The Minority and Women-Owned Business Enterprise (MWOBE) division of the Arkansas Economic Development Commission (AEDC) will host its first virtual Arkansas Minority and Women-Owned Business Enterprise Certification Assistance Workshop training Wednesday, November 18, to help business owners learn more about the certification process for state vendors and available resources. “Now more than ever, we want […]
Monday COVID Update: 2nd Peak or Larger Peak Depends on Residents; Dr. Smith Leaving for CDC
Here are some Key Notes, Statistics, and Video for Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson’s news update on the COVID-19 pandemic, along with updates and guidance from Dr. Nate Smith, Secretary of Health. The governor presented several charts as usual to show the progress of Novel Coronavirus in Arkansas. Hutchinson said that the elevated number of cases […]
Thursday COVID Update: 455 New Cases; PUA Site Online; Summer Camp & Team Sports Directives
Here are some Key Notes, Statistics, and Video for Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson’s news update on the COVID-19 pandemic, along with updates and guidance from Dr. Nate Smith, Secretary of Health. The governor presented several charts as usual to show the progress of Novel Coronavirus in Arkansas. He then made several announcements. The first announcement […]
Tuesday COVID Update: Tests for everyone in nursing homes; Staff getting bonus payments
Here are some Key Notes, Statistics, and Video for Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson’s news update on the COVID-19 pandemic, along with updates and guidance from Dr. Nate Smith, Secretary of Health. The governor presented several charts as usual to show the number of cases and hospitalizations in Arkansas. Today’s message focused on nursing homes, so […]
Monday COVID Update: FBI on PUA Security Issue; Bars Begin to Reopen
Here are some Key Notes, Statistics, and Video for Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson’s news update on the COVID-19 pandemic, along with updates and guidance from Dr. Nate Smith, Secretary of Health. The press conference took place in St. Francis County today, after an outbreak of COVID-19 in the community last week, possibly spread from the […]
Saturday COVID Update: Security issue may affect 30K PUA applicants; System offline
Here are some Key Notes, Statistics, and Video for Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson’s news update on the COVID-19 pandemic, along with updates and guidance from Dexter Payne, Director of Corrections; and Dr. Nate Smith, Secretary of Health. On Saturday, Governor Hutchinson immediately addressed a security issue involving 30,000 self-employed applicants for the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance […]
Wednesday COVID Update: 3rd Prison with Cases; Testing and Primary Care Urged
Here are some Key Notes, Statistics, and Video for Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson’s news update on the COVID-19 pandemic, along with updates and guidance from LaShannon Spencer, CEO of Community Health Centers of Arkansas; Bo Ryall, President & CEO of Arkansas Hospital Association, and Dr. Nate Smith, Secretary of Health. The governor stressed that people […]
Tuesday COVID Update: Remdesivir here; Decisions coming for bars, team sports, summer camps
Here are some Key Notes, Statistics, and Video for Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson’s news update on the COVID-19 pandemic, along with updates and guidance from Mike Preston, Secretary of Commerce and Dr. Nate Smith, Secretary of Health. The Governor displayed the usual charts to show how cases and hospitalizations are progressing. He noted a spike […]
Monday COVID Update: Venue Reopenings Announced, Business Grant Pot Rises to $55M
Here are some Key Notes, Statistics, and Video for Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson’s news update on the COVID-19 pandemic, along with updates and guidance from Dr. Nate Smith, Secretary of Health. The Governor displayed the usual charts to show how cases and hospitalizations are progressing. He then announced some reopening decisions, and gave an update […]
Friday COVID Update: Haircuts to Resume May 6th; Several other announcements
Here are some Key Notes, Statistics, and Video for Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson’s news update on the COVID-19 pandemic. Governor Hutchinson welcomed Dr. Michelle Smith, Director of The Office of Health Equity and HIV Elimination; Mike Preston, Secretary of Commerce; and Dr. Nate Smith, State Secretary of Health. The Governor displayed the usual charts to […]