Vanishing Act

Highway funding diminishes as finance methods become inefficient
Highway departments throughout the South Central region are singing the same song as the rest of the country.

Arkansas Report

Northwest booms as employment climbs by 600 jobs per month
They’re running and gunning in northwest Arkansas, a hotbed of growth fueled by the headquarters of Wal-Mart, J. B. Hunt and Tyson Foods and the arrival of second- and third-tier suppliers.

Highway Construction
State DOTs seek federal boost for road aid
With highway programs squeezed by high construction costs, state departments of transportation say federal road funding must rise more than 80% by 2015 just to keep up with inflation. In a report released March 7, the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials says that hitting the $72.8-billion target in 2015 would require the equivalent of a 10¢-per-gallon, two-step hike in the federal fuels tax.

Northwest La. Report
Science, technology projects to lead next big surge
The northwest region of Louisiana is about to explode with construction related to film, biomedical, science and technology industries, says Dr. Dave Norris Jr., director of the Enterprise Center at Louisiana Tech University in Ruston, La.