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By The Arkansas Black Vitality Staff Feb. 25., 2025 – While recent first-time home buyer rates have declined nationally, Black buyers have experienced the strongest rebound. A recent Zillow® survey found that 62% of Black home buyers purchased their first home in 2024, holding steady from the previous year. In comparison, overall, first-time buyers made up just 44% […]
House Resolutions honor blues legend Bobby Rush and civil rights icon Daisy Bates By The Arkansas Black Vitality Staff Feb. 24, 2025 – During the six weeks of the 95th Arkansas General Assembly, over 130 bills were signed into law, including the controversial Senate Bill 3, which banned discrimination or preferential treatment based on race […]
New facility expected to create 300 new jobs, company now hiring local for several warehouse, administrative positions By The Arkansas Black Vitality Staff Feb. 24, 2025—Dollar General, the nation’s largest discount retailer, celebrated the grand opening of its new North Little Rock distribution center on Feb. 22, which had been nearly two years in the […]
Report: In 2022, of the 1,201,499 households in Arkansas, 562,879 — 47% — were below the ALICE Threshold. Sherwood, Ark. – Oct. 15, 2024 – Although the COVID-19 pandemic is well in the rearview mirror in Arkansas, the number of working-class families on the brink of financial calamity has steadily climbed over the past two […]