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"State of the State Mid-Year 2024: Arkansas' manufacturing sector producing more 'with fewer workers'"
Talk Business
September 2, 2024
"We're Not 49th"
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
August 5, 2024
"A Delicate Dance"
Arkansas Business
July 15, 2024
"'Remarkable growth' noted in Arkansas' construction sector to begin 2024"
Talk Business
June 13, 2024
"Year five of the U.S. economic expansion"
Talk Business
May 30, 2024
"First quarter U.S. GDP below estimates at 1.6%; report still shows 'underlying strength'"
Talk Business
April 25, 2024
"The Compass Report: Growth slows, but remains healthy in Arkansas' top metro areas"
Talk Business
March 13, 2024
"State of the State 2024: U.S., Arkansas economies could see dip in 2024, recovery in 2025"
Talk Business
February 1, 2024

"Job growth, tax revenue remains strong in Arkansas' top metro areas"
Talk Business
September 21, 2023

"The Compass Report: Arkansas, metro area economies 'robust' to begin 2023"
Talk Business
June 13, 2023

"UAFS, Talk Business partner to relaunch The Compass Report"
Talk Business
June 4, 2023

"A Top 10 Arkansas Metric"
Talk Business
March 10, 2023

"Market Growing"
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
February 27, 2023

"School Choice in 2023: 10 States to Watch"
Washington Examiner
January 25, 2023

"Expansion, Not Recession"
MIRS Michigan
August 2022

"State of the State Mid-2022"
Talk Business
August 9, 2022

"Why Utah leads the U.S. in Economic Growth"
The Salt Lake Tribune
June 7, 2022

"A Capital Proposal"
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
May 27, 2022

"A Sandbox to Create Jobs In?"
Jonesboro Sun
May 9, 2022

"U.S. Economic Expansion, Year Three"
Talk Business
May 8, 2022

"Sharp County's Economic Potential"
Village Journal
April 6, 2022

"Improved Position"
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
December 16, 2021

"Civil justice solutions emerge in Little Rock, not Washington"
Jonesboro Sun
November 29, 2021

"State Income Tax Front And Center"
Arkansas Money & Politics
October 14, 2021

"White County's educational advantage"
The Daily Citizen (Searcy)
October 9-10, 2021

"Local Economic News Is Good"
Jonesboro Sun
August 26, 2021

"The Shortest Recession"
Talk Business
August 18, 2021

"Border States Reduce Income Taxes"
Jonesboro Sun
August 3, 2021

"Inflation"
Natural State News
June 22, 2021

"Tax Cut On The Agenda"
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
June 4, 2021

"Fort Smith's Educational Advantage"
Southwest Times Record
May 2, 2021

"Fort Smith's Niche"
Talk Business
April 18, 2021

"State departments fail to provide review of savings"
Jonesboro Sun
April 1, 2021

"State jobless rate hit 4.2% last month; Arkansas' figure 9th-lowest in U.S."
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
January 27, 2021

"Steep increase reported in Arkansas job numbers; December jobless rate falls to 4.2%"
Talk Business
KATV-ABC 7
January 26, 2021

"Early in the game"
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
November 16, 2020

"Licensing Reform"
Jonesboro Sun
October 29, 2020

"Arkansas jobless rate dips to 7.3% in September, but number of unemployed rises more than 100%"
Talk Business
October 20, 2020

"Arkansas Improves Economic Ranking"
Arkansas Business
October 19, 2020

Second federal stimulus plan
Talk Business
October 8, 2020

"Arkansas' 'remarkable' tax revenue"
Talk Business
October 2, 2020

"Concurrent Enrollment: An Innovation"
Baxter Bulletin
September 16, 2020

"Market economy key to future prosperity"
Hot Springs Sentinel-Record
August 2, 2020

"State's jobless rate decreases to 9.5%"
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
El Dorado News-Times
Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
June 20, 2020

"Hope For Future: Past Can Inform Outlook"
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
June 12, 2020

"Education markets exist in Faulkner County"
Log Cabin Democrat
June 11, 2020

"NBER: U.S. enters recession, ending longest economic expansion in U.S. history"
Talk Business
June 8, 2020

"Most postwar recessions did not exceed 10 months"
Talk Business
May 10, 2020

"Dimensions of School Choice"
Pocahontas Star Herald
April 23, 2020

"Number of unemployed rises 37.4% in March,jobless rate rises to 4.8%"
Talk Business
April 17, 2020

"February jobless rate in state still at 3.5%"
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
March 28, 2020

"Embrace change"
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
March 21, 2020

"Unemployment rate for state in January holds steady at 3.5%"
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
March 17, 2020

"Should government compete with the private sector?"
Jonesboro Sun
February 24, 2020

"State's joblessness rate holds at 3.6%"
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
January 25, 2020

"Arkansas job numbers up 1.25% in 2019,jobless rate holds at 3.6% in December"
Talk Business
January 24, 2020

"Arkansas jobless rate up to 3.6% in November, jobs up 1.07% year-over-year"
Talk Business
December 20, 2019

"State jobless rate stays rooted at 3.5%"
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
November 20, 2019

"Arkansas' jobless rate remains steady at 3.5%; more than 1,600 new jobs added last month"
Talk Business
November 19, 2019

"State's jobless rate creeps up to 3.5%"
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
October 19, 2019

"Arkansas' jobless rate edges up to 3.5% as state labor pool sheds workers"
Talk Business
October 18, 2019

"Fort Smith accountant plays role in government reorganization"
Booneville Democrat
Southwest Times Records
October 13, 2019

"Accounting and Reorganization"
Jonesboro Sun
October 10, 2019

"More of Arkansas' schools graded A in year evaluation: Also, fewer F's handed out"
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
October 10, 2019

"How low can it go? (Arkansas' Unemployment Rate)"
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
September 30, 2019

"Recession Call Is Premature"
Talk Business
September 8, 2019

"Unemployment rate in state dips to 3.4%"
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
Benton County Daily Record
Northwest Arkansas Times
August 17, 2019

"Jobless rate falls in state to 3.5%, lowest on record"
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
Benton County Daily Record
Northwest Arkansas Times
July 20, 2019

"State's jobless rate steady at 3.6%"
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
Benton County Daily Record
Northwest Arkansas Times
June 22, 2019

"Arkansas jobless rate holds at 3.6%, nonfarm payrolls at record levels"
Talk Business
June 21, 2019

"New era for performance measures"
Jonesboro Sun
May 23, 2019

"For efficiency: agency will define reorganization"
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
Benton County Daily Record
Northwest Arkansas Times
May 6, 2019

"Reorganizing state government"
Arkansas Business
May 6, 2019

"The Texas school choice market"
Abilene Reporter-News
April 6, 2019

"Notes on a high-performing Delta county"
Talk Business
March 27, 2019

"State jobless rate up: industry gains"
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
Benton County Daily Record
Northwest Arkansas Times
March 23, 2019

"Tax liens an overlooked problem in Arkansas"
Batesville Daily Guard
March 22, 2019

"State's jobless rate holds in January"
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
Benton County Daily Record
Northwest Arkansas Times
March 12, 2019

"Speakers Circuit"
El Dorado News-Times
March 10, 2019

"Citizenship informs efficiency"
El Dorado News-Times
March 9, 2019

"Incentives to Pander"
Regulation
Spring 2019

"Give Families Freedom to Choose"
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
Benton County Daily Record
Northwest Arkansas Times
February 5, 2019

"Arkansas manufacturing sector faces dearth of skilled workers with tight labor pool, low unemployment"
Talk Business
February 2, 2019

"Senate panel takes up governor’s transformation plan, asks for financial impact analysis"
Talk Business
January 22, 2019

"Arkansas joblessness rate stays put at 3.6%"
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
Benton County Daily Record
Northwest Arkansas Times
El Dorado News-Times
January 19, 2019