Arkansas

The small Arkansas town of El Dorado has experienced an economic rebirth since an oil company offered to pay college tuition and fees for all graduating high school seniors.

Wal-Mart's efforts to reduce waste and operate in an environmentally-friendly manner has fueled a green business boom in an Arkansas town near the corporation's headquarters.

Rural colleges are urbanizing their campuses to stay competitive with their peers and keep up with evolving demographic preferences.

Proposed design standards in Fayetteville, Arkansas, have developers concerned about rising costs and requirements. Many in the state's third most populous city fear the standards will hamper new development, especially smaller projects.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is expected to act when pollution from one state affects a neighboring state. In the absence Of federal involvement, states have started to sue each other.

Due to the ever-growing presence of Wal-Mart, Benton County, Arkansas, is seeing a rising population of Jewish families, and generally high religious diversity.

Bentonville, Ark., is the home of Wal-Mart and an "A-list destination for top executives." The economic power of of the County is belied by its rural history, although that is changing as it hurtles "rapidly toward an urban renaissance."

The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty sends an letter to the Mayor and City Council of Fayetteville, Arkansas warning them that a denial of a temple's Conditional Use Permit would violate both the U.S. Constitution and federal law.

A reporter attends a SmartCode conference and speculates on how New Urbanism principles could help Bentonville, AR -- home of the original Wal-Mart and the company's headquarters.

Andres Duany and his team of developers are raising eyebrows in a college town.

Hendrix College invites a pioneer of "New Urbanism" to participate in creating an updated master plan.

The newly opened Clinton Presidential Library makes its mark on Little Rock.

Controversy surrounds planned Muslim enclave in Little Rock, Arkansas.

Property values in the area around the new Clinton Presidential Library development in Little Rock have doubled since the library was announced.

Little Rock's central city has seen improved streetscapes, increased investment in downtown real estate, and the development of a future education center -- all in the past five years.

The hometown of Sam Walton's "Wal-mart" is the six fastest-growing metro area in the nation.

As suburban sprawl expands, it is increasingly encroaching on sacred native-American sites.