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The Arkansas Delta Training and Education Consortium in East Arkansas is the model for matching the programs of our community colleges to the needs of potential new business and area employers in the State. Now ADTEC is being honored for its success.

In my first State of the State Address, I said that the best schools and educational opportunities in the world are useless without jobs that pay well at home. Otherwise, we are preparing our best and brightest students for jobs in Chicago, Dallas, Atlanta, or other cities. With the announcement of a new technology industry [...]

It is my pleasure to announce that Hewlett-Packard (HP), one of the world’s largest information technology (IT) companies, is the newest addition to the Arkansas business world. 
This international company is bringing a customer-service and technical-support center to the Meadows Technology Park in Conway. 

The drive to become more innovative and creative and to ask “why” has long helped America lead the world in cutting-edge scientific and technological advances.

As we approach this year’s Memorial Day commemoration, a time to remember the sacrifices of the men and women in our Armed Services throughout the history of this country, it is certainly appropriate to note that yesterday, the United States Senate overwhelmingly passed the new 21st-Century G.I. Bill. The new bill will provide increased educational [...]

With the growth of the Internet and online communication in our State and around the world, I am working to connect the people of Arkansas with the latest technology. To that end, I have stepped up our efforts online to offer a new type of electronic access to all Arkansans by overhauling our State’s Web [...]

Governor Mike Beebe declared Chicot, Crittenden, Lonoke and Mississippi Counties state disaster areas due to damage caused by powerful tornadoes and violent thunderstorms on Friday, May 2. 
Beebe has already declared disasters in Benton, Cleburne, Conway, Grant, Pulaski, Saline and Van Buren Counties.

Two weeks ago, I talked about a dangerous cutback in funds for our State’s ten Workforce Investment Areas by the federal Department of Labor. Today, the situation looks better, but it is still far from resolved.

Arkansas’s economic success in the 21st century will depend upon our ability to create, attract, and sustain an educated and skilled workforce and to provide an environment that supports innovation, entrepreneurship, and economic growth. Workforce development plays a key role in our ability to accomplish these goals. Yet, we face dire cutbacks at the hands [...]

The deadline for filing income tax returns is only days away, and I want to remind all Arkansans how important it is for everyone to file an income-tax return, even those who are not required to file. Regular income-tax credits, as well as potential one-time payments based on your tax return, make it critical to [...]

Earlier this week, members of the Arkansas legislature met in an extraordinary Special Session to make history, overwhelmingly voting to raise the tax on removing natural gas at the time of extraction.