Walmart to Acquire Vizio for $2.3B Deal will intensify the battle for market share in the CTV ad business and put more pressure on Roku TV Tech · Feb 20, 2024
ACE Sports Deploys Glass-To-Glass JVC System for Ark. High School ACE deployed the JVC system for one of the largest high school video boards installed in the U.S. TV Tech · Feb 12, 2024
Arkansas Upset Duke in Front of Record Crowd, and College Basketball Fans Loved It Bud Walton Arena was packed above capacity for the Razorbacks’ win over the No. 7 Blue Devils. Sports Illustrated · Nov 30, 2023
A group of chefs and startup founders wants to scale Japanese fine dining from Arkansas with ‘Bentoville’ Silicon Valley founders Phil Libin and Tammy Sun are launching the concept from their new hometown. Fortune · Nov 17, 2023
Bankman-Fried's trial exposed crypto fraud but Congress has not been eager to regulate the industry The conviction of former cryptocurrency mogul Sam Bankman-Fried for stealing at least $10 billion from customers and investors is the latest black mark for the crypto industry The Independent UK · Nov 3, 2023
Tech heavyweights, dissatisfied with San Francisco, are planning their own enclaves—following a tradition among wealthy Americans Silicon Valley elites like Mark Moritz, Reid Hoffman, and Laurene Powell Jobs are over the city—and have put $800 million toward a new one Fortune · Aug 30, 2023
Generational shift ushers in new era for Senate earmarks split - Roll Call The retirement of key senators last year is reflected in the state-by-state distribution of earmarked dollars in fiscal 2024 spending bills. Roll Call · Aug 9, 2023
Red states' revenge evident in House earmarks distribution - Roll Call The majority of states would lose earmarks in the House GOP-drafted appropriations bills. But 16 mostly deep red states would come out ahead. Roll Call · Aug 4, 2023
An Arkansas judge has blocked a law targeting librarians over 'harmful' books Arkansas is temporarily blocked from enforcing a law that would have allowed criminal charges against librarians and booksellers for providing "harmful" materials to minors. WEKU · Jul 30, 2023
Federal Court Blocks Arkansas Law That Limits "Harmful to Minors" Books in Libraries and Bookstores, and Also limits "inappropriate" books in libraries. Reason · Jul 29, 2023
Morningstar: These 15 housing markets have the highest level of correction risk—these 15 have the least risk Morningstar: "Buyer exuberance during the pandemic, aided by ultralow borrowing costs, pushed home prices to an unmaintainable level in some markets." Fortune · Jul 15, 2023
‘Most comprehensive proposal to date’: Lummis and Gillibrand to reintroduce landmark crypto bill The long-awaited legislation would tackle thorny questions like market structure and stablecoin oversight. Fortune · Jul 7, 2023
Former NFL QB Ryan Mallett Dies in Drowning Accident The former Arkansas quarterback spent six years in the NFL. Sports Illustrated · Jun 27, 2023
House Republicans aim to block a BLM land management proposal - Roll Call A House panel will mark up a bill Wednesday designed to block the BLM from making conservation a land use equivalent to other uses. Roll Call · Jun 21, 2023
WEKU · Jun 20, 2023 First in the nation gender-affirming care ban struck down in Arkansas A federal judge has struck down Arkansas' 2021 ban on gender-affirming care for transgender youth calling it unconstitutional and saying the state's experts were motivated by ideology, not science.
Roll Call · Jun 14, 2023 Battle over parties' share of earmarks erupts in House panel - Roll Call A partisan rift over the distribution of earmarks in next year's appropriations bills spilled out into the open Wednesday.
Roll Call · May 23, 2023 Appropriators face close votes on spending bills in committee - Roll Call Rep. Steve Womack said Tuesday that lining up support from GOP panel members for appropriations markups remains “a work in progress.”
USA Today Sports Media Group · May 19, 2023 MSU football offers elite 2025 Arkansas 4-star S Omarion Robinson Michigan State football has extended a scholarship offer to the top player from Arkansas in the 2025 class
Roll Call · Apr 17, 2023 McConnell returns to Senate, urges Biden to ‘stop wasting time’ on debt ceiling - Roll Call Senate GOP leader Mitch McConnell used his public remarks in weeks to blast President Biden for not holding new talks on the debt ceiling.
Los Angeles Times · Apr 16, 2023 Austin Reaves helps spark Lakers' win over Grizzlies in series opener MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Austin Reaves, the Lakers' second-year guard from tiny Newark, Ark., screamed, "I'm him," at the Lakers bench in the fourth quarter, his play 100 miles from his hometown pushing the Lakers to a 128-112 victory in Game 1 in the first round of the NBA playoffs.
Chicago Sun-Times · Apr 2, 2023 Ex-Arkansas Asa Hutchinson launches 2024 GOP campaign; calls on Trump to step down Asa Hutchinson, 72, says a Trump campaign is the ‘worst scenario. for GOP. He joins former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley and entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy in the race.
WEKU · Apr 2, 2023 Former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson says he is running for president Hutchinson's announcement on Sunday puts him in a small Republican field that includes former President Donald Trump and former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley.
WEKU · Apr 1, 2023 Death toll rises to 26 after tornadoes sweep across the South and the Midwest The powerful storm system spread destruction in several states. In Illinois, one person died and 28 were hurt after a theater roof caved in during a concert.
Tribune News Service · Mar 27, 2023 House GOP’s energy bill hitting the floor amid market volatility WASHINGTON — House Republicans are pitching legislation queued up for a floor vote this week as a salve to high gasoline and electric costs, though it remains hazy how quickly and aggressively the measure would lower prices.
Zenger · Mar 27, 2023 Woman Recalls How She Survived In Wilderness At Age 6 After Getting Lost Haley spent 52 hours attempting to find her way out of the vast Ozark National Forest, while 1,000 people searched for her.