business Walmart bets its stores will give it an edge in Amazon e-commerce duel Christin Hakim, June 6, 2022 BENTONVILLE, Arkansas — Walmart’s cavernous stores are known for aisles of low-priced groceries, paper towels and apparel. Now, those big boxes are hubs for its e-commerce business, serving as launch pads for delivery drones, automated warehouses for online grocery orders and departure locations for direct-to-fridge drop-offs. Eventually, they will help… Continue Reading
medical New York Regulators Move To Let Medical Cannabis Patients Grow Their Own And Give Marijuana Expungements Update Christin Hakim, October 26, 2021October 27, 2021 Washington, D.C. voters are strongly in favor of proposals to broadly decriminalize drugs and establish harm reduction centers, a new poll found. One week after activists announced an effort to pressure local lawmakers enact the reforms, a coalition of activists group organized under the banner of DecrimPovertyDC released a survey… Continue Reading
business Give small businesses a break in paying startup costs Christin Hakim, September 21, 2021 As America slowly emerges from the COVID-19 pandemic, small businesses deserve special attention – because they have been hit especially hard and because they are vital to job growth. Local governments in Northwest Arkansas can set a national example by giving new businesses a break in paying startup costs. Small… Continue Reading