Arkansas Times
Today in Arkansas: The details on the big gift to UA art
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- Today in Arkansas: The details on the big gift to UA art
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- 7:12
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- News on Thursday, Aug. 24 includes new details on the big Walton gift to UA to encourage art. Also: Deputy dies in Drew County chase; GOP leaders silent on hate messaging; governor/legislature fight over contract; Republicans continue vote suppression effort; Trump targets transgender troops.
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- Today in Arkansas: Waltons invest in art at UA
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- 7:13
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- Arkansas news on Wednesday, Aug. 23, includes a $120 million investment by the Walton family in a School of Art at the University of Arkansas. Also: A government spat at the Capitol; vital records backlog at Health Department; Fort Smith defies FOI, has a senator in trouble; Hillary book talks about the creepy Donald Trump; and speaking of Trump .....
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- Today in Arkansas: Civil War rages on
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- 5:38
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- News in Arkansas on Friday, Aug. 18 includes the renewed fight over Civil War monuments; White House upheaval; movement toward another execution; UA researchers' insight into the alt-right; auto plant dreams; good employment numbers.
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- Today in Arkansas: The new Civil War, crime and terrorism
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- 5:10
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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- Headlines on Thursday, Aug 17, include new Civil War over Confederate statuary and continuing fallout from Trump talk; state cops on the street in Little Rock; still another charter school for LR; safety problems imperil Arlington Hotel; free street car rides; memorial service set for Frank Broyles.
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- Mitchell Johnson 2000
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- 2:53:10
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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- Mitchell Johnson, one of the Westside school shooters, in a 2000 deposition.
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- Mitchell Johnson 2007
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- 2:26:40
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- Mitchell Johnson, one of the Westside school shooters, in a 2007 deposition.
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- Andrew Golden 2008 1
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- 2:21:33
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- A deposition from Andrew Golden, one of the Westside school shootes, in 2008
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- Andrew Golden 4 27 00
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- 1:52:43
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- A 2000 deposition by Andrew Goilden, one of the Westside school shooters.
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- Today in Arkansas: Trump turmoil and the testimony of Westside School shooters
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- 5:36
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- Arkansas news on Tuesday, Aug. 15, leads with Trump turmoil, but also includes more Little Rock charter schools; the release of testimony by the killers at Westside School 19 years ago; Frank Broyles accomplishments and Arkansas's lack of same except in sports.
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- Today in Arkansas: The silence of the congressmen
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- 5:06
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- Arkansas congressmen running from the discussion of tough issues is highlighted by Steve Womack's remote choice for a town hall meeting. Also on Friday, Aug. 11: A secret LRSD sale to Waltons; a win for tenants against landlord; Southwest Air boots an LR passenger; state seeks parking lot whistleblowers; court limits public photography of cops; state expands crisis centers; 500 sign up for medical marijuana.
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- Fanne Foxe: From firecracker to bombshell
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- 3:04
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- Welcome to the first episode of Arkansas Times Unmentionables, presented by Cupid's. In this series we'll be talking about the more salacious moments in Arkansas history and hopefully teaching you a thing or two about the seedier side of the Natural State.
In tonight's episode, we dive into the life of Fanne Foxe, the Argentine Firecracker, whose allure proved too much for one of Arkansas's most prominent politicians.
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- Today in Arkansas: From Twitter diplomacy to spilled pizza
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- 4:48
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- Trump's taunts of North Korea dominate the news on Wednesday, Aug. 9, but there's news in Arkansas too. Leslie Rutledge sides with nursing homes over patients; a plea for mercy for 10 Commandments monument destroyer; black cops feud with LR chief; pot sellers start a lobby group; death and destruction on the roadways; a musical sour note, and a proud football coaching papa.
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- Today in Arkansas:: Troubles in the prison and a win for renters
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- 4:45
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- Arkansas news on Tuesday, Aug. 8 includes lingering questions about two breakouts in sections of the Tucker Max prison. Also: A prosecutor says he won''t enforce a new criminal eviction statute because of constitutional questions; deck is stacked for charter schools; Leslie Rutledge sides with the money lenders, but also settles a suit against a shoddy funeral home; an Arkansas dies in Destin.
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- Today in Arkansas: Busy day for ACLU
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- 6:13
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- Arkansas news on Monday, Aug. 7, includes a spate of ACLU actions: Against the new criminal eviction law; against the new anti-pan handling law, and in behalf of undocumented immigrants who came to the U.S. as children. Other news: Tom Cotton's national profile; Arkansas opposition to Trump on transgender military; city politics; Houston Nutt, Asa staff turnover.
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- Today in Arkansas
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- 3:45
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- News Headlines for August 4, 2017. Today's headlines include a graduation for 18 Little Rock police officers, a new head of DHS' Division of Medical Services, dash cam footage of Hutchinson III's arrest and a look at the "large adult son" meme.
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- Today in Arkansas - A new bike trail for Arkansas
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- 2:16
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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- News Headlines for August 3, 2017.
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- Today in Arkansas - Cotton seeks to restrict legal immigration
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- 3:21
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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- News headlines for August 2, 2017.
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- Today in Arkansas: Judge takes out new anti-abortion laws
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- 6:52
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- Arkansas news on Monday, July 31 includes a recap of Judge Kristine Baker's A monumental ruling blocking a batch of new anti-abortion laws. Another Democratic candidate for Congress. LR City Hall's attempt to silence a critic. Sunday alcohol sales. A county government decides to arm itself. The value of the House speaker's autograph. Another Huckup. Trump by the numbers.
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- Today in Arkansas: From Russia, love for the Trumps
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- 5:04
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- A slow, hot day in Arkansas on Monday, July 24 turns our attention to Donald Trump's ties to Russians and the secret Republican health bill, which may reach a vote Tuesday. Back home, a tribute to a progressive transit manager; guns and bars; crime in Little Rock, a tribute to the cemetery angel. NOTE: I misspoke the date on my opening.
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- Today in Arkansas: As the White House turns
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- 7:26
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- News on Friday, July 21 includes more Trump follies, including the rise of Sarah Huckabee Sanders to White House press secretary after this taping. Also: French Hill dodging answers t Russian questions; suddenly Obamacare becomes popular; Paul Bookout leaves prison; the Arkansas angle in Ole Miss football upheaval; fighting LR crime; a big lottery ticket.
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- Today in Arkansas: The Apprentice President
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- 7:13
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- Arkansas news on Thursday, July 20, begins with Trump zaniness and includes an Arkansas angle on the Russian scandal. Also: Frank Broyles has a health setback; a female boss in Conway accused of sexual harassment; Scott Pruitt brings his dirty water caravan to Arkansas; Arkansas produces a Muslim Senate candidate in Arizona and a terrible judge in Kentucky; Mike Maggio isn't sorry; funny business at City Hall, and the weather -- LR is even doing something about it.
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- Today in Arkansas: Health insurance, Little Rock schools and more
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- 6:20
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- Arkansas news on Friday, July 14 includes the uncertain state of Republican efforts to kill the Affordable Care Act; big news on the Little Rock school front; new tax bills in Pulaski County; the state's fight to limit women's medical rights; a refugee finds a home in Fayetteville; a bike trail for Lake Maumelle.
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- Today in Arkansas: Health bill still mean
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- 6:58
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- Arkansas news on July 13 includes another flawed health bill in the Senate. Bad news on the regional economy from Metroplan. A new emergency communications network. Arkansas support for a climate denier as the U.S. top environmental lawyer. Announcements for 2nd District Congress and county judge. How to read the Kochs' legislative scorecard. The battle for abortion rights.
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- Today in Arkansas: Trump meets Putin
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- 4:45
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- News on Friday, July 7: Donald Trump pals around with Vladimir Putin. A race for mayor shapes up in Little Rock. A million-dollar lottery win. Legislature moves against chemical companies. Mark Martin shares your voter data with the world. Midtown Billiards reopens.
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- Today in Arkansas: No arrests yet in mass shooting
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- 5:54
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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- More questions than answers still in the club shooting that left 25 wounded last weekend. Also in the news in Arkansas Wednesday, July 5: Secretary of state turns over voter data to Trump commission; state finishes year in the black; U.S. senators lay low on the 4th; critics emerge on Little Rock school finance; Jonesboro judges get sued for helping defendants; money pours in for 10 Commandments; music prompts Conway shooting.
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- Today in Arkansas: Lawsuit names opioid makers
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- 7:27
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- Arkansas news on Friday, June 30 includes a class action damage suit against opioid makers. Also: The Trump twitter war; more important questions about vote suppression and Russian election interference; Texas Supreme Court continues to resist gay rights; Leslie Rutledge wants to dash the DREAMers; Cody Hiland for U.S. attorney; Tom Cotton and John Boozman keep dodging health bill questions.
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- Today in Arkansas: Driver destroys Ten Commandments monument
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- 6:11
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- The destruction of the new Ten Commandments monument at the Arkansas Capitol, not even a day old, was done by the same man who wrecked a similar tablet in Oklahoma. Same-sex couples still denied equal treatment on birth certificates. I-30 widening approved. Republicans block LR-Hot Springs bike/hike trail. Drive-by shooting on I-30. Asa, Rutledge cheer repeal of clean water rule. New at the zoo. DC cops arrest protestors at Tom Cotton's office.
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- Today in Arkansas: Big win for gay rights
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- 6:37
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- The U.S. Supreme Court today gave same-sex couples in Arkansas what the state Supreme Court denied -- equal treatment on their children's birth certificates. Other news on Monday, June 26: Arkansas politicians still run from defending health legislation; LR schools get secret approval of $92 million in bonds; LR city board bows to realtor lobby on green ordinance; VA nurses picket over staff shortages; 32-year escapee nabbed in Springdale; marching for equality; more drive-bys in Little Rock.
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- Today in Arkansas: The rich get richer
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- 6:17
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- Arkansas news on Friday, June 23 begins with the massive gift to rich people in the Republican health bill. Then the news that Putin really did work to get Trump elected. Closer to home: Plea bargain for triple killer in Yell County; might gay rights in Arkansas get a boost from Supreme Court; Trump taps an Arkie Democrat to study vote fraud!; Wendell Griffen says the legislature screwed up on juvenile sentencing law; serial drive-bys in LR; Julius Caesar comes to UCA with scheming modern day women doing the deadly deed.
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- Today in Arkansas: Hazardous to your health
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- 6:12
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- News on Thursday, June 22. The Senate wealthcare bill is as bad as expected: less coverage for more money and a gift to the wealthy. Guess what? Donald Trump lied again, about taping Comey. New study says concealed weapon laws lead to more violent crimes. A 2-year-old dead by gunshot in Yell County. Arkansas high courts are bickering again. Tom Cotton makes a bad intern hire. ASU dreams of pigskin glory.;
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- Today in Arkansas: Probation for daycare where child died
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- 6:11
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- The state is stepping up monitoring of a childcare chain where a child died in a hot van. Also on Wednesday, June 21: Democrats lose in special congressional elections. LR city board abandons schools again. Uber CEO gets a comeuppance. Russians did hack elections. Lobbyist becomes a regulator, too. The bathroom bill is back. Jerry Jones meets the pope.
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- Today in Arkansas: Developments on Death Row
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- 6:16
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- Arkansas news on Monday, June 19: Supreme Court help for Death Row inmates, but no news on gay rights case. Shooting at Rave Theater. Big win for gas company. Josh Duggar drops out of sisters' case. The Broom Man passes. Tom Cotton meets the resistance.
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- Today in Arkansas: Trump confirms investigation
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- 6:15
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- Arkansas news on Friday, June 16 includes another episode of Apprentice President, in which he admits he's being investigated. Elsewhere: Lots of people working in Arkansas; charges filed in daycare death; lawsuit planned to challenge anti-abortion laws; a gas royalty lawsuit nears an end; Bar Association mulls competing amendment on damage lawsuits; ironic note in heroism in congressman's shooting.
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- Today in Arkansas: Gunman killed after wounding congressman
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- 6:04
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- News on Wednesday, June 14: Attack on congressmen leaves gunman dead, five wounded. Let the politicization begin. Asa heading to Europe. Rutledge defends confiscatory prison phone rates. Special elections do the trick in Pine Bluff, Pulaski County. Jury clears cop in bar beating. Tom Cotton kisses up to Jeff Sessions. A judge with tax problems. And, finally, keep resisting. But keep it legal.
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- Today in Arkansas: Travails with Trump
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- 5:19
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- Monday, June 12, 2017. What would we do without Donald Trump? No illegal travel ban to talk about? No cringe-inducing cabinet meeting. No emolument lawsuit. Elsewhere, new congressmen gets no jail time for assaulting reporter. Judicial candidate. Trial begins on LR cop's beatdown of restaurant patron. Republican senator thinks religious protection only applies to him (and gay discrimination). Resistance continues.
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- Today in Arkansas: Who loves Paris
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- 5:19
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- News Headlines for June 2, 2017: The local reaction to Trump's repudiation of the Paris climate agreement. Walmarts critics rap effort on family leave. A hot rumor for new U.S. attorney. A candidate for 2nd District Congress. Stagnant state money flow. A modest idea on cop cars: No more free commutes to the suburbs.
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- Today in Arkansas: French and Russian dressing for Trump
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- 5:32
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- News on June 1 includes another installment of the Reality TV President: Russia's Putin admits election meddling by his people; Trump abandons the Paris accord; Tom Cotton rises to blame everything on Obama. Also: The heavy cost of trucks; band director guilty in assault; Walmart to try home deliveries with employees; a congressional candidate; a diatribe against arbitration to settle legal disputes.
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- Today in Arkansas: From birth control to an unaccountable charter school
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- 6:33
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- Arkansas news on Wednesday, May 31 includes Donald Trump's assault on contraception. Bike sharing coming to Little Rock. Walmart pushed for equal family leave policy. A Little Rock native makes good. Sexual politics from court to Boys State. State proved this week that accountability not required for charter schools.
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- Today in Arkansas: Bright ideas for the governor
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- 6:06
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- News slows down on the Memorial Day weekend this Friday, May 26. But UA tuition is going up; the governor has gotten some bright and not-so-bright ideas on how to improve government (rid it of Rapert, for one); highway leadership continues to lack; a violent Republican wins a Montana election; Hillary returns to Wellesley with some digs at the man who beat her for president.
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- Today in Arkansas: Arkansas bridges are falling down
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- 6:05
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- Arkansas news on Thursday, May 25 includes a remarkable absence of governance skill in the Arkansas legislature when it comes to highways. Also: A bad day for Donald Trump; shakeup at Alcoholic Beverage Control; lawsuit in jail death; Mike Huckabee departs Fox; workfare flops in Maine; an unwelcome Mansion visitor; wild times in Montana congressional race.
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- Today in Arkansas: Trump gets reading from the pope
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- 5:31
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- News on Wednesday, May 24 includes some important reading for Donald Trump from the pope. Also: Cheap talk from Sen. Cotton on a historic site; the Waltons' dollars attack the public schools; an arrest in child's murder; a losing defamation lawsuit; Arkansas background of right-wing judicial appointee; a racist rant at NW Ark. Walmart.
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- Today in Arkansas: Trump travails continue
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- 5:36
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- Arkansas Republicans are silent about the latest Donald Trump disaster -- suggesting a pass to the FBI director for his pal Michael Flynn. Also on Wednesday, May 17: Delays in dealing with homeless and the Little Rock School district; a new boss at Arkansas State; an uncommon GOP congressional candidate; Waltons win a school battle in California with omens for LR; an Arkansas hacker figures in French election.
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- Today in Arkansas: Violence continues
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- 6:27
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- Violent crimes all over with the opening of a new week on Monday, May 15. Also, more cops than ever commuting in city cars out of LR. The Bar Association has a counter-proposal to amendment capping lawsuit damages. Damascus speed trap loses a round in court. Resistance grows to LR anti-homeless ordinance. Waltons spending to buy LA school board seat. Live, from New York, it's Sarah Huckabee Sanders.
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- Today in Arkansas: Aftermath of a crime spree
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- 7:12
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- More details emerge in the death of a Yell County deputy and two others. Also on Friday, May 12: A state School Board member insults public speakers; Fayetteville gets more time to defend gay rights ordinance; money short for voting machines; Dallas Cowboy gift held unethical; 10 Commandments are coming; city wants to cut homeless feeding in parks; Trump's latest tirades.
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- Today in Arkansas: Deputy among three killed in Yell County
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- 5:55
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- A deputy was slain responding to a call in which two other people were found dead and a standoff continues in Yell County. Also in Arkansas on Thursday, May 11: Pipeline suit tossed; billboard riles Jason Rapert; a DWI judge back on the bench; Westerman bars critics from breakfast; Tom Cotton emerges in Trump defense and then Trump's day REALLY turns south.
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- Today in Arkansas: From Comeygate to a school election
- Runtime
- 6:12
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- Arkansas news on Wednesday, May 10 includes the muted reaction by Arkansas Republicans to Donald Trump's firing of the FBI director. Also, a surprise and huge defeat of a Little Rock school tax, with implications for other city politics. Crackdown on speed trap in Damascus. Arrest in multiple arsons. Solar power comes to Stuttgart. Beer on the menu for Razorback games.
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- Today in Arkansas: Health vote fallout
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- 6:31
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- Arkansas news on Monday, May 8: Negative fallout for Republicans, particularly French Hill, on House health care vote. Legislators start tax "reform" study. Interest high in LR school election. LR going to have a second cab company. Razorback star Rawleigh Williams gives up football. The French are singing "Ode to Joy." Trumpism failed there.
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- Today in Arkansas: Ill health legislation
- Runtime
- 6:11
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- Arkansas news on Friday, May 5 includes fallout from House passage of Obamacare repeal legislation and Tom Cotton's role on the Senate side. Also: Juvenile jailers indicted; another LR homicide; curious money transfer to state senator; another big ad contract; Bentonville school controversy; Facebook cools on virtual reality; the case of the purloined alligator.
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- Today in Arkansas: House votes to ruin Obamacare
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- 6:33
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- As expected all the GOP members in the House from Arkansas voted to wreck the Affordable Care Act. Pre-existing condition? Woman? Too bad for you. Also on Thursday, May 4: Getting ready for guns at Capitol; UA in free speech controversy; Supreme Court OKs nursing home suit; good riddance to Tony Alamo; Arkansas DHS official helping Olympic bid; Arkansas Times talks to Jeff Nichols.
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- Today in Arkansas: Legislature goes home with hint of impeachment
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- 8:07
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- The legislature went home but not before passing legislation to end Medicaid coverage for 60,000 Arkansans. The House also began a move toward impeaching Circuit Judge Wendell Griffen for remarks about the death penalty. Also: State budget tightens; city board talks crime; a report on school voucher failure; fake recycling in Fort Smith; unrepentant James Comey.
