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President-elect Donald Trump announced he will nominate Warren Stephens, chair, president and CEO of Little Rock-based Stephens Inc., as the U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom.

Arkansas and the U.S. are experiencing record low unemployment rates in the midst of a debt ceiling debate and interest rate hikes to tame inflation.

Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders vetoed three bills and exercised her line-item veto on a budget bill on Friday.

Federally insured commercial banks and savings institutions saw net income decline by 5.8% to $263 billion in 2022.

A slight percentage increase in the number of employed compared with the number of jobless helped push Arkansas’ February unemployment rate to 3.2%.

Arkansas LEARNS will give all teachers earning above $50,000 a raise of $2,000, but districts will have to adjust their current salary schedules.

Legislative leaders say they're ready to move forward with the state’s balanced budget process even though major policy objectives like prison and sentencing reform and tax cuts are undecided.

Springdale-based Tyson Foods announced Monday it plans to shutter its plant in Van Buren.

The number of jobless Arkansans rose 6.3% in January.

Education Secretary Jacob Oliva says the first formal public meetings to develop rules and regulations for the law will begin in less than two weeks.