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For Immediate ReleaseNewport Economic Development Commissiondirector@newportaredc.org870-523-1009 The Honorable Asa Hutchinson, Governor of Arkansas, joined a group of dignitaries and local citizens on Wednesday, September 16, 2020 to officially open Tech Depot, an information technology apprenticeship academy in Newport, Arkansas. Tech Depot will offer IT training for individuals who are employed as apprentices to Arkansas companies

The Newport Economic Development Commission and ASU-Newport are partnering with the Arkansas Center for Data Sciences (ACDS) to bring a regional Information Technology training center to downtown Newport, Arkansas. The training center will feature apprenticeship training programs for a wide range of Arkansas companies in the areas of Computer Coding and Software Development, Data Analysis, and

For immediate releaseApril 8, 2020 Arkansas Receives Department of Labor Grant LITTLE ROCK – The State of Arkansas has been awarded a U.S. Department of Labor grant for $2 million, to be distributed over four years. The grant—entitled “Apprenticeships: Closing the Skills Gap”—became effective on March 1, 2020, and is being led by the Arkansas

By David Wallace Arkansas’ recent progress in expanding registered apprenticeship to reverse a widening skills gap is worth noting, and it’s one of the things spotlighted at a recent forum for employers in Jonesboro. In the not-quite five years since Asa Hutchinson took office as governor, Arkansas has nearly doubled the number of apprentices, up