Kyle Massey

Little Rock

Assistant Editor at Arkansas Business

Assistant Editor, Arkansas Business. Cover energy and media/marketing. @nytimes alum. Proud husband to @kaprichard and dad to @kalib_tweli

Articles

Northwest Arkansas Cities Join Forces to Manage Growth

1 week ago | arkansasbusiness.com | Kyle Massey

If a burden shared is indeed a burden halved, a new spirit of municipal collaboration could soon ease northwest Arkansas’ severe growing pains. With 38 new residents moving into Benton, Washington and Madison counties each day, some cities have lost development projects because of limited wastewater capacity.
Hoge Looks Back, NWA Editor Leaves

1 week ago | arkansasbusiness.com | Kyle Massey

As Alyson Hoge neared her last days as the top editor of the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, Lisa Thompson announced June 3 that she was resigning as the top editor at the Little Rock daily’s sister paper, the Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. Hoge, who is retiring this month, spent 46 years at the Arkansas Democrat, renamed in 1991 as the Democrat-Gazette. She rose from newsroom clerk to the editorship, hitting some important stops along the way.
Powers of Arkansas Looks Back on 40 Years of Business

2 weeks ago | arkansasbusiness.com | Kyle Massey

Alan Hope started out in accounting at the University of Arkansas, but he didn’t love the numbers. “So I went over to the technical numbers and got an industrial engineering degree,” said Hope, longtime CEO of Powers of Arkansas, based in North Little Rock. “I thought that would lead me into technical sales, which it did eventually.”Now, as the building controls and HVAC company celebrates its 40th anniversary, Hope has some pleasant numbers to contemplate.
Royalty Ruling Lets Lithium Plans Roll On

2 weeks ago | arkansasbusiness.com | Kyle Massey

Standard Lithium finally has a royalty rate to pay mineral owners, and one of Arkansas’ biggest potential energy industries is poised to go commercial. The Arkansas Oil & Gas Commission voted 9-0 on May 28 to set a royalty rate of 2.5% for battery-grade lithium products extracted from the Smackover geological formation. The formation, which runs through south Arkansas and several other states, has long been a hotbed of oil and gas production and the brine bromine industry.
$1 Billion Data Center Projects Signal New Tech Era for Arkansas

3 weeks ago | arkansasbusiness.com | Kyle Massey

It has been Arkansas’ springtime for data centers since the state made luring tech hubs a priority in the recent legislative session. Huge data center projects have been announced since April in West Memphis, Conway and Little Rock. All are hailed as the biggest capital investments ever in their cities. And they have reaped major incentives while promising a construction boom and up to 50 high-value permanent jobs at each site.
State Approves Standard Lithium's 2.5% Royalty Rate Proposal

1 month ago | arkansasbusiness.com | Kyle Massey

The push to produce commercial lithium from Arkansas’ underground brines took a big step forward Wednesday when regulators set a royalty rate for landowners. The Arkansas Oil & Gas Commission unanimously set a 2.5% royalty for mineral rights holders, disappointing many who had hoped for a bigger percentage. The ruling, which came during a four-hour hearing at Southern Arkansas University in Magnolia, favored Standard Lithium.
SPP Proposes Fast-Track Plan to Address Looming Power Generation Shortfall

1 month ago | arkansasbusiness.com | Kyle Massey

Southwest Power Pool, the Little Rock nonprofit that oversees the electrical grid in 14 states, has the tough mission of ensuring adequate wholesale electricity and transmission infrastructure. That job is getting harder by the day as a projected generation gap threatens to overwhelm the Midwest and, indeed, most of the United States.
Springdale's Cargill Closure Marks Largest Layoff in City History

1 month ago | arkansasbusiness.com | Kyle Massey

Decision-makers at Cargill Inc. hit the Springdale workforce with a body blow this year, but they managed to telegraph the punch. Cargill, the nation’s largest privately held company, announced in late January that it would shut down its turkey production plant in Springdale on Aug. 1. This closing will throw about 1,000 plant employees out of work and loom over the livelihoods of 108 turkey farmers contracted to supply birds to the operation.
APR Spells Excellence In Communications Work

1 month ago | arkansasbusiness.com | Kyle Massey

April was National APR Month, celebrated by the Public Relations Society of America, and its Arkansas chapter was front and center. APR signals Accreditation in Public Relations, the society’s “gold standard” for communications professionals. Of PRSA’s 112 chapters nationwide, the Arkansas chapter has the highest percentage of members with the APR distinction, roughly 48%.
Walmart Connect Powers Advertising Growth With AI, Data & Streaming

1 month ago | arkansasbusiness.com | Kyle Massey

Walmart has 10,500 stores worldwide and has recently challenged Amazon’s dominance in online sales. But the world’s largest business, based in Bentonville, has also steadily but quietly become a big money-maker in advertising. Last fiscal year, the retail giant reported global ad revenue of $4.4 billion, up 27% from 2023. Its dedicated U.S. omnichannel ad platform, Walmart Connect, reported a 24% revenue jump in the fourth quarter.