Public records indicate Olivet International, a Walmart supplier, is tied to a property the state is investigating for ties to China.
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Arkansas journalist Alice Driver nominated for another James Beard Media Award
The winner of a 2023 James Beard Media Award, Arkansas journalist Alice Driver has been nominated again, this time for her reporting on lobster fishery workers in Honduras.
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Walmart hit with $101 million judgement in breach-of-contract case
The dispute stemmed from a pandemic-era PPE contract.
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The arm I got at Walmart
If whatever doesn’t kill you makes you stronger, The Observer oughta be the strongest sumbitch you know by now, because we definitely wished for death a time or two.
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Walmart, Tyson distribute food linked to prison labor, AP finds
The article includes an interview with a woman who worked at an Arkansas prison farm and was paid “two rolls of toilet paper a week, toothpaste and a few menstrual pads each month.”
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‘The Cost of Cheapness’ filmmakers capture Walmart’s imprint on Arkansas and beyond
A conversation with the makers of a new 8-minute film documenting the environmental consequences of Walmart’s business practices and the many ways the Walton family continues to shape Northwest Arkansas in their image.
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Runway Group steps back, first gent’s role in plan to change Buffalo National River designation is revealed
For months, rumors circulated that First Gentleman Bryan Sanders was working with the Walton-connected Runway Group to change the federal status of the Buffalo National River. Those rumors are confirmed, but the efforts are now stalled.
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Jury awards $20M to a Walmart supplier for breach of contract
The jury found Walmart liable for breach of contract and for “conversion,” which is holding on to someone else’s property unlawfully.
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Jurassic-era fly-moth thought to have disappeared; turns up on the side of a Fayetteville Walmart
You can get pretty much anything at Walmart these days — milk, bread, toys, furniture, electronics and, it turns out, dinosaur-era insects thought to have disappeared from large swaths of North America.
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‘No more Walmart associates should be left to die’ — North Little Rock family battles for worker rights one year after loss
Janikka Perry was 38 when she died last year at a North Little Rock Walmart. She worked her entire shift, and then died in the company’s bathroom. In the wake of her death, her family has battled for increased worker protections for other Walmart associates.