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		<title><![CDATA[Supreme Court Throws Out Case That Could Have Limited Lawsuits Over Disability Access]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hotels and other business interests had urged the justices to limit the ability of so-called testers to file lawsuits against hotels that fail to disclose accessibility information on their websites and through other reservation services.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Dec 2023 11:32:00 -0600</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[White House Threatens to Seize Drug Patents if Prices are Too High]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[White House officials would not name drugs that might potentially be targeted.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Dec 2023 11:20:00 -0600</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Big Bank CEOs Warn That New Regulations May Harm Economy]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[The heads of the nation's biggest banks say there are reasons to be concerned about the health of U.S. consumers — particularly poor and low-income borrowers — in their annual appearance in front of Congress on Wednesday.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Dec 2023 09:27:00 -0600</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Elopak to Build $70M Packaging Plant at Little Rock Port]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Elopak of Norway says it will build its first U.S. production plant in the Port of Little Rock, spending about $70 million and eventually employing more than 100 people.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Dec 2023 10:14:00 -0600</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Supreme Court Signals it Will Uphold Tax on Foreign Income and Leave Wealth Tax for Another Day]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[After two hours of arguments, there seemed to be a consensus on the court to craft a narrow ruling that would avoid what Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar said would be "several trillion dollars in lost revenues."]]></description>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Dec 2023 07:12:00 -0600</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[SPONSORED: Understanding the Inflation Reduction Act: Top 5 Things Contractors Need to Know]]></title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Dec 2023 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[US Joins Other Nations in Swearing Off Coal Power to Clean the Climate]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[U.S. Special Envoy John Kerry announced that America was joining the Powering Past Coal Alliance, which means the Biden Administration commits to building no new coal plants and phasing out existing plants.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Dec 2023 13:52:00 -0600</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[US Targets Oil and Natural Gas Industry With New Rule on Methane Emissions]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[The U.S. rule on methane emissions is part of a broader effort by the Biden administration that includes financial incentives to buy electric vehicles and upgrade infrastructure — spending that Harris said will total roughly $1 trillion over 10 years.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Dec 2023 13:49:00 -0600</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[State Tax Revenue Flat in November]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Net available general revenue was $473.4 million, up $1.3 million, or 0.3%, from a year ago.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Dec 2023 09:53:00 -0600</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Arkansas Farm Bureau Picks Dan Wright as President]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Mike Freeze of Little Rock will continue as vice president for the agriculture advocacy organization.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Dec 2023 09:03:00 -0600</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Into the Future (Gwen Moritz Commentary)]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Predicting the future may be as simple as recognizing typical patterns.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Dec 2023 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[A Step Toward Transparency (Editorial)]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[A group seeking to protect the public’s right to know is making progress.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Dec 2023 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[21st Century Tech Skills (Lance Turner Editor's Note)]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Shorter College is working hard to help Arkansas employers find workers skilled in technology.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Dec 2023 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[New Hospital Designation Offers Hope in Pocahontas]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[On Sept. 1, the Pocahontas hospital was the first in the state to receive the newly created Rural Emergency Hospital designation.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Dec 2023 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Bitcoin Miner Wins a Round In DeWitt, but Fight Goes On]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Locals in Dewitt are rallying opposition to the noisy bitcoin facility, even after Jones Digital LLC won a preliminary court ruling.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Dec 2023 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Medicaid Fraud Charges Formally Filed Against Brian Hyatt]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Class A felony counts stem from more than $300,000 in fraudulent claims that Hyatt allegedly submitted in 2022.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Nov 2023 12:39:00 -0600</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Arkansas Regulators Reverse Decision, Accept $142M Settlement for Grand Gulf Costs]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Arkansas Public Service Commission rejected Entergy's "low-ball" offer in August 2022. Now the commission has dropped its objections with little fanfare.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Nov 2023 11:19:00 -0600</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[US Economic Growth for Last Quarter Revised Up to 5.2%]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[The government had previously estimated that the economy grew at a 4.9% annual rate last quarter.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Nov 2023 10:45:00 -0600</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Arkansas Business Announces Finalists for Innovation Pacesetter Award]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[The category honors startups or existing companies that are remaking an old industry or charting an entirely new course to create a new market.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Nov 2023 10:16:00 -0600</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Fed's Waller: Interest Rates are Likely High Enough to Bring Inflation Back to 2% Target]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[He cautioned that inflation is still too high and that it's not yet certain if a recent slowdown in price increases can be sustained.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Nov 2023 10:41:00 -0600</pubDate>
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