LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, May 12 -- Arkansas State Chamber of Commerce and Associated Industries of Arkansas issued the following news release on May 11: The Governor's press conference took place in El Dorado. The Governor said that for the last 45 days we have had to deal with a health crisis and an economic crisis. Arkansas is in one of the best positions among the states to see a turnaround of its economy. We can rebound quicker because we did not shut down the entire economy. It also helps t  more

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, May 16 -- Arkansas State Chamber of Commerce and Associated Industries of Arkansas issued the following news release on May 15: As of Monday, all retail businesses can be open. An announcement will be made Monday about bars. Arkansas was never under a lockdown or stay-at-home order. We take the virus very seriously, but we want to be able to work and make a living. But we must be smart about it. Yesterday we had 4,366 cases. Today, we have 97 new cases for a total of 4,4  more

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, May 14 -- Arkansas State Chamber of Commerce and Associated Industries of Arkansas issued the following news release: Governor Hutchinson said that yesterday the state's total of case was 4,164., we have 72 new cases for a total of 4,236. Only one of the cases was a prison inmate. We have had five new hospitalizations increasing our total from 59 to 64. Two new deaths make the state's total 97 The 7-day rolling average of new cases is flattening since a recent spike and   more

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, May 12 -- Southwest Research Institute issued the following news release: A Southwest Research Institute scientist modeled the atmosphere of Mars to help determine that salty pockets of water present on the Red Planet are likely not habitable by life as we know it on Earth. A team that also included scientists from Universities Space Research Association (USRA) and the University of Arkansas helped allay planetary protection concerns about contaminating potential Martian eco  more