Arkansas Times
Today in Arkansas: Floods, legislature and other calamaties
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- Today in Arkansas: Floods, legislature and other calamaties
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- 6:03
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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- High water and a special legislative session on Medicaid lead the news in Arkansas on Monday, May 1. Also: The Little Rock school tax; a quadruple murder arrest; Trump's travails; a call for impeachment of a judge over speech; the UT "Razorhorns," and a phone call with David Pryor.
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- Today in Arkansas: Governor defends execution process
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- 7:49
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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- Calls for an investigation of the execution of Kenneth Williams on account of body movements during the process were rejected as unnecessary today by Gov. Asa Hutchinson. Other Arkansas news on Friday, April 28: Violence from Mena to Little Rock to Pine Bluff. A big state budget cut. Closure of a payday lender. Political moves, including a potential Democratic candidate for 2nd District Congress; school 'choice' failures; Popup Pianos in downtown LR.
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- Today in Arkansas: Countdown to another execution
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- 6:27
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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- Arkansas news on Wednesday, April 26 includes the countdown to another execution. Also: Implications in Arkansas for a new health care bill in Congress; tax cuts, and efforts to undo designation of scenic land as national monuments. The ACLU gets into the Fayetteville gay rights ordinance legal fight. Wendell Griffen takes on the Supreme Court over his discipline.
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- Today in Arkansas
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- 3:22
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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- News Headlines for April 21, 2017
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- Randy Gardner strikes a bell in solemn protest of the execution of Ledell Lee
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- 2:53
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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- April 20, 2017
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- Today in Arkansas
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- 3:26
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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- News Headlines for April 20, 2017
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- Today in Arkansas: Death Row inmates ask Supreme Court for emergency stay
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- 3:09
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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- News Headlines for April 19, 2017
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- Rep. French Hill & Sen. Tom Cotton townhall
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- 1:28:57
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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- U.S. Rep. Hill and Sen. Cotton held a townhall in Little Rock on Monday, April 17, 2017.
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- Death penalty demonstrations at Arkansas capitol
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- 0:56
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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- The Arkansas Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty demonstrated at the Capitol Friday (April 14, 2017) against the scheduled state killing of seven men beginning the following Monday (April 17, 2017).
Video by Sam Belk (https://instagram.com/sambelk).
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- Today in Arkansas: The race to slow the race to kill
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- 3:24
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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- News Headlines for April 17, 2017
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- Anti-death penalty rally in Arkansas with Johnny Depp, Damien Echols
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- 12:20
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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- The Arkansas Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty held a rally at the state Capitol on April 14 to protest the state's plan to execute seven men over the course of 240 hours. Video by Matthew Rowe.
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- Today in Arkansas: Arkansas execution watch
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- 4:38
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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- We record while awaiting a judge's rulings on the fate of men trying to stop executions set to begin Monday. Also: LR school elections; padded school official resumes; a high-speed motorcycle chase; Trump secrecy.
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- Today in Arkansas: Courthouse watch on executions, police shooting suit
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- 5:29
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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- A federal court jury is deciding the lawsuit over a fatal shooting by a Little Rock cop. In another courtroom, an effort to stop seven exectuions continues. Also in Arkanss on Wednesday, April 13: The facts on taxpayer subsidy of chamber of commerce job creation efforts; an ethics hearing on Jerry Jones' gift to NLR cops; a former Sheridan coach cuts plea deal in assault of student; does Kansas hold hope for Democrats?
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- Today in Arkansas: Execution countdown
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- 4:38
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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- A four-day hearing means life or death for seven men scheduled to die next week. Also in Arkansas Monday, April 10: More taxpayer welfare for the LR Chamber of Commerce; a divide on LR school tax; Bill Clinton in town; mayor urges talk on UALR football; police shooting case turns to defense; when the going gets tough on Palm Sunday, Donald Trump goes golfing.
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- Today in Arkansas: Terror, Trump's justice, Arkansas missiles
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- 5:34
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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- A Sweden terror attack, a Supreme Court justice and a Syrian missile strike all have meaning in Arkansas. Also Friday, April 7: Leslie Rutledge takes her legal act to yet another state besides the one that elected her; Johnny Key flexes his LR School District muscle again; execution countdown; love at the LR Zoo; a question about resistance.
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- Today in Arkansas: Farewell to the Supreme Court filibuster
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- 5:44
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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- Democratic resistance to Neil Gorsuch will end the Senate filibuster for Supreme Court nominations. Other news from Arkansas on Thursday, April 6: Governor kills idea for LR school control; Judge Griffen blasts LR school tax; another LR police killing; one of 8 executions halted; French HIll helps bankers!; two guilty in food program fraud; a day to give; men's rights under attack in Texas.
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- Today in Arkansas: Trump Care falters
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- 7:12
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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- The great deal maker can't close one on Trump Care and one Arkansas congressman is preparing for blowback. Also in Arkansas on Wednesday, April 5: A recommendation for clemency for man on Death Row; Walmart drops jobs here, adds in India; landmark victory for gay rights; plagiarism and Neil Gorsuch; racial sensitivity for Little Rock cops; the carmageddon that never happened.
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- Today in Arkansas: The legislature's done
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- 6:01
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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- The sound and fury ended today with the usual results. Not much good. More from Arkansas on Monday, April 3: Conveyor belt death; plans for closed LR schools; senator opposes school tax; looking for a big lottery winner; Caterpillar moves jobs; Jason Rapert gets a handout; GOP PSC Chair Ted Thomas makes sense!
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- Today in Arkansas: Guns and football don't mix
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- 7:31
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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- It's done. Though the legislature has expended the places you can take a concealed gun dramatically, it decided today that shouldn't include Razorback football games and other college athletic events. Also today: School voucher defeat; House speaker takes a loss; debate on school tax; state loses round on execution drug secrecy; nursing home behind lawsuit curb; legislature doesn't like 1st Amendment; bad day for Donald Trump; a plug for AETN.
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- Today in Arkansas: Mopup includes bathroom bill retreat
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- 5:34
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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- Legislative mopup on Thursday, March 30 includes withdrawal of a controversial bathroom bill. Still up in the air are school vouchers and guns at Razorback games. The state's mass executions bring more criticism. Internet sales tax advances. Hearing set on I-30 concrete gulch project.
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- Today in Arkansas: State money woes
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- 4:48
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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- Arkansas news on Wednesday, March 29 includes state money problems; growing protest to the multiple executions; a contest developing on Little Rock tax vote; dismissal of lawsuits over campground flood deaths; the state of Little Rock, and a little gambling.
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- More opposition to an amendment to SB724
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- 3:50
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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- Jan Morgan speaks against an amendment to SB724
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- 4:18
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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- Jan Morgan speaks against an amendment to SB724 which would allow stadiums and campuses to submit security plans to police in exchange for exempting certain areas from concealed carry. Her statements end with a mild threat to legislators. Jan is known as the "1st Lady of the 2nd Amendment" and has appeared on Fox News in support of the NRA.
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- Today in Arkansas: New effort to stop executions
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- 4:52
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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- A new federal lawsuit seeks a halt to eight exectuions scheduled in Arkansas in 10 days next month. Also on Monday, March 27: A fatal police shooting in Little Rock; the cost of gay discrimination laws; LR judge to resign; Democrats have new chair; Asa happy about Trumpcare defeat.
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- Today in Arkansas: Trumpcare implodes
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- 5:13
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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- Holding all the cards, Republicans fold Trumpcare. Also on Friday, March 24: Gun battle in Arkansas legislature; condemned men seek clemency; unemployment continues to drop; Amazon collecting in Arkansas; sneaky school voucher revenue raid; Jimmy Kimmel makes fun of Huckabee; good news on the BBQ front.
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- Today in Arkansas: Guns at Razorback games
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- 6:28
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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- The brand-new expansive concealed carry bill would be amended to exempt UAMS and college athletic events by a bill that passed the Senate today: Also on Thursday, March 23: Mike Pence coming to LR; arrest in east side slaying; fatal police chase; legislative lowlights; Main Street landmark restored; Huck gets something right; Arkansas Senate blames refs for Hogs' NCAA loss.
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- Today in Arkansas: Guns, guns and more guns
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- 6:35
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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- Gov. Asa Hutchinson brought in the head of the NRA to proudly sign a bill dramatically expanding where concealed guns may be carred in Arkansas, from colleges to bars. Also on Wednesday, March 22: Further attacks on public schools; more pain for injured workers; Walmart stiffs Arkansas for tech expansion; shortage of witnesses for mass executions; no tickets for LR cops; a new film festival for Arkansas thanks to Jeff Nichols ("Loving").
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- Today in Arkansas: Comrade Trump
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- 8:52
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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- FBI Director James Comey didn't help Donald Trump's disavowal of Russian ties as fake news. Other news today: School legislation; a test for legislators; standing up to NRA; bathroom bills; executions; and a funny Chuck Berry story. #JustAddZebras
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- Today in Arkansas: Trump diplomacy and a lot of legislative action
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- 4:57
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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- Donald Trump meets Angela Merkel and wiretaps come up. Also on Friday, March 17: The legislature was busy with bathroom legislation, school elections, protecting animal cruelty, marijuana smoking and more. Jason Rapert drops his Clinton Airport attack. Police chief in wreck, but gets no ticket.
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- Today in Arkansas: Trump's budget axe
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- 6:27
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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- Donald Trump's budget, which slashes everything but defense, leads the news on Thursday, March 16. Also, a defeat for school vouchers; a delay on reprisals for sex at Arkansas Tech; uproad over campus gun bill; a push for death penalty abolition; a big diamond; higher speed limits; high living in the legislature.
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- Today in Arkansas: Get your guns!
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- 7:26
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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- The dramatically expanded campus carry bill passed the House today and headed to the governor. Also in Arkansas on March 15: School vouchers; working for Medicaid; NCAA aims at discriminatory states like Arkansas; dark money lives; wiretapping ahd hacking; a way to get out of here fast.
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- Today in Arkansas: School vouchers, executions and more
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- 6:42
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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- Debate about school vouchers was on the legislative agenda today in Arkansas. Other news on Monday, March 13: Execution drugs restocked; U.S. Attorney Thyer announces resignation; unemployment rate down; anti-whistleblower bill adlvances; good news for Lucie's Place.
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- Today in Arkansas: Sex and the legislature
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- 6:04
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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- Legislators are trying to cut Arkansas Tech's budget because of a sex education program and outreach to LGBT students. Other news in Arkansas on Friday, March 10: A $46 million medical malpractice verdict over disabled newsborn in El Dorado illustrates what's wrong with "tort reform." Simmons Banks takes over Acxiom building. Hot Springs Mayor Ruth Carney quits. A fight over payday lending. The NRA wins big in campus carry bill battle.
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- Today in Arkansas: Capitol fights
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- 6:00
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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- Legislative tussles dominate the news: Obamacare in Washington and, in Little Rock, school vouchers, charter school giveaways, a conscience bill, gas taxes, guns and more. Plus, a kind word for Mike Huckabee. Really.
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- Today in Arkansas: Republicans get Obamcare ball, fumble
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- 5:44
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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- A reticent Arkansas delegation helps tell the sad story of Republican efforts to deliver on a seven-year promise to end Obamacare. In Little Rock, the legislative horror show rolls on. Mike Maggio appeals. Congressmen cheer a closed door for refugee children. Sad!
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- Today in Arkansas: Slashing Medicaid and other merry lawmaking
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- 5:36
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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- A sweeping proposal to trim newly enlarged Medicaid rolls is only the top of a long list of legislative oddities and outrages today in Arkansas.
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- Today in Arkansas: Kickbacks and the legislative house of horrors
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- 5:36
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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- From Arkansas on Friday, March 3: More charges in the federal probe of kickbacks to legislators; a parade of mean and horrible bills from the legislature; Joyce Elliott does good; mass executions set; Little Rock sewer battle; town hall tomorrow in Heber Springs for Rick Crawford and Tom Cotton. Resist!
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- Today in Arkansas: Trump's Russia problem
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- 7:06
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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- News in Arkansas on Thursday, March 2: Jeff Sessions is on the Russian hot seat, but he has one defender, Sen. Tom Cotton. Also: Robert E. Lee; medical marijuana; medical help for poor people; a gay rights bill; the end of the FOI law; a candidate for sheriff; and is Tim Griffin really a candidate for a Trump administration post? Really? Wonder what Bud Cummins thinks.
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- Today in Arkansas: Trump's big night
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- 7:44
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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- Donald Trump's big speech to Congress was a winner on style, but don't dig too deep into specifics. Back in Arkansas, lots of legislative news: Tort reform, grocery store wine, a big gas tax proposal, gutting of FOI law, school vouchers, pre-K. Also: Has Leslie Rutledge gone soft on immigrants? Can the governor end the King-Lee holiday? And what about the firepower at a Vilonia storm shelter?
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- Today in Arkansas: The Trump era
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- 4:50
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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- Defense spending increase, more pollution, vote suppression and cluelessness on health. Welcome to the Trump era. Other news today: A new round of execution dates set; church opposes campus carry bill; LR mayor decries legislature on local control; crime in Little Rock; political funny business in Helena; signs of resistance, from a Missing Persons Town Hall to the symphony to a comic tribute to Jason Rapert.
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- Today in Arkansas: What's a life worth?
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- 5:50
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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- Putting a dollar on human life shaped debate today on the tort reform amendment. Other Arkansas news on Friday, Feb. 24: More background on the curious Supreme Court action in the case of the judge in the hot car death; Boozman hides from public; new report casts doubt on school vouchers; Freedom of Information and the mainstream press under attack.
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- Today in Arkansas: Civil rights and Tom Cotton take some lumps
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- 5:58
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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- Arkansas news on Thursday, Feb. 23 includes the Ark. Supreme Court's decision saying Fayetteville's civil rights ordinance is overruled by the state law aimed at protecting discrimination against gays. Tom Cotton got an earful from thousands of unhappy constituents in Springdale last night. Wade Naramore has been restored to the bench despite a continuing investigation of his role in death of his son in a hot car. Jason Rapert wants Clinton name stripped from LR Airport and also to protect health care providers who deny service because of moral disagreements with patients. It's enough to drive you to drink, which will be easier with the grocery store wine bill.
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- Today in Arkansas: Guns and more at the legislature
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- 6:22
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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- Arkansas news on Wednesday, Feb. 22 includes legislative action on campus carry, gun possession, criminal justice reform, voter ID and grocery store wine sales. Good news on the Broadway Bridge. A Little Rock school election. Damascus judged a speed trap. Trump gets into the bathroom debate. Tom Cotton prepares for a town hall.
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- Today in Arkansas: Fake news from an enemy of the state
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- 5:51
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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- Donald Trump continues to dominate the news -- his Russian pals, his fake news about Sweden, his attacks on the media. Otherwise: There's a 'compromise' on the campus gun bill; legislative scandal reporting piles up; more opposition to bathroom bill; a hotel shootout. CORRECTION: After taping, Tom Cotton's town hall in Bentonville scrapped. Another venue sought.
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- Today in Arkansas: Trump Unhinged
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- 5:30
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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- News on Thursday, Feb. 16 includes a wild Donald Trump news conference. Closer to home: Tort reform gets expected Senate approval; Senate amends campus carry bill; state employees get paid maternity leave; Jerry Jones objects to Texas bathroom bill and boy are some women in for a surprise if the Arkansas bathroom bill becomes law.
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- Today in Arkansas: The travails of Trump, guns on campus, bathrooms
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- 7:12
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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- Arkansas news on Wednesday, Feb . 15 focuses first on the Apprentice President and the various Trump travails. Then on to guns on Arkansas college campuses; the new bathroom bill; timid congressmen daring to talk to constituents; tort reform, and a courageous first-person account of transitioning from female to male.
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- Rock Candy Tuesday
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- 5:02
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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- Entertainment Headlines for February 14 2017
Listen every Tuesday on KABF 88.3 in the Little Rock area for Rock Candy Tuesday from Arkansas Times Arts and Entertainment editor Stephanie Smittle.
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- Today in Arkansas: The Apprentice President
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- 5:36
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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- Arkansas news and comment on Monday, Feb. 13. Near-comic lax security marks a Trump dinner at his luxury private club. A former Arkie defends him with a fake news story. Guns are on the legislative agenda this week along with more anti-woman abortion legislation. A plant closure, another homicide, a lawmaker's crash diet and some plugs for news reporting and The Rep round out a slow day.
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- Today in Arkansas: Amazon caves in Arkansas
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- 6:21
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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- Arkansas news on Friday, Feb. 10 includes the news that Amazon, facing legislative pressure. will begin collecting taxes on Arkansas purchases March 1. Other legislative news includes medical marijuana, expanded wine sales in grocery stores and a squabble over the state tourism ad account. Little Rock schools remain in the news. Donald Trump takes a big loss in court and talks of giving a job to Kenneth Starr. Jason Rapert has his hand out for money. And, what's that? A piece of good news on ethics at the Capitol? Maybe.
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- Today in Arkansas: Satan returns
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- 3:28
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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- News Headlines for February 9 2017
