrowed room onto a world she doesn’t recognize. Maybe her life only recently got off track, derailed by the violence and terror of another. Maybe, she’s never known a time when someone wasn’t abusing her, pushing her around,…
The most prolific serial killer in U.S. history has revealed ties to a North Little Rock victim. Samuel Little, 79, has confessed to 93 murders, a claim that Federal Bureau of Investigation analysts believe to be credible. Little committed his murders from 1970 to 2005, and he claims to have strangled his victims. So…
The first time Heather Baker met Jajuan Archer and heard the story behind Women’s Own Worth, she knew it was a cause she wanted to support. Archer felt the same way about the longtime Little Rock media mogul, the 2019 WOW Woman of the Year. “Heather’s used her job to do so much more than…
A lawsuit filed Friday in the Pulaski County Circuit Court alleges that a Little Rock hotel ignored human traficking victims and provided access to traffickers. The lawsuit, filed on behalf of an unnamed plaintiff by law firm Rainwater, Holt & Sexton, is reportedly the first Arkansas case to bring a civil liability suit over human…
Here are some words of wisdom and motivation from our publisher, Heather Baker. Who among us doesn’t want to be a happy, healthy and successful human being? Still, it can be easy to lose your way, which is why I’ve compiled a list of habits that help me reach goals with my career…
