Arkansas Times' Week in Review Podcast

Send us Fan Mail In this week's podcast, we focus on the March 5 primary and nonpartisan judicial elections coming up on Tuesday.  Group pushes Womack to support Ukraine aid despite GOP blockade of bill https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2024/02/21/group-pushes-womack-to-support-ukraine-aid-despite-gop-blockade-of-bill U.S. speaker fight influences Arkansas congressional race (via Arkansas Ad...

Send us Fan Mail Allegations against Ark. corrections board member raise questions for Gov. Sanders’ father — and Trump https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2024/02/22/allegations-against-ark-corrections-board-member-raise-questions-for-gov-sanders-father-and-trump   National funders skip Arkansas’s abortion fight, locals soldier on https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2024/02/20/national-funders-skip...

Send us Fan Mail Show Notes: University of Memphis hires Little Rock’s ex-police chief https://arktimes.com/news/2024/02/13/university-of-memphis-hires-little-rocks-ex-police-chief Little Rock mayor’s annual address teases new programs, renewed sales tax push https://arktimes.com/news/2024/02/09/little-rock-mayors-annual-address-teases-new-programs-renewed-sales-tax-push Little Rock officials appr...

Send us Fan Mail This week, Benji recaps two races for the state Supreme Court in which the likely winners are already sitting justices, education reporter Jeannie Roberts fills us in on ClassWallet and the state's weird, secretive bidding process, and publisher Alan Leveritt has the dirt on the best tomato and pepper varieties for an Arkansas climate. Show Notes: March 5 election may hand Go...

Send us Fan Mail Stories in this Episode Helena - West Helena Water Crisis - https://arktimes.com/news/2024/01/29/shower-truck-other-resources-available-in-helena-west-helena-as-water-crisis-drags-on - https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2024/01/26/legislators-weigh-in-on-broken-water-system-in-helena-west-helena - https://arktimes.com/news/2024/01/31/possible-end-in-sight-for-water-outage-in-helen...

Send us Fan Mail This week: The abortion amendment clears a key hurdle at the state attorney general's office, while the FOIA amendment makes progress. Plus, we continue talking with Dave Ramsey about how Arkansas LEARNS affects teachers, specifically job protections post-Teacher Fair Dismissal Act. Topics discussed in this episode: Ballot initiatives: https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2024/...

Send us Fan Mail It's a relatively slow news week thanks to the winter weather, so we're talking to reporter David Ramsey at length about how the Arkansas LEARNS Act impacts teachers. Also, Mary Hennigan updates us on the situation in Stone County, where residents have been going without water amid sub-freezing temperatures. Articles discussed in this episode: How does Arkansas LEARNS im...

Send us Fan Mail In this week’s podcast, Benji and EIC Austin Bailey update us on the status of the various ballot initiatives seeking Attorney General Tim Griffin's approval,  Asa Hutchinson's chances in the Iowa caucuses, and developments in the state Board of Corrections' dispute with  the governor.  Among the stories referenced in this episode: Amendment to expand medical mariju...

Send us Fan Mail In this week’s podcast, Benji and investigative reporter Matt Campbell take a deep dive (probably too deep) into the tangled dispute between the state Board of Corrections and the governor, attorney general and secretary of corrections. Debra Hale-Shelton updates us on the case of Deitric Williams Jr., a 26-year-old Black man who died while being arrested by Conway police in July....

Send us Fan Mail On this week's podcast, Austin and Benji dig into the state Board of Corrections' suspension of the governor's corrections secretary, Joe Profiri. (Note: We recorded this episode midday on Friday, Dec. 15; a few hours later, a Pulaski County circuit judge granted a temporary restraining order requested by the Board of Corrections. Catch up on the latest on the Arkan...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Arkansas Times' editor-in-chief Austin Bailey and city reporter Mary Hennigan run down local news of the week: https://arktimes.com/news/2023/12/08/fore-better-or-worse-little-rocks-topgolf-opens-dec-22 Austin and managing editor Benjamin Hardy discuss a recent ruling from the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals on a voting rights case out of Arkansas with a nationa...

Send us Fan Mail On this week's episode, we discuss the University of Arkansas' hiring of Bobby Petrino to be the Razorbacks' new offensive coordinator. https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2023/11/29/read-petrinos-permission-slip-to-come-back-to-work A new ballot initiative to restore some abortion rights in Arkansas. https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2023/11/27/group-aims-to-restor...

Send us Fan Mail *Correction:  This podcast mistakenly identifies a private school promoted by the Arkansas Department of Education as “Covenant Christian Academy.” In fact, the name of the school is “Cornerstone Christian Academy.” Omaya Jones and Arkansas Times Managing Editor Benjamin Hardy talk about the news that ExxonMobil is going to begin drilling for lithium in south Arkansas. https://ark...

Send us Fan Mail It's the return of the Arkansas Times' Week in Review Podcast! This week, Omaya Jones talks to managing editor Benjamin Hardy about a new lawsuit against businessman Ted Suhl. Editor-in-chief Austin Bailey discusses the Little Rock school board's decision to combine Hall High School and the West School of Innovation into a single campus. And, Benjamin talks to new A...

Send us Fan Mail Arkansas Times editors Austin Bailey and Lindsey Millar talk about the latest from the legislature, including the continued assault on trans kids, a bid to criminalize affirmative action, an effort to essentially ban books and more. We welcome your feedback. Write us at  podcasts@arktimes.com

Send us Fan Mail Arkansas Times editors Austin Bailey and Lindsey Millar talk about the latest from the legislature, including the near passage of Arkansas LEARNS. We welcome your feedback. Write us at  podcasts@arktimes.com

Send us Fan Mail Arkansas Times editors Austin Bailey and Lindsey Millar talk about Arkansas LEARNS and other legislative happenings. We welcome your feedback. Write us at  podcasts@arktimes.com

Send us Fan Mail Arkansas Times editors Austin Bailey and Lindsey Millar talk about the latest from Arkansas General Assembly. We welcome your feedback. Write us at  podcasts@arktimes.com

Send us Fan Mail On this week's podcast, Austin Bailey and Lindsey Millar talk about Gov. Sarah Sanders' delivering the Republican response to President Biden's State of the Union address, the Arkansas LEARNS education plan and more news from the legislature. We welcome your feedback. Write us at  podcasts@arktimes.com

Send us Fan Mail Arkansas Times editors Austin Bailey and Lindsey Millar talk about the latest from the legislature, Gov. Sarah Sanders' messaging and the potential deal involving the University of Phoenix and the University of Arkansas System. We welcome your feedback. Write us at  podcasts@arktimes.com

Send us Fan Mail Arkansas Times editors Austin Bailey and Lindsey Millar talk about the early days of Gov. Sarah Sanders, which have been filled with executive orders, lawmakers filing a lot of culture war legislation and all sorts of fretting over big, terrible bills to come. Also, they discuss the travails of felonious former senator Jeremy Hutchinson.  We welcome your feedback. Write us at  pod...

Send us Fan Mail The education policy experts at For AR People drill down on the differences between what Governor Sanders says and what’s really happening. We welcome your feedback. Write us at  podcasts@arktimes.com

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Send us Fan Mail Arkansas Times editors Max Brantley and Lindsey Millar talk about the early days of Gov.-elect Sarah Huckabee Sanders, donor drama at the Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts and other odds and ends. We welcome your feedback. Write us at  podcasts@arktimes.com

Send us Fan Mail Arkansas Times editors Austin Bailey and Lindsey Millar talk about the conclusion of the federal court trial over Arkansas's first in the nation ban on gender-affirming care for minors, a monumental state Supreme Court ruling and Governor Hutchinson's presidential warm-up. We welcome your feedback. Write us at  podcasts@arktimes.com