Arkansas Business

4 days ago | arkansasbusiness.com | Hunter Field

THIS IS AN OPINIONWe'd also like to hear yours. Tweet us @ArkBusiness or email us Tariffs. We’ve editorialized about them, as has just about every news publication in the U.S. We’ve had guests write op-eds about them, including today. We’ve reported on their impact so far. I’m growing more and more tired of reading and talking about them, but this really isn’t a column about tariffs. This is a column about the slow wheels of government.

4 days ago | arkansasbusiness.com | Mark Friedman

Nathan Myers grew tired of his friend Scott Roper canceling their Dungeons & Dragons game night because of work at his medical billing company. In health care billing, “you always run into a lot of unique and challenging problems you’re always trying to fix,” said Roper, vice president administration of Professional Consulting Services Inc. of Conway. Myers, who has started a few startup companies, said to Roper, “Can’t we fix this? Can we automate this? Like, what?

4 days ago | arkansasbusiness.com | Marty Cook

For many truck drivers, the daily shift ends with the same frustration: finding a place to park for the night. This problem didn’t suddenly crop up. In October, the nonprofit American Transportation Research Institute released its annual report on the most pressing issues in the industry, and for the second consecutive year, the availability of truck parking ranked second overall. Truck parking has been a top five industry issue every year since 2015. For drivers, parking was the No. 1 concern.

4 days ago | arkansasbusiness.com | Mark Friedman

Central Arkansas defense attorney Chad Green says he was in the grip of a temporary episode of psychosis when he made headlines after a violent exchange with a Loomis armored car guard in 2024. Green, 48, described the encounter in a lawsuit he filed last month in Pulaski County Circuit Court.

1 week ago | arkansasbusiness.com | Chloe McGehee

Southern Arkansas University in Magnolia held three workshops in April to address the growing need for artificial intelligence education. The series of community workshops was designed to be an “accessible and affordable opportunity” for people to gain practical skills for integrating AI into the workplace, according to Britta Clark, SAU’s director of concurrent enrollment. Each class covered a different topic, becoming more advanced throughout the courses.