Arkansas Times
Today in Arkansas: Bribery in mental health services
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- Today in Arkansas: Bribery in mental health services
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- 6:32
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
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- Arkansas news on Thursday, Dec. 3: A major indictment announced alleging bribery of public officials by a provider of millions in mental health services. Judge orders disclosure of execution drugs. Secretary of State Mark Martin expands worldwide. God, guns and mass shootings.
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- Today in Arkansas: A tale of two birth certificates
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- 6:06
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
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- Today in Arkansas, Wednesday, Dec. 2: Winners and losers today as same-sex couples sex birth certificates for their children. Arts Center gets a tax increase. Everybody wants better highways, for free. Hendrix kids saving polling place. John Boozman: 'No qualms" about throwing people off health insurance. Public corruption probe advances.
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- Today in Arkansas: Giving Tuesday
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- 4:48
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
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- Today in Arkansas, Tuesday, Dec. 1: It's giving Tuesday; find a favorite charity for a gift. Jermain Taylor plea bargains. Airplane outfitter to cut 32 NLR jobs. Auditor goes after savings bond millions. A case for sentencing reform. Lawmaker ignores new law on Capitol campaigning.
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- Today in Arkansas: It's Giving Tuesday
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- 4:48
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
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- Today in Arkansas, Tuesday, Dec. 1: It's giving Tuesday; find a favorite charity for a gift. Jermain Taylor plea bargains. Airplane outfitter to cut 32 NLR jobs. Auditor goes after savings bond millions. A poster child for sentencing reform. Lawmaker ignores new law on Capitol campaigning.
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- Today in Arkansas: Criminal justice, death of a traveler and a fond farewell
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- 4:52
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
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- Arkansas news on Monday, Nov. 30. They're at least talking now about criminal justice reform. A prosecutor arrested for DWI. Hotel tax vote set. World traveler Fred Poe dies at airport. Planned Parent defunding costs Alabama, Arkansas could be next. Farewell to Richard Davies at Arkansas parks.
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- Today in Arkansas: From marshmallows to Obamacare
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- 5:08
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
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- Today in Arkansas, Wednesday, Nov. 25: Obamacare lives in Arkansas. Baxter County gives up Nativity scene. When Bill Clinton riffs, it's worth listening. Mark Stodola heads to city lobby leadership. Mike Huckabee has knee surgery. A warning on new prison dress code (no jeggings). And whatever you do: Don't forget the marshmallows.
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- Today in Arkansas: State on the trail of $160 million
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- 4:34
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
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- Arkansas news on Tuesday, Nov. 24: State auditor makes progress on converting unclaimed savings bond to Arkansas use. A conviction in fraud of Frank Broyles. A Marshall scholar at Hendrix. Ups and downs in Iowa for GOP. The bad turn of law on electric rates. Parents charged in accidental gun death. The tragic tale of a quarterback's dog.
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- Today in Arkansas: Corporate welfare from Arkansas for China
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- 5:42
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
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- Today in Arkansas, Monday, Nov. 23: Chinese investors hope for incentives from Arkansas to build pulp mill here. Lesbian mothers get names on birth certificates. A World War II Navy tug finally reaches port in North Little Rock. Louisiana elects a Democrats. UAMS workers need Thanksgiving charity. Hillary, Trump top Thanksgiving poll questions.
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- Today in Arkansas: Free highways. But at what cost?
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- 4:52
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
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- Arkansas news Friday, Nov. 20: A highway plan takes shape, but the outlook for fairness is dim. Unemployment declining. Mike Huckabee still at kids' debate table. Damaging freeways. Straight talk from Judge Griffen. Parker Westbrook dies at 89.
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- Today in Arkansas: Another child dead by gun
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- 5:47
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
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- Arkansas news on Thursday, Nov. 19: Police file a manslaughter charge against a woman who left a six-year-old in a car with a gun. Also: Democratic candidate echoes the man he's challenging; the Clinton money machine; Martin O'Malley coming to town; Falcon Jet expansion; race and police divide in eyes of Arkansas native; still more Huckups.
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- Today in Arkansas: Hotel tax, freeways, judicial sex scandal and more
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- 5:50
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
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- Arkansas headlines Wednesday, Nov. 18: Hotel tax for Arts Center advances; freeway stays on fast track; judicial sex scandal in Cross County; Koch surveillance for Cotton; sympathy for the Syrians; death of a Tuskegee airman; loss of a top Arkansas basketballer to Kentucky.
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- Today In Arkansas: No refuge in Arkansas
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- 4:43
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
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- Arkansas news on Tuesday, Nov. 17: Under threatening skies, the political news is mostly about resistance here to Syrian refugees. Charter schools are welcomed. Hindus want a Capitol grounds statue. Tonight news coming on an Arkansas Arts Center expansion and the City Board's view of the I-30 project. Also: A Huckup.
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- Today in Arkansas: Governor says no to Syrian refugees
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- 5:56
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
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- Arkansas news on Monday, Nov. 16: Gov. Asa Hutchinson says Syrian refugees aren't welcome here. Little Rock Mayor Stodola unveils a plan to expand the Arkansas Arts Center. Parole Board won't free Tim Howard. Interstate 30 controversy continues. Charter school expansion delayed. The rise of the Texan at UA. Thoughts on Paris.
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- Today In Arkansas: Freeways, fraud and deer season
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- 4:30
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
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- Arkansas news on Friday, Nov. 13. City Board wants more study of freeway plan. How about a big mall instead? Food program fraud. Changes at Clinton Library. Questions about billboard tax break. Politicians hunt for votes. The Times has a hog roast.
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- Today in Arkansas: Happy humanist holiday
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- 5:37
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
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- Arkansas news on Thursday, Nov. 12: A federal judge says Baxter County can't limit holiday displays to a Nativity scene. Also: More protests of Interstate 30 plan; criticism of 20/20 on Justin Harris program; a consultant's lottery windfall; Missouri race controversy reaches Arkansas; Mike Huckabee falls in with bad crowd.
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- Today in Arkansas: Fixing the Medicaid mess
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- 5:30
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
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- Arkansas news on Wednesday, Nov. 11: It took a disruption of medical insurance for tens of thousands of innocent people, but the Hutchinson administration is finally fixing the Medicaid eligibility process the way it should have been done from the start. Other news: The Republican debate stars Rubio; Lake Village votes to end Confederate Street; transit tax faces obstacle; UA enters the Missouri racial fray; fantasy football held to be gambling; a tribute to vets, including my mom and da.
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- Today In Arkansas: Behind closed judicial doors
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- 5:39
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
- Description
- Arkansas news on Tuesday, Nov. 10: An interview with former Justice Donald Corbin spills beans on Supreme Court handling of same-sex marriage case. Also: A Delta drug bust; care for pregnant inmates; Tom Cotton's war on Social Security; the Miracle in Mississippi (football), and a plug for progressive Dallas.
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- Today in Arkansas: Election lineup set
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- 5:28
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
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- Arkansas news on Monday, Nov. 9. Political filing closed today and numbers show Republicans retain their grip on the state. CORRECTION: A last-minute candidate, Clark Mason, filed to oppose Shawn Womack for a Supreme Court seat. Also: Low grade for Arkansas ethics; a bus tax election; the power of football; an airport ammo postscript.
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- Today in Arkansas: Six dead in bus crash
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- 4:51
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
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- Arkansas news on Friday, Nov. 6: Six migrant workers were killed in a charter bus crash on I-40. Also: Keystone XL is dead; a race develops for Supreme Court; more trouble for Treasurer Milligan; Fayetteville civil rights ordinance takes effect; beter ideas for a Little Rock freeway; Mike Huckabee sent to kiddies' table debate.
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- Today in Arkansas: Asa's Free Highways Plan
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- 5:42
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
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- Arkansas news for Thursday, Nov. 5 begins with Gov. Asa Hutchinson's support for a free highway construction plan. As if. Also: 911 tape released in child's death. GOP gooses John Boozman. Insurance ills for Hutchinson administration. Football coach loses appeal of firing. More I-30 obstacles. Mayor Stodola is hiring. Ammo seized at airport.
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- Today in Arkansas: Seeing red in Arkansas
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- 5:57
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
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- Arkansas news on Wednesday, Nov. 4. Arkansas Poll shows a state going solidly conservative. Highway department presses its massive paving plan. Superintendent sounds alarm on Little Rock schools. Rep. Mary Bentley mum on encounter with wildlife officer. Do your Christmas shopping with Arkansas Times.
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- Today In Arkansas: Politics includes a threatening legislator
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- 4:27
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
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- Arkansas news Tuesday, Nov. 3. A big Interstate 30 hearing; political filings; a Times exclusive over a state legislator pulling rank on a wildlife officer; former Walmart CEO in plane crash; a Mike Huckabee pheasant hunt; big giving by Little Rock's Warren Stephens.
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- Fayetteville Plane Crash
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- 1:15
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
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- Kelly King of Springdale captured this video of a private plane's crash landing in Fayetteville today, Tuesday, Nov. 3. The plane was piloted by former Walmart CEO Bill Simon. None one was seriously hurt.
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- Today in Arkansas: Election season begins
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- 5:46
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
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- Arkansas headlines for Monday, Nov. 2: Candidates begin filing for office at Capitol. including former Arkansan Mike Huckabee. We provide context on Medicaid fraud estimates. Highway Department loses hoped-for $200 million for I-30 project. A hint provided on federal corruption probe. Martha Shoffner heads to prison. The first black Razorback dies.
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- Today in Arkansas: Cheese Dip Contest at New Location
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- 4:59
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
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- News from Arkansas, Friday, Oct. 30. First things first. World Cheese Dip Championship Saturday moves to River Market on account of rain. Also: Ark. senators oppose budget bill; I-30 criticism continues; Republicans when about debate format; Arkansas joins Missouri in discrimination against gays; a pushback against pink marketing on breast cancer; farewell to a mighty dog.
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- Today in Arkansas: Supreme Court OKs LR school takeover
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- 4:20
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
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- Today in Arkansas, Thursday, Oct. 29. The Arkansas Supreme Court has dismissed a challenge to the Little Rock School District takeover by the state. Four people died in a Russellville plane crash. State won't stop I-30 planning. Hospitals/Blue Cross align. Political races shape up. Civil War skirmish in Lake Village. Machine guns in Batesville
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- Today in Arkansas: Lagging schools
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- 5:24
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
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- Today in Arkansas: Are school scores that bad? Maybe not. Also: Tyson Foods and animal cruelty; the I-30 project debate; Democrats for legislature; Arkansas ethics; executions; a Republican debate.
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- Today in Arkansas: More protests of I-30 widening plan
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- 5:09
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
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- Arkansas headlines on Tuesday,. Oct. 27 include a rising outcry to the massive I-30 widening project. Also: Good news on health insurance; Democrats fight for House seats; Ben Carson on the rise and Huck on the decline; Rebels gone from Fort Smith; a senator's financial troubles; Planned Parenthood defender gets yeasty; Ryan Mallett bounced from Texans.
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- Today in Arkansas: What 20/20 missed on Justin Harris
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- 6:06
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
- Description
- News headlines on Monday, Oct. 26: The key official point missed in 20/20's retelling of Rep. Justin Harris' adoption and then giveaway of children. Also: Resistance rises to downtown freeway; Hillary gets the soft focus; Waltons play in Louisiana; state flag comes down at Ole Miss; yet another Huckabee Huckup.
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- Today in Arkansas: Stop the I-30 project
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- 5:14
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
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- Today's headlines: First, an editorial comment. The enormous widening project for I-30 will be damaging to Little Rock. Also: Governor's aide defends his consultant pay; Justin Harris gets national TV exposure tonight; Hillary triumphs; tenants in Arkansas suffer; UA has a new chancellor; Craft Beer Festival tonight.
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- Today in Arkansas: Hillary on the hot seat
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- 6:30
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
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- Today's headlines: Hillary Clinton battles the Benghazi study committee. State fixes family leave policy. Justin Harris to be spotlighted on 20/20. Kane Webb heads to Parks and Tourism. The lobby/legislator nexus under scrutiny. Dangerous deer downed.
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- Today in Arkansas: Joe Biden says no
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- 4:57
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
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- Today's news: Things continue to look up for Hillary Clinton with Joe Biden's decision not to run. UA will get its next chancellor from Ohio State. Court races develop. A lobbyist loaned money to a legislator. Setbacks for Confederate defenders. Football coach arrested.
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- Today In Arkansas: Executions halted by Supreme Court
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- 4:59
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
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- Today's Arkansas news: The Supreme Court stops scheduled executions. A new sentencing date spurs speculation about the Maggio bribery case. Legislature talks health care. A legislative critic questions Interstate 30 widening. A win for liberals. Another Huckup.
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- Today in Arkansas: Waiting for Joe
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- 4:11
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
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- Arkansas Times news headlines on Monday, Oct. 19: Hillary's poll numbers as Joe Biden nears a decision. Also: UA loses a chancellor candidate to Ole Miss; Parole Board delays action on former Death Row inmate; races shape up for U.S. Senate, Supreme Court; Confederate Blvd. soon to be a memory; state prepares for executions.
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- Today in Arkansas: Marriage inequality
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- 4:42
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
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- Arkansas news on Friday, Oct. 16. Will Arkansas make state employment rules equal for same-sex couples? Also: The money pouring into judicial races; lottery contracts; a new outlet mall; Arkansas's bad ranking in highway deaths; a big gift to Pulaski Tech; good poll news for Hillary; Mike Huckabee's waning campaign.
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- Today in Arkansas: Asa wants to put Arkansas on a diet
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- 5:53
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
- Description
- News headlines on Thursday, Oct. 15. Gov. Asa Hutchinson proposes that Arkansas get healthy and slim down. Also in the news: The lottery, school test score fudging, Medicaid fraud, new jobs in Mountain Home, a new book on a UA scandal, and MIke Huckabee's latest nonsense.
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- Today in Arkansas: A good debate for Democrats
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- 6:51
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
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- Arkansas headlines on Wednesday, Oct. 14 include the good reviews of Hillary Clinton and other Democratic candidats in the first televised debate. Also: Attorney fees set in same-sex marriage case; Mike Huckabee continues to slide; Arkansas jails under scrutiny; state corrects school test misimpression; a Democrat to run for U.S. Senate; Republican thugs complain of thuggery.
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- Today In Arkansas: Education fudge factor
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- 4:40
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
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- Arkansas news on Tuesday, Oct. 13. State Education Department has some explaining to do on scoring achievement tests. Judge refuses state request to hurry hearing one executions. Turkeys dropping in Yellville again. Death of landmark gay rights couple. Fort Smith substitutes Mavericks for Rebels. And there Tom Cotton goes again.
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- Today in Arkansas: Executions, a UA junket, police chases
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- 5:32
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
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- Today in Arkansas, Monday, Oct. 12. Topics: Hearing set on execution drug challenge; study on cop crashes; UA officials on Roman holiday; the rich influence elections; Democrats set to debate; Law & Order: SVU inspired by Duggar family.
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- Today in Arkansas: Executions halted
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- 6:16
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
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- Today in Arkansas, Friday, Oct. 9. A judge has temporarily halted scheduled executions for a challenge to procedures. People are losing new insurance. Mark Darr won't be prosecuted. A statement was issued by parents of child in hot car death. The Duggars help Huckabee pitch product. Frank Lloyd Wright home ready in Bentonville.
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- Today in Arkansas: LR schools in turmoil again
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- 5:18
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
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- Today in Arkansas, Thursday, Oct. 8: Race discrimination and the Little Rock schools, with two court fights over the district's state takeover. State's top human services official calling it quits. A reprieve for a new mother on meth. The pope asks for mercy for Death Row inmates. Huckabee hucks things up again. Beer and football.
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- Today in Arkansas: The future of Obamacare
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- 7:29
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
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- Today in Arkansas, Wednesday, Oct. 7. The legislature talks about a consultant's report on continuing the Obamacare Medicaid expansion in Arkansas. Also: A challenge to executions; a suit over race discrimination in Little Rock government; insider dealing in the Tech Park; a mixed outcome in police brutality case; and good 'splainin' from Bill Clinton.
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- Today In Arkansas: Jay Dickey rethinks guns
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- 5:20
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
- Description
- Today in Arkansas, Tuesday, Oct. 6: Former Congressman Jay Dickey regrets a bill he passed that limits research into gun safety. The state continues to war against medical services for women at Planned Parenthood and abortion. Tom Cotton makes headlines. Hit-and-run suspect surrenders. Prayer promoted in Ashdown public schools. State Fair doubles down on the hotdog.
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- Today in Arkansas: Hillary takes aim at guns
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- 4:45
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
- Description
- News headlines from Arkansas: Hillary Clinton's renewed vigor includes gun legislation. State fights Planned Parenthood victory. Gun threats in Conway. UA narrow chancellor search. Asa puts Mansion dinners on auction block. How you subsidize fancy football seats.
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- Today In Arkansas: Big layoffs at Walmart
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- 5:25
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
- Description
- Today in Arkansas, Friday, Oct. 2: Walmart lays off 450. Legislators complain about computer costs. Judge to rule on Planned Parenthood money. Two former presidents in state. Confederate flag comes down. The Pope/Kim Davis story is rewritten. Panic Button for schools brings false alarms.
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- Today in Arkansas: Another mass shooting
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- 6:50
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
- Description
- News from Arkansas Thursday, Oct. 1. Another mass shooting in Oregon. Little Rock School District moves on new middle school. Jason Rapert goes after women's medical records. Planned Parenthood under attack. A do-over on Main Street. Revenge porn karma.
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- Today in Arkansas: LR Film Fest goes dark
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- 4:48
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
- Description
- The Little Rock Film Festival, an artistic success for 9 years, falls victim to finances. Other Arkansas news headlines: UAMS opens doctor ratings; City Director Ken Richardson's brush with cops; Planned Parenthood keeps winning in court; the Pope met with Kim Davis secretly; a branch from Anne Frank's tree puts down roots in Little Rock.
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- Today in Arkansas: Cuba, si!
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- 5:31
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
- Description
- Today's headlines: Gov. Asa Hutchinson calls home from Cuba; Planned Parenthood makes its case; President Obama defends religious freedom to the point it harms others; Little Rock gets New Orleans plane flights; Little Rock in company with Compton on crime; the desperate Mike Huckabee.
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- Today in Arkansas: States vs. Volkswagen
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- 4:58
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
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- News Headlines for September 28 2015
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- Today in Arkansas: A U.S. House divided
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- 5:34
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
- Description
- News headlines, Friday, Sept. 25. House Speaker John Boehner's planned departure might have an impact in Arkansas. Insurance Department out $1 million on misspending. Confederate Boulevard heading to history books. Hillary cheers Pope on climate change. Freedom of Information victories and a Nativity scene lawsuit
