By Arkansas Black Vitality Staff WILSON, Ark. – March 11, 2026 – A Boston-based private equity group that previously claimed to have invested over $4 billion in one of the largest solar and energy storage projects in the United States announced today that it is withdrawing from the decade-long project, located in northeast Arkansas. Swift […]
Project’s first phase will see $6 billion investment; $21 billion through full development will be largest capital business outlay in state history By Arkansas Black Vitality Staff LITTLE ROCK – Jan. 11, 2026 – The first of several multi-billion-dollar data centers in Arkansas will hit the ground running in Little Rock in the coming weeks, […]
By the Arkansas Black Vitality Staff March 21, 2025—Gov. Sarah Sanders’ legislation to reform Arkansas’s higher education system – including altering scholarship funding and restricting diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives – was overwhelmingly endorsed by the Arkansas House and Senate. Senate Bill 24, whose principles are encapsulated in the acronym ACCESS – Acceleration, Common […]