The debate over increasing the severance tax on natural gas is building momentum in Arkansas.
Right now, gas companies pay Arkansas three-tenths of a cent for every 1,000 cubic feet taken from the Fayetteville shale play. The rate is one of the lowest in the country.
Archive: January 2008 | Section: Media, Public Policy, Southern Bancorp, Southern Good Faith Fund, Video
LITTLE ROCK— Southern Good Faith Fund’s Public Policy program today released a report that proposes creating an Arkansas Promise Trust Fund to help more Arkansans go to college, financed by an increase in the state’s historically low severance tax on natural gas.
Archive: January 2008 | Section: Press Releases, Public Policy, Southern Bancorp, Southern Good Faith Fund
Governor Mike Beebe, accompanied by students from Helena-West Helena; Southern Good Faith Fund Public Policy Program Director Mike Leach and officials from several state agencies, officially kicked off the state’s new Aspiring Scholars Matching Grant Program with a news conference at Pulaski Heights Elementary School in Little Rock on January 18, 2008.
Archive: January 2008 | Section: Aspiring Scholars, Media, Southern Good Faith Fund, Video
Jimbo Boyd, president and CEO of First Bank of the Delta and the First Bank Board of Directors, recently announced promotions for three First Bank employees – Frances Davidson, Leigh Ann Lammers and Dana Worstell.
Archive: January 2008 | Section: First Bank of the Delta, Southern Good Faith Fund
Southern Good Faith Fund and First Bank of the Delta, in partnership with the Internal Revenue Service is proud to offer the VITA program to all residents of Phillips County and surrounding areas yet again.
Archive: January 2008 | Section: First Bank of the Delta, Phillips County, Southern Bancorp, Southern Good Faith Fund
There are an estimated 28 million” unbanked” and 44.7 million “underbanked” people in the United States today, representing a potential market of 40 million households with little or no current relationship with a financial institution.
Archive: December 2007 | Section: Public Policy, Southern Bancorp, Southern Good Faith Fund
LITTLE ROCK (AP) - More than a third of the payday lenders operating in Arkansas are not being regulated, opponents of the lending practice said in a study released Wednesday.
The study by Arkansans Against Abusive Payday Lending, a coalition of groups seeking to end the practice of payday loans, said the state has improved its licensing of payday lenders but called for more oversight.
Archive: December 2007 | Section: Public Policy, Southern Bancorp, Southern Good Faith Fund
During his recent trip to Phillips County, Gov. Mike Beebe made a stop at Phillips Community College of the University of Arkansas (PCCUA) in Helena. Accompanied by PCCUA Chancellor Dr. Steven Murray, he looked in on high school students in their Career & Technical secondary Center classes, spoke with officials in the Career Pathways program, and met with Phillips College nursing administrators and faculty.
Archive: December 2007 | Section: Phillips County, Southern Bancorp, Southern Financial Partners, Southern Good Faith Fund
Since its July 1, 1999 inception, the BDC has served over 6,000 aspiring and existing entrepreneurs through access to financing, business counseling, training and technical assistance.
Archive: November 2007 | Section: Phillips County, Southern Bancorp, Southern Good Faith Fund
LITTLE ROCK - The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and Southern Good Faith Fund announced today a partnership to expand access to Individual Development Accounts (IDAs) and other banking products and services that target underserved populations.
Archive: October 2007 | Section: Other Related News, Southern Bancorp, Southern Good Faith Fund
