By Joe Quinn I’d been home alone for days watching the COVID-19 coverage when it became clear I had to break down and make a grocery run or not eat. I drove on empty streets past dark restaurants thinking my neighborhood looked like it was a snow day, but there was no snow or ice […]
By Joe Quinn, Arkansas Good Roads Foundation Executive Director In many ways there are probably no Arkansas elected officials who have a better finger on the pulse of a community than a county judge or small town mayor. Spend some time wandering through a county courthouse, or a modest city hall that shares space with […]
Arkansas Bike Trails Driving Local Revenue and Vibrant Communities By Joe Quinn Brendan Quirk was selling bicycles on the internet when many Americans really didn’t understand you could buy anything online. He steadily grew Competitive Cyclist, his Little Rock-based bicycle business, for 12 years, and then sold it to backcountry.com. He moved his family to […]
Highway 10 near Waveland in western Arkansas. Photo by Bill Paddack This is a commentary written by Joe Quinn for Talk Business & Politics, May 7, 2019. The now completed 2019 Arkansas General Assembly session was historic for Arkansas roads and bridges as lawmakers passed a funding package that will exceed $400 million annually if […]
Gov. Asa Hutchinson announces his plan for building and repairing Arkansas roads at a Feb. 11 press conference at the state Capitol. By Marty Cook, Arkansas Business, February 25, 2019 The long-delayed Arkansas highway funding initiative moved along this week, passing a Senate committee with one official no vote. The plan was scheduled to go […]
Shannon Newton, president of the Arkansas Trucking Association, speaks during Monday’s news conference to unveil a $300 million plan for state highways as Senate President Pro Tempore Jim Hendren (center) and Arkansas Good Roads Foundation Executive Director Joe Quinn look on. (Photo courtesy of Governor’s Office) By Sarah Campbell-Miller, Arkansas Business, Feb. 14, 2019 While […]