1 The number of Fortune 500 companies still based in Louisiana, according to an Associated Press analysis. Entergy, headquartered in New Orleans, remains the only Fortune 500 company with a corporate home in the state after the departure of Freeport-McMoRan …
The source of some outbreaks of illness could be found much more quickly if an Arkansas company’s new, fast method to test food for pathogens gains widespread use. The process developed by Little Rock-based Litmus LLC can find out within …
Another attempt to fund a statewide trauma center system in Arkansas by adding a tax to insurance policies failed to win the endorsement of a legislative conference committee April 2, effectively killing it. A proposal by Senate President Jack Critcher …
Teenagers will not have to pull over their cars to make calls on their cell phones after House members rejected a proposal on April 2 aimed at reducing distractions for Arkansas’ younger motorists. On a 34-45 vote, House members put …
A Benton County, Ark., man has sued his former employer, claiming that he was fired for not attending a specific church as ordered by his boss. Clifford D. Randel filed the lawsuit in Benton County Circuit Court against Allied Plumbing …
Thunderstorms hammered parts of Texas early on March 31, blacking out thousands of customers and spinning out tornadoes. The same group of storms sent a twister through a small town west of Waco late on March 30 and caused flooding …
Funding for a statewide trauma system in Arkansas could end up coming from an increase in taxes placed on insurance policies in the state, members of a joint House and Senate committee heard March 30. Senate President Jack Critcher proposed …
Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services reported that ratings on the members of State Auto Group (A/Stable/) were not affected by State Auto’s recently completed purchase of Beacon Insurance Co. With the acquisition, Texas becomes State Auto’s 29th state of operation. …
Ohio-based State Automobile Mutual Insurance Co. has completed the purchase of the Beacon Insurance Group of Wichita Falls, Texas. With the acquisition, Texas becomes State Auto’s 29th state of operation, according to a recent company statement. Beacon writes approximately $50 …
Arkansans will be able to vote on a proposal to issue $575 million in bonds for highway improvements and authorities will be able to track purchases of a key ingredient in methamphetamine under measures signed into law March 27 by …
