Author: Talk Business & Politics staff

Talk Business & Politics staff

Mercy raises starting wage to $15 per hour

Mercy announced Thursday (Aug. 19) an $18 million annual cost increase to raise the starting wage and minimum wage for all workers to $15 per hour. The St. Louis-based health…

UA Little Rock names Mitchell as director of School of Business

Dr. Robert Mitchell has been appointed as the director of the School of Business at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. “I am honored to be the director of…

Farmers & Merchants Bank adds three to board of directors

Farmers & Merchants Bank announced Wednesday (Aug. 18) that Meg Johnston, Sam Tarkington, and Kirk Vansandt have been named to the bank’s board of directors. Farmers & Merchants Bank, headquartered…

Benton County top large county in the state for average weekly wages

Benton County, Ark., home of the world’s largest retailer and one of the largest global shipping and logistics companies, ranked 33 among the nation’s 343 largest U.S. counties in terms…

Matt Miner to oversee Walmart’s global ethics and compliance

Walmart has hired Matt Miner, a white collar lawyer from Washington, D.C.-based Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, as its global chief ethics and compliance officer. Miner has more than 20…

ReMix Ideas, FORGE Community Loan Fund partner to help under-resourced entrepreneurs

ReMix Ideas has partnered with FORGE Community Loan Fund, a Community Development Financial Institution, to create a pilot program called the Imani Fund which will provide under-resourced entrepreneurs in Arkansas…

Virus research institute created at University of Arkansas with NSF grant

The National Science Foundation has awarded a $6.1 million grant to the University of Arkansas to establish a research institute – Host-Virus Evolutionary Dynamics Institute – focused on virology and…

ACHI: 61% of nursing home personnel in Arkansas fully vaccinated

Forty-three out of 152 Arkansas nursing homes reporting the most current data had less than 50% COVID-19 vaccination rates among health care staff as of Aug. 1, according to data…

Baledge Properties acquires shopping center in $3 million deal

Baledge Properties Inc. made the most significant residential and commercial property transfer in Craighead County, from June 15 through July 15, according to the Craighead County Assessor’s Office. The company…

Connections: Nail-Malone earns leadership honor

Business owner and executive coach Alison Nail-Malone of Rogers has been recognized in Acquisition International’s 2021 Most Influential Businesswoman Awards program. Nail-Malone, founder and principal coach of Malone Consultants Group,…

Matt Waller publishes book for business school leaders

Matt Waller, dean of the Sam M. Walton College of Business at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville, has published “The Dean’s List: Leading a Modern Business School.” A University of…

Introducing the Northwest Arkansas Business Journal’s 2021 Forty Under 40 class

In its 25th year, the Northwest Arkansas Business Journal is proud to present this year’s class of up-and-coming young professionals under the age of 40. These Northwest Arkansas and Fort…

Forty Under 40: Chris Woodard

Chris Woodard is an entrepreneurial-type who happens to have a law degree. As the co-founder of a transactional law practice with his wife Jenna, Woodard is licensed to practice law…

Forty Under 40: Emma Willis

Emma Willis’ career has spanned from marketing to financial services to business strategy and thought leadership, focusing on higher education savings plans and resources. Willis recently was named chief operating…

Forty Under 40: Adam White

Adam White believes servant leadership is being both “a working manager and a servant manager, so you’re not afraid to get in the trenches and support the staff when needed…

Forty Under 40: Allisha Watkins

Allisha Watkins went to college to become a physical therapist. She realized quickly, though, that the thing she loved most was understanding human behavior. That curiosity has served her well…

Forty Under 40: Kendall Wagner

Kendall Wagner felt called to medicine in sixth grade when he lost a close friend to cystic fibrosis. His sister then successfully underwent surgery for a brain tumor. Wagner began…

Forty Under 40: Mailena Urso

Mailena Urso pursues what brings her meaning to her life, and as a result, she owns two diverse businesses with bright futures. Urso helps companies with website development, branding, and…

Forty Under 40: Jennifer Travis

When Jennifer Travis joined Tyson Foods as a University of Arkansas student, the Springdale native didn’t think she would have remained with the company for 18 years. Travis started with…

Forty Under 40: Crandall Streett

Crandall Streett graduated with honors from the University of Central Arkansas in 2003 with a public relations degree and moved to Fayetteville a year later, intent on earning a master’s…