LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, March 21 -- Arkansas State Chamber of Commerce and Associated Industries of Arkansas issued the following news release on March 20: Top Senate Republican and Democratic negotiators -- joined by senior Trump administration officials -- kicked off talks Friday on a massive, third stimulus package to salvage the economy, as the coronavirus outbreak continues to ravage the country. The negotiators are meeting this morning in the historic Hart 216 room, where Supreme Court no  more

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, March 20 -- Arkansas State Chamber of Commerce and Associated Industries of Arkansas issued the following news release on March 19: Amid the daily headlines of negative news regarding COVID-19, it's important to take stock of positive news. Like World War II, Americans now need to come together. In World War II, many businesses changed their primary focus and began manufacturing products and materials for the war effort. Today, businesses and organizations are again lead  more

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, March 18 -- Arkansas State Chamber of Commerce and Associated Industries of Arkansas issued the following news release: Governor Hutchinson held a press conference Tuesday, March 17 in West Memphis after meeting with hospitals and others in eastern Arkansas. He said Arkansas has recorded no new additional cases remaining at 22 statewide and none from eastern Arkansas. The states is monitoring Tennessee activities and Covid-19 doesn't appear to be widespread spreading in w  more

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, March 18 -- Arkansas State Chamber of Commerce and Associated Industries of Arkansas issued the following news release: As President Trump, Vice President Pence and members of the Coronavirus Task Force team held a press briefing Tuesday urging Americans to follow their recommended guidelines of coping with the coronavirus crisis and to look out for seniors, White House officials and lawmakers started focusing on more remedies for the economy. White House officials and c  more

WASHINGTON, March 20 -- The Journal of Bridge Engineering, a journal that says it advances the practice and profession of bridge engineering and papers about issues, projects, materials, design, fabrication, construction, inspection, evaluation, safety, performance, management, retrofitting, rehabilitation, repair and demolition from the American Society of Civil Engineers, published research articles on the following topics in its May 2020 edition: * Antislip Safety of Double-Cable Multispan S  more