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Fayetteville voters approve repeal of sexual orientation ordinance
In a special election that was watched outside the city and state, Fayetteville voters repealed an ordinance approved earlier in 2014 by the city council designed to make it illegal to discriminate...
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Fort Smith Board, city staff discuss $480 million DOJ settlement plan
There were few, if any, smiling faces in the room Tuesday night (Dec. 9) as Fort Smith city staffers and the city’s attorney explained to the Fort Smith Board of Directors more details on settlement...
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Fort Smith metro jobless rate falls to 5.4%, but job gains muted
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Study: U.S. consumers racking up more debt this year
story by Kim Souzaksouza@thecitywire.comConsumers’ attitude toward debt creation is reaching new post recession heights as Americans are expected to rack up more than $60 billion in new credit card...
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ADEQ plans meetings on EPA Ozone rule, no word on Clean Power rules
story by Wesley Brown, courtesy of Talk Business & Politicswesbrocomm@gmail.comThe Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ) has scheduled its first stakeholders’ meeting a week before...
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Wal-Mart’s C-suite shuffle continues with McKenna and Ruiz changes
story by Kim Souzaksouza@thecitywire.comKnow who is probably busier than Santa’s elves? The office movers at the corporate headquarters of Wal-Mart Stores.Wal-Mart Stores announced that Judith McKenna...
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Tyson Foods’ execs travel to Wall Street to push optimistic outlook
story by Kim Souzaksouza@thecitywire.comTyson Foods execs were seen on Wall Street Wednesday (Dec. 10) in business suits rather than their signature khaki. The Springdale-based execs gathered for an...
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NWA, Fort Smith area sees big drop in foreclosure numbers
story by Kim Souzaksouza@thecitywire.comThe number of new foreclosure filings across the state remain low with 69 new defaults and 166 homes taken back by lenders in November, according to Irvine,...
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The Supply Side: Focus continues on reaching the Hispanic consumer
story by Kim Souzaksouza@thecitywire.comEditor’s note: The Supply Side section of The City Wire focuses on the companies, organizations, issues and individuals engaged in providing products and...
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Tyson execs expect chicken demand to boost margins in fiscal 2015
story by Kim Souzaksouza@thecitywire.comThe term “eat more chicken” is likely to become more than just a Chick-fil-A slogan, as the poultry industry hopes to fill the protein gap created by shrinking...
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Gov. Beebe talks about regrets, successes, life after he leaves office
story by Roby Brock, with Talk Business & Politics, a content partner with The City Wireroby@talkbusiness.netDemocratic Arkansas Governor Mike Beebe spent an hour on stage recently with political...
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Osteopathic college in Fort Smith on track, ASU effort hit with a denial
story by Michael Tilleymtilley@thecitywire.comThe planned Arkansas College of Osteopathic Medicine at Chaffee Crossing in Fort Smith remains on track for a fall 2016 opening, but the application by...
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Home sales numbers still rising in Crawford, Sebastian counties
story by Kim Souzaksouza@thecitywire.comHome sales across Fort Smith continued to rally through November with another double-digit growth rate marking the third consecutive month of solid gains.Agents...
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New study offers options to third Fort Smith high school
story by Michael Tilleymtilley@thecitywire.comA report presented Monday night (Dec. 15) to the Fort Smith Board of Education appears to throw a wet blanket on previous talk among school officials to...
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Wal-Mart hit with $188 million judgment for ‘off the clock’ work
story by Kim Souzaksouza@thecitywire.comWal-Mart Stores, the nation’s largest private employer, was hit with a $188 million order this week by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court over failure to allow...
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Arvest survey: Arkansans ‘cautious’ about adding new debt
story by Kim Souzaksouza@thecitywire.comConsumers in Arkansas report having less existing mortgage debt and higher overall savings rates than their neighbors in Missouri and Oklahoma, according to the...
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Doug Babb to step down as Cooper Clinic CEO, new boss named
Doug Babb, CEO of Fort Smith-based Cooper Clinic, one of the largest physician-owned medical groups in Arkansas, is stepping down at the end of 2014. His more than seven-year run as the clinic’s chief...
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XNA pushes through traffic record, enplanements up at Fort Smith
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Private label items give Walmart pricing edge in new study
story by Kim Souzaksouza@thecitywire.comWalmart’s private label grocery and consumable products continues to offer substantial savings for consumers watching every dime they spend, according to a...
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Fort Smith Board approves DOJ consent decree, 2015 general fund budget
It was a big dollar, big decision night for the Fort Smith Board of Directors. The Board approved – after a third reading – a roughly $48 million general fund operating budget and accepted the...
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