Author: Talk Business & Politics staff

Talk Business & Politics staff

C-Suite: Eddie Vega

Fast fact: Vega was the first Hispanic to own a radio license in Arkansas, and his company is the only independent radio cluster with FM signals in Little Rock and…

C-Suite: Susan Upchurch

Fast fact: Upchurch and her team are responsible for distributing over $14 million in Emergency Rental Assistance program funds to Benton County residents since February 2021. What’s the most recent…

C-Suite: Michael Newcity

Fast fact: Newcity has worked for ArcBest Corp. for nearly three decades. He is also president of ArcBest Technologies, which provides IT services to different clients within ArcBest and its…

C-Suite: Yvette Murphy-Erby

Fast fact: Murphy-Erby, a professor of social work, was promoted to her current role in 2019 and has worked in multiple leadership positions since she joined the UA faculty in…

C-Suite: Steve Lane

Fast fact: A Colliers partner since 2004, Lane started his real estate career with Walmart (1992-1998). He leads a Colliers branch office with annual sales volume of over $100 million…

C-Suite: John Cooley

Fast fact: Cooley has been CFO for 21 years at Propak, a logistics company with more than 1,600 full-time employees operating in 60 locations in 21 states. Which supporting skills…

C-Suite: Bill Akins

Fast fact: A retail data scientist, Akins had leadership roles with Rockfish and Walmart Global Tech before he joined James+James in 2021. Over the past 18 months, the company has…

HeartX Accelerator announces 5 startups for 2022 program

HeartX, a startup business accelerator powered by HealthTech Arkansas and MedAxiom, along with seven Arkansas healthcare providers have selected the five startup healthcare companies that will participate in the 2022…

UAFS veteran Stacey Jones has died

Stacey Jones, who recently retired as University of Arkansas at Fort Smith associate vice chancellor of campus and community events and managed the popular Season of Entertainment for 39 years,…

International cycling race in Fayetteville adds Walmart as lead sponsor

Walmart is signing on as the title sponsor of OZCX Weekend, a festival-style event that will bring another globally acclaimed cycling race to Fayetteville. Set for Oct. 14-16, OZCX Weekend will…

Connections: Northwest Technical Institute appoints Chicas new board president

Carlos Chicas is the new board president of Northwest Technical Institute in Springdale. His one-year term began Sept. 15. “It is a great way to start off Hispanic Heritage Month,…

Walmart acquires Alert Innovation to improve order fulfillment automation

Walmart announced late Thursday (Oct. 6) the acquisition of Alert Innovation, a Massachusetts-based robotics company that develops technology that automates order fulfillment. Walmart did not disclose financial terms of the…

Avian influenza confirmed at Madison County poultry farm

The Arkansas Department of Agriculture confirmed Friday (Oct. 7) a case of avian influenza on an Arkansas poultry farm in Madison County. Also known as H5N1 avian influenza (HPAI), avian…

Issue 1 opposition forms with State Chamber, Farm Bureau support

Opponents of Issue 1, the proposed constitutional amendment that would allow the Arkansas Legislature to call itself into special session, announced Thursday (Oct. 6) the formation of a legislative question committee to…

Rockefeller Institute, Clinton School, CALS to host public dialogue series

The Winthrop Rockefeller Institute, Clinton School of Public Service at the University of Arkansas, and Central Arkansas Library System, as part of the Kettering Foundation’s Partnership for Democratic Practices in…

Six Arkansas companies recognized for export success

Six Arkansas companies were honored Wednesday night (Oct. 5) for excellence in global trade at an awards ceremony at the Governor’s mansion in Little Rock. The awards were presented by…

Dallas Martinez appointed director of the Fowler Center

After joining the theatre faculty in August, Dallas Martinez has been appointed as director of Fowler Center at Arkansas State University. Martinez began the fall semester as artistic producing director…

Northwest Arkansas Land Trust conserves 830 acres in Benton County

Fayetteville nonprofit Northwest Arkansas Land Trust (NWALT) has acquired 830 acres of the historic Lake Frances property near Siloam Springs. According to a Wednesday (Oct. 5) news release, the deal…

Arkansas Secretary of Agriculture Wes Ward elected to leadership position with national group

Arkansas Secretary of Agriculture Wes Ward has been elected second vice president of the National Association of State Departments of Agriculture (NASDA) for 2022-23 at their annual conference in Saratoga…

Goodwill Industries lands $750,000 grant from DOJ

Goodwill Industries of Arkansas has been awarded a Second Chance Act Community-based Reentry Program grant by the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs and Bureau of Justice Assistance…