AS MAJOR COMMERCIAL PROJECTS NEAR COMPLETION IN JONESBORO, NO SLOWDOWN IS ANTICIPATED
Story by George Jarred, Talk Business & Politics, October 10, 2019 One measure for a vibrant local economy is the number of commercial real estate projects underway. In Jonesboro, the Embassy Suites by Hilton and Red Wolf Convention Center project is nearing completion and the new surgical tower on the St. Bernards medical campus should […]
LOCAL LEADERS SAY LOSS OF CURRENT ROAD FUNDING WOULD BE DEVASTATING
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 […]
ALL ROADS LEAD TO FOOTBALL
(Photo courtesy of the University of Arkansas) “We’re on our way to see the Hogs play!”Or the Red Wolves. Or the Bears, the Muleriders, the Golden Lions, the Wonder Boys, the Boll Weevils or a number of other college football teams in the Natural State. In autumn as reds, yellows and oranges paint the trees […]
U.S. LAGGING ON INFRASTRUCTURE FIXES, PANEL WARNS
By Frank E. Lockwood Arkansas Democrat-GazetteThursday, September 26, 2019 WASHINGTON — As a share of the overall economy, U.S. infrastructure spending is lower than it has been at any time since 1956, House Budget Committee Chairman John Yarmuth, D-Ky., warned Wednesday. “Current infrastructure gaps are anticipated to cost the United States $3.9 trillion in [gross […]