We've seen shortages for everything throughout the pandemic, from toilet paper to chicken wings. Now, there's another shortage that has persisted even before the pandemic – truck drivers. "The trucking…
The spread of the coronavirus in Arkansas appeared to be continuing to slow Thursday, with a report showing another drop in active cases in public schools, and the number of…
The drugmaker Merck said on Friday that it would seek authorization for the first antiviral pill for Covid after its drug, known as molnupiravir, was shown in a clinical trial…
The Department of Health said the state's COVID-19 pandemic death toll rose to 7,395, with coronavirus cases rising by 1,824 to 480,934. The number of COVID-19 patients hospitalized in Arkansas…
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) plans to change its visitor policy, allowing only one visitor per patient per day. This is planned to go into effect on…
Arkansas is second only to Louisiana in the country for new COVID-19 cases per capita. Reporting new cases at a rate over 40/100K in the past two weeks according to…
As schools prepare to reopen, Gov. Asa Hutchinson says countering the Corona Virus, delta variant will be the top priority, but mask mandates will not be the tool used. Since…
The Federal Reserve Bank says the recently ended Paycheck Protection Program was widely successful in helping small businesses despite a slow start and criticisms about how the program initially handed…
US. consumer confidence rose again for the fifth consecutive month in June. This puts at the highest levels seen since the start of the pandemic and comes as a sign…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Prices for U.S. consumers jumped in June by the most in 13 years, signaling that a swift rebound in spending has run up against widespread supply shortages…
Despite its celebration for several years, no data has been collected on the economic impacts in Arkansas of federalizing Juneteenth. Juneteenth was celebrated as a national holiday for the first…
Since the Start of the Covid-19 Pandemic, companies across all industries have been suffering from rolling supply shortages. “Foil has gone up significantly since we’ve come back from the pandemic,”…
Are Vaccinated Americans Powering the Economy? Not Yet, Data Show People who haven’t received the Covid-19 vaccine are more likely to be out spending Vaccinated Americans are increasingly going out this…
North America’s sawmills can’t keep up with demand, which has sent wood prices on a meteoric rise. Don’t expect new mills to start popping up though.Executives in the cyclical business…
The state Department of Finance and Administration said Tuesday that April net available general revenue was $779.6 million, $242.4 million above April 2019 and $166.9 million — or 27.2% —…
Arkansas tourism bouncing back after year of restrictions The state is beginning to see increased travel, which will hopefully bode well for the hospitality industry in Arkansas. The Department of Arkansas…
The pandemic has been hard on everyone, but when it comes to job loss, women are bearing the brunt. And this is a trend across the country and in Arkansas.…