DOTs Ready for Stimulus South Central’s planned highway projects exceed money

Like wall flowers at a high school dance, highway departments were tapping their toes and eager to hit the floor when the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act came calling.

2009 Owner of the Year Dillard University resurrects itself in green

After less than two months on the job, Dillard University President Dr. Marvalene Hughes had to deal with the total destruction of the New Orleans campus and a faculty and student body that were scattered across the nation.

Arkansas Report: Stimulus money boosts public work,but other markets suffering

Arkansas construction companies hope the federal government’s $787-billion stimulus package will help jump-start construction projects in the state, which have slowed over the last year, says Doug Wasson, former president of Associated General Contractors’ Arkansas Chapter.