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Since 2011, the Arkansas Times' Week in Review Podcast has been the place to go for the straight dirt on state news, politics and more. Join us each week as Arkansas Times reporters and editors discuss the top stories of the week (and whatever else is on our minds).
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Send a text Podcast listeners: We need your help! Please take this short survey and let us know what kind of coverage you value from the Arkansas Times Week in Review. It should take no more than 2-3 minutes to complete. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSelGwfouBLfdR0RWUfz75fNXZFv6Z1s9T7YMPLIGlGK_ri3tQ/viewform Thanks! We appreciate your time. Stories discussed this week: Bill targeting hog farm moratoriums near Buffalo River fails in committee Tuesday, sponsors will amend and t...
Send a text Podcast listeners: We need your help! Please take this short survey and let us know what kind of coverage you value from the Arkansas Times Week in Review. It should take no more than 2-3 minutes to complete. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSelGwfouBLfdR0RWUfz75fNXZFv6Z1s9T7YMPLIGlGK_ri3tQ/viewform Thanks! We appreciate your time. Stories discussed this week: Power companies would be able to raise your electric bill more easily under new legislation https://arktimes...
Send a text Stories discussed this week: Anti-woke activism meets technocratic tinkering: Breaking down Sanders’ higher ed bill https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2025/02/22/anti-woke-activism-meets-technocratic-tinkering-breaking-down-sanders-higher-ed-bill Get off the Capitol lawn! Gov’s bill aims to limit students’ political speech https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2025/02/21/get-off-the-capitol-lawn-govs-bill-aims-to-limit-students-political-speech Secretary of state joins Legislature in...
Send a text Stories discussed this week: UAMS, AR Children’s brace for Trump administration cuts to medical research funding https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2025/02/10/uams-bracing-for-trump-administration-cuts-to-medical-research-funding Rick Crawford sponsors bill to keep USAID cash flowing to farms amid Musk’s assault on agency https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2025/02/12/rick-crawford-sponsors-bill-to-keep-usaid-cash-flowing-to-farms-amid-musks-assault-on-agency Senate passes slate of...
Send a text Stories discussed this week: ‘Tort reform’ bill passes Senate, heads to governor’s desk https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2025/02/06/tort-reform-bill-passes-senate-heads-to-governors-desk Sanders’ maternal health plan would make it easier to get Medicaid — but not to keep it https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2025/02/06/governors-maternal-health-plan-would-make-it-easier-to-get-medicaid-but-not-to-keep-it U.S. reading and math scores keep trending downward, with Arkansas towards ...
Send a text Stories discussed this week: Phones would be banned ‘bell to bell’ in Arkansas public schools under new bill https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2025/01/29/phones-would-be-banned-bell-to-bell-in-arkansas-public-schools-under-new-bill Sanders will seek new Medicaid work requirement for 220K Arkansans https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2025/01/28/sanders-will-seek-new-medicaid-work-requirement-for-220k-poor-arkansans Senate passes bill to end affirmative action as pleas from Black co...
Send a text Stories discussed this week: State law allowing child sexual abuse victims to retroactively sue gets its day in court https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2025/01/23/state-law-allowing-child-sexual-abuse-victims-to-retroactively-sue-gets-its-day-in-court Arkansas immigrants brace for Trump’s promised raids as rumors fly on social media https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2025/01/24/arkansas-immigrants-brace-for-trumps-promised-raids-as-rumors-fly-on-social-media Trump pardons J...
Send a text Stories discussed this week: Crawford picked as House Intelligence chair after ouster of Republican who dared question Trump https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2025/01/16/crawford-picked-as-house-intelligence-chair-after-ouster-of-republican-who-dared-question-trump UPDATE: Sanders’ session agenda includes school phone ban, firing ‘woke’ professors, higher ed funding https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2025/01/14/sanders-session-agenda-school-cell-phone-ban-higher-ed-funding-rewo...
Send a text Stories discussed this week Baker claps back at other Supreme Court justices, declares recent orders null and void https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2025/01/08/baker-claps-back-at-other-supreme-court-justices-declares-recent-orders-null-and-void State Supreme Court majority voids chief justice’s appointments to judicial discipline panel https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2025/01/07/state-supreme-court-majority-voids-chief-justices-appointments-to-judicial-discipline-panel We welc...
Send a text Stories discussed this week: Despite opposition from local right wing group, Fort Smith City Board approves EPA grant https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2024/12/18/despite-opposition-from-local-right-wing-group-fort-smith-city-board-approves-epa-grant Governor’s consultants pitch bad ideas for a FOIA overhaul https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2024/12/18/governors-consultants-pitch-bad-ideas-for-a-foia-overhaul We welcome your feedback. Write us at podcasts@arktimes.com
Send a text Stories discussed this week: 220K Arkansans will lose insurance if Republicans cut federal Medicaid expansion funds https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2024/12/12/220k-arkansans-will-lose-insurance-if-republicans-cut-federal-medicaid-expansion-funds Emails show officials hid purchase of land in Franklin County for prison, mocked residents by sharing South Park video clips (UPDATED) https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2024/12/10/emails-show-state-officials-intentionally-hid-purchase-...
Send a text Stories discussed this week Can you really use an Arkansas school voucher for horseback riding lessons? Yes. https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2024/11/27/can-you-really-use-an-arkansas-school-voucher-for-horseback-riding-lessons-yes Donald Trump taps Mike Huckabee as ambassador to Israel https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2024/11/12/donald-trump-taps-mike-huckabee-as-ambassador-to-israel Picking Mike Huckabee for ambassador to Israel spells more misery for Palestinians https://ar...
Send a text Prefiled bills have Republicans pushing discrimination, tooth decay and maternal health https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2024/11/20/pre-filed-bills-have-republicans-pushing-discrimination-tooth-decay-and-maternal-health Arkansas House Dems unveil 2025 agenda, but can any of it pass?https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2024/11/19/arkansas-house-dems-unveil-2025-agenda-but-can-any-of-it-pass Raw milk, raffles and retroactive panic: prefiling bills for 2025 continues https://arktimes...
Send a text Franklin County residents question prison location during contentious town hall https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2024/11/08/franklin-county-residents-question-prison-location-during-contentious-town-hall Failing up: 10 months after his firing, former prisons chief Profiri still has a $184K job in the governor’s office https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2024/11/15/failing-up-10-months-after-his-firing-former-prisons-chief-profiri-still-has-a-184k-job-in-the-governors-office LRSD ...
Send a text Little Rock voters say no to new sales tax, yes to incumbent city directors https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2024/11/06/little-rock-voters-say-no-to-new-sales-tax-yes-to-incumbent-city-directors Pope County casino dead after Issue 2 passes, despite local voter support for casino https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2024/11/06/pope-county-casino-dead-after-issue-2-passes-despite-local-voter-support-for-casino Baker, Tucker, Eubanks win judicial races https://arktimes.com/arkansas-b...
Send a text Vote yes: Little Rock’s 1-cent sales tax plan is the city’s chance to think big https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2024/10/29/vote-yes-little-rocks-1-cent-sales-tax-plan-is-the-citys-chance-to-think-big Will it make a difference? Analyzing Little Rock’s proposed 1-cent sales tax increase https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2024/10/21/will-it-make-a-difference-analyzing-little-rocks-proposed-1-cent-sales-tax-increase Arkansas Community Organizations endorses city board candidates, o...
Send a text UPDATE: Franklin County selected as home of new 3,000-bed state prison https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2024/10/31/franklin-county-selected-as-home-of-new-3k-bed-state-prison New data on Ark. vouchers: More than 80% of new enrollees did not attend public school last year https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2024/10/31/new-data-on-ark-vouchers-more-than-80-of-new-enrollees-did-not-attend-public-school-last-year DHS numbers show Sarah Sanders is wrong: Arkansas needs Medicaid extens...
Send a text Stories discussed this week: Utility regulators say AG failed to meet deadlines in case to raise gas rates https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2024/10/23/utility-regulators-say-ag-failed-to-meet-deadlines-in-case-to-raise-gas-rates Advocates of the ‘raw milk revolution’ push legislation allowing retail sales at markets https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2024/10/18/advocates-of-the-raw-milk-revolution-push-legislation-allowing-retail-sales-at-markets Split Supreme Court, stacked wit...
Send a text State Supreme Court requires 2 early voting sites in West Memphis, rejecting Republicans’ arguments https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2024/10/17/state-supreme-court-requires-2-early-voting-sites-in-west-memphis-rejecting-republicans-arguments Supreme Court clears path for Arkansans to vote on anti-casino amendment https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2024/10/17/supreme-court-clears-path-for-arkansans-to-vote-on-anti-casino-amendment Tyson Foods under investigation again for alleged...
Send a text Stories discussed this week: Judge sentences two former officers videotaped in infamous Mulberry beating https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2024/10/10/judge-sentences-two-former-officers-videotaped-in-infamous-mulberry-beating Overwhelmed voucher systems in West Virginia, Arkansas leave thousands of homeschoolers hanging https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2024/10/09/overwhelmed-voucher-systems-in-west-virginia-arkansas-leave-thousands-of-homeschoolers-hanging The import business: ...
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