Category: Communities
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 […]
By Arkansas Black Vitality Staff — ReMix Ideas will host its 5th Annual Black Founders Summit on Oct. 10, bringing together business leaders, founders, policymakers, and other key stakeholders to advance Black entrepreneurship in Arkansas. The theme for this year’s one-day summit at the Ron Robinson Theater in Little Rock’s River Market District is “Fueling […]
By The Arkansas Black Vitality Staff LITTLE ROCK – Sept. 24, 2024 – Ahead of the nationwide Nov. 5 general election, the League of Women Voters of Pulaski County is promoting the nonpartisan election resource VOTE411.org. This “one-stop shop” for election information provides Pulaski County and Arkansas voters with simple, accessible tools to navigate the […]