Read our story by Daily Record publisher @Brownonbusiness on how African American CEO Darrin Williams and his Arkansas team has transformed Southern Bancorp into one of the nation’s top community development financial institutions.

Here's our story on how Darrin Williams and his Arkansas team have transformed Southern Bancorp the Little Rock-based bank into one of the nation’s top community development financial institutions. dailyrecord.us/southern-banco…

Want to learn more about Pfizer’s and Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccines and Operation Warp Speed’s plan to distribute them in late 2020 or early 2021, read the Daily Record account here: tinyurl.com/y4thapv4

Arkansas’s COVID-19 vaccine distribution plan will be rolled out in 3 phases, according to the state Health Dept.’s 50-page strategy to inoculate the state’s 3 million-plus population in all 75 counties. Read about it here: dailyrecord.us/arkansas-vacci…

Little Rock Mayor Frank Scott, Jr. uses his business bona fides to bring thousands of new jobs to the Capital City amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Check out the Daily Record cover story here: dailyrecord.us/mayor-frank-sc…

ARORA Southern Legacy of Life (formerly ARORA) could soon be decertified as one of the 8 worst-run organ procurement agencies in the U.S. @CMSgov has issued final rules to reform the nation’s 58 OPOs as 20 people die daily waiting for organ transplants. @DailyRecord_AR story here: dailyrecord.us/trump-administ…

@GileadScience recently launched its $10 million Racial Equity Community Impact Fund. AR Innovation Hub selected among 20 organizations to use technology, innovation to fight racial inequities affecting Black communities across the U.S. Read here: bit.ly/3adtVAz

Congress approves $900 billion emergency stimulus package, signed by President Trump on Sunday night. Get details on new COVID-19 aid, including retooled Paycheck Protection Program, in our Daily Record cover story here: bit.ly/37RoJkm

The SBA will reopen the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) to new & minority borrowers seeking first & second draw loans on (Monday) Jan. 11-13 at local CDFIs. PPP2 will open to Big Banks, other lenders shortly after. Check out upcoming editions of the @dailyrecord_AR for details.

Once again, I've been followed on Twitter by an attorney for an entity that received a FOIA request from me today. These kinds of moves seem oddly hostile.

Last year, two journalism professors started an oral history project to document the work of local newsrooms in mid-America. They found the community in community journalism. poynter.org/the-essential-…

@TeriFinneman Will Mari Poynter The Ardmoreite Carrie Pitzer West River Eagle Official The Louisiana Weekly Kingfisher Times Osage News InForum The Journal Tioga Tribune The Community Voice Lawrence Journal-World AR Democrat-Gazette @ajeannieroberts So many of these papers have rich histories to carry with them through a lot of change, including Daily Record. poynter.org/reporting-edit…

Arkansas, U.S. homebuilders say pandemic-aided lumber prices endanger housing construction, renovation projects. Check out our story here: dailyrecord.us/arkansas-u-s-h…

Arkansas AG, legal experts trade jabs over President Biden’s vaccine mandate. Check our story here: bit.ly/2ZX4j7R

ARORA’s top executive steps down amid federal organ donation reforms. State's largest organ donation agency faces possible de-certification. Read more here: bit.ly/3Bt68az

History-making @sheriffpulaski Eric Higgins sheriff takes department through once-in-lifetime challenges. Read excellent profile by Dwain Hebda here: bit.ly/3BSzXRZ

Nation’s supply chain crisis could be the Grinch that stole Christmas in 2021. Now hub for logistics and supply chain industry, Northwest Arkansas firms seeking solutions to port bottlenecks: bit.ly/3BgHnNM

Envirotech's $80 million, 800-job EV project in Osceola leaves lots of questions about finances, executive team, manufacturing experience, and operations as an unregulated over-the-counter stock. See Daily Record story here: bit.ly/3pnx4Eu

Trojan Way: UA Little Rock Gets $5.5 Million Grant to Fund Campus Improvement Projects dailyrecord.us/-trojan-way-ua…

Rental Reality: Arkansas tenants still burdened with rising costs after COVID-10 shutdown dailyrecord.us/-rental-realit…