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U.S. Senators Mark Pryor and Blanche Lincoln announced Friday that the Senate has approved the Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill, 2010, containing $5 million in law enforcement priorities for Arkansas.
Sissy's Log Cabin is expanding and opening a new store in the
Little Rock Heights area at the corner of Grant and R streets.
President Barack Obama says new figures showing national unemployment has hit the double-digit mark are regretful and says he's working hard to restore the struggling economy.
State agriculture experts say soggy weather that drenched Arkansas during much of the harvest season will cut farm receipts statewide by nearly $225 million.
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The U.S. House of Representatives has voted to extend unemployment benefits for an additional 14 weeks, 20 in some of the hardest hit areas. Under the measure, the $8,000 tax credit for first-time home buyers will be extended and expanded to current homeowners.
CONWAY, Ark. (AP) -- The owner of a plant that has made school buses in Conway for decades says that will end soon, affecting up to 477 jobs at the facility.
A jury in Birmingham has ordered Tyson Foods Inc. to pay $250,000 for labor violations at its production plant in Blountsville.
The White House says President Barack Obama will sign a bill Friday morning that expands a popular homebuyers tax credit and extends unemployment benefits.
It's a nerve-racking part of any travel experience: waiting on luggage to arrive.
The Arkansas Department of Health (ADH) announced Wednesday their specific plan for the $3,631,885 in budget cuts that had been asked for by Gov. Mike Beebe last week.
Day three of the Curtis Vance murder trial began Wednesday morning in Little Rock. Vance is accused of killing KATV anchor Anne Pressly.
Thinking of cashing in frequent flyer miles for your holiday travel? The savings may be less than you think.
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Jury selection continues in the Curtis Vance murder trial. Vance is accused of killing KATV anchorwoman Anne Pressly.
There are clear signs now that jobs created by the federal stimulus could result in even bigger federal and state government.
As many Americans worry about protecting their kids from the H1N1 virus, a new claim by a major cereal company has some parents doing a double take at the grocery store.
Traditional telephone company Windstream Corp. says it has agreed to buy NuVox Inc. of Greenville, S.C., a privately held local-exchange carrier, in a transaction the company valued at approximately $643 million.
The Department of Workforce Services, Arkansas Workforce Centers and Arkansas State Chamber of Commerce are sponsoring the Get in the Game Career Expo from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Nov. 4 at Verizon Arena in North Little Rock.
Arkansas finance officials say the state collected $17.8 million less than expected last month as state agencies prepared to detail their plans for cutting budgets.
Melissa Dunbar-Gates is live this morning from the Commerce Arkansas Business to Business Showcase.
Former Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte, who served as the nation's first director of national intelligence, is speaking in Little Rock on foreign affairs.
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