Arkansas State Chamber of Commerce

Agriculture welcomes everyone. Behind the traditional elements of farms, livestock and crops lies a booming market for jobs in sectors ranging from technology and marketing to hard science and so much more. That is something Blake Rollins considers daily. As …

Marvin Childers of Little Rock is one of four recently named to the Be Pro Be Proud national board of directors. Be Pro Be Proud is a nonprofit organization working to bring a new generation of professionals to America’s skilled workforce …

They are the ones in the careers one may overlook in day-to-day life — the person behind the wheel of the semitruck one passes on the highway, the welder who helped build the bridge one drives over on the way …

In October, Google announced plans to build a $4 billion data center in West Memphis. The internet giant will do so in partnership with the state and Entergy Arkansas, the latter of which will provide the juice necessary to fuel …

The Venture Center welcomed its second cohort to the Arkansas Lithium Technology Accelerator Monday in El Dorado.  The program is the nation’s first accelerator dedicated to lithium and battery supply chain innovation. Its inaugural program took place earlier this year.  …

The 2025 Arkansas Lithium Innovation Summit, set for Oct. 28-29 at the Statehouse Convention Center in Little Rock, will bring industry leaders, policymakers, statewide stakeholders and investors focused on the global lithium economy and highlight Arkansas’ role in the growing …

You can’t feed the future without the people who build it. Behind every farm, hatchery and processing plant is a welder, technician and truck driver who builds it, fixes it and takes it to market. In agriculture, especially in the …

In the world of economic development, few leaders embody passion, vision and resilience quite like Shelley Short. Named the CEO of the Arkadelphia Regional Economic Development Alliance and Area Chamber of Commerce in 2022, Short has spent more than 15 …

Benton County recently landed on the top of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics list for the largest average weekly percent wage growth—15.5 percent—among 369 counties in the U.S. The BLS said the largest contribution to the gains in Benton …

The University of Arkansas at Little Rock will welcome a group of leading artificial intelligence (AI) entrepreneurs from Argentina for a special Tech Launch event on March 4, offering insights into the future of artificial intelligence and its real-world business …