Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge has announced a plan to put a constitutional amendment on the 2022 election ballot that would eliminate the state’s individual income tax. Rutledge, who is seeking the GOP gubernatorial nomination in 2022, said she wants…

It’s June 29, and Arkansas Senior Associate Athletics Director for Athlete Brand Development Terry Prentice is fewer than 48 hours away from a major deadline that was just moved up six months.  At least that’s what he now expects. He…

Danny Kennedy’s retirement as president and CEO of Riceland Foods was announced July 9, but Riceland spokesman Kevin McGilton told Arkansas Money & Politics that Kennedy informed the cooperative’s board of his intention to retire in May. Andrew Dallas, Riceland…

A line was wrapped around the new Costco in Little Rock as early as 7 a.m. Wednesday, Costco’s first day of operations in Arkansas.  But not everyone is happy about the business’s presence.  A coalition of local liquor store owners…

Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge has announced a plan to put a constitutional amendment on the 2022 election ballot that would eliminate the state’s individual income tax. Rutledge, who is seeking the GOP gubernatorial nomination in 2022, said she wants…

John Erck has been named vice chancellor of Institutional Advancement at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), effective Aug. 23. Erck will join UAMS from the Sam M. Walton College of Business at the University of Arkansas. As…

Ozark Integrated Circuits of Fayetteville announced Monday the start of its first hypersonic SBIR Phase II project, part of a contract with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). The three-year, $1.5M project will employ Ozark IC’s eXtreme NodesTM (XNodes) —…

The University of Arkansas at Little Rock is one of 13 schools nationally selected to receive an NCAA Accelerating Academic Success Program (AASP) single-year initiative grant for the 2021-22 academic year. The Little Rock Athletics department has been awarded $100,000 to…

Thanksgiving weekend traditionally kicks off the holiday shopping season, but businesses that want to attract more holiday shoppers this year can start now.   The Arkansas Small Business and Technology Development Center will host a holiday marketing webinar series for…

By Emily Beirne, Katie Zakrzewski and Dustin JayroePhotos by Ebony Blevins, Jeffrey Fuller Freeman, Meredith Mashburn, Mark Mondier, David Yerby and Jamison Mosley For years, AMP’s sister publication AY About You, has produced an annual listing of accomplished Arkansas women every…