Economics

A $1 billion cut to the USDA Emergency Food Assistance Program is expected to drastically cut resources for food banks in Arkansas, where food insecurity impacts 1 in 5 people.

In this week's edition of the Northwest Arkansas Business Journal Report, host Roby Brock speaks with Rep. Bruce Westerman about tariffs and their potential impact on American industry.

We hear from one of the founders of Arkansas-based specialty coffee company Onyx about how a looming trade war and climate change are impacting the local coffee market.

Leaders from World Trade Center Arkansas are headed to France next week along with their World Trade Center counterparts from about 50 other countries for their annual Global Business Forum.

This week, a conference on the University of Arkansas campus focuses on Celtic language and culture and how the past can help inform the present. On today's show, we hear about the Celtic Studies Association of North America, which convened in Fayetteville. Also, Michael Tilley from Talk Business and Politics takes Arkansas' economic temperature. Plus, entrepreneurs in the cycling arena are refining their work with the Arkansas Global Cycling Accelerator.

A recent report shows that Arkansas is ranked the best in the nation in one financial growth area. However, another indicator is nearly the worst. On today's show, we'll hear more about the state's economic status. We'll also learn about a significant gift to UAFS that endows a Center for Nonprofits. Plus, Ozarks at Large's Daniel Caruth reports how America's largest meat producer faces external and internal scrutiny for its workplace policies.

Arkansas’ unemployment rate continues to hold steady. Little Rock Public Radio’s Daniel Breen explains.

Randy Dixon with the Pryor Center brings Ozarks at Large's Kyle Kellams archives, which track how past recessions affected Arkansas.

There is talk of a possible recession, talk that has happened before. On today's show, the Pryor Center archives help us look back at past economic downturns. Plus, the Women’s Foundation of Arkansas continues an active March. We also have a new edition of Sound Perimeter from Lia Uribe honoring Women’s History Month.

Expanding medical residency programs in Arkansas could generate $465 million in economic activity while addressing the state’s growing physician shortage, according to a new report by Bentonville-based Heartland Forward.