pandemic

After years of eating metropolis dust and being derided as merely bedroom communities, small to medium-sized towns across America are enjoying a boom in popularity. In part, they have COVID-19 to thank for it. “During the pandemic, when remote working …

Founder, CEO ScholarMade Achievement Place EDUCATION Success often lies at the intersection of preparation and opportunity, but it is one’s ability to adapt in the face of changing circumstances that separates the merely successful from the true trailblazers. Setting her …

Sonya Whitfield did not have a guidebook for what was happening. A 33-year employee of the Pulaski County Special School District, Whitfield was the principal at Baker Elementary School in Little Rock when the nation’s school system shut down due …

On March 25, Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders signed into law a measure that made ivermectin available over the counter in pharmacies.  On March 18, the Arkansas House voted 78-14 in favor of Senate Bill 189 by Sen. Alan Clark, R-Lonsdale, …

As the nursing industry continues to deal with the mass exodus of roughly 200,000 nurses from 2020-2022, UA Little Rock has made steps toward filling the growing need while maintaining excellence in its training and education standards. The school recently …

The financial world is full of uncertainty currently headlined by conflicts around the globe, a looming presidential election and the muted threat of a viral resurgence. Any one of these events can have a profound impact on the economic wellness …

Changes aren’t permanent, but change is. So goes the powerful opener to Rush’s underappreciated 1981 album, “Moving Pictures.” Adaptation was a theme for lyricists Neil Peart and Pye Dubois in that percussion-fueled anthem titled, “Tom Sawyer.” Of course, those words …

Real estate represents one of my favorite industry focuses. Real estate is everywhere and plays a part in all business, remote working be darned. The pandemic may have exacerbated a trend toward employees working remotely, and I believe remote working …

For as long as he can remember, Joseph Wood has felt just a little bit different from the people around him. Adopted into a large family, he felt at times growing up a stranger among siblings, and attending college in …

Arkansas is full of “dynamic duos,” those couples and partners in business who’ve made lasting impacts on their communities. And they come in many different flavors, from community business leaders to those Arkansans making noise on a global stage. Arkansas …