Category: News
By the Arkansas Black Vitality Staff LITTLE ROCK – July 30, 2026 – One week after the state’s labor pool recorded its highest employment levels and total number of workers, Mayor Frank Scott and the Little Rock Chamber of Commerce lauded similar workforce growth across the Central Arkansas metropolitan service area. According to the latest […]
By the Arkansas Black Vitality Staff BENTONVILLE, Ark. – June 22, 2026 – Nearly two weeks before some Medicare recipients will be able to access so-called GLP-1 medications by paying one flat fee per month, the nation’s largest retailer announced a nationwide effort to help those same beneficiaries better understand new prescription drug coverage options for the […]
By the Arkansas Black Vitality Staff LITTLE ROCK – June 18, 2026 – Forward Arkansas, the nonprofit group established in 2015 by the Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation and Walton Family Foundation to improve educational outcomes for Arkansas students, announced today that it is expanding access to an innovative education model to five school districts statewide, bringing […]
By the Arkansas Black Vitality Staff LITTLE ROCK – May 22, 2026 – Despite rising gas prices and inflation-driven travel costs, Arkansans are hitting the roads in record numbers this Memorial Day, kicking off the traditional summer driving and vacation season. AAA, formerly the American Automobile Association, projects 45 million Americans will travel at least […]