Arkansas Times
Jason Rapert & Jan Morgan: A dramatic reading
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- Jason Rapert & Jan Morgan: A dramatic reading
- Runtime
- 1:48
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- A dramatic reading of the time Jason Rapert compared Jan Morgan to Jezebel on Facebook – and Morgan fired back.
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- Today in Arkansas: Trump remains extremely popular amongst Arkansas Republicans
- Runtime
- 3:20
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- Your headlines for April 24, 2018: Trump's popularity among Arkansas Republicans remains overwhelmingly high; Lake View mandate on school funding 'probably' still stands despite sovereign immunity ruling, lawmakers told; Text messages presented at Woods trial show alleged conspirators' successful efforts to grab GIF cash from multiple legislators.
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- Today in Arkansas: HU Queer Press 2.0
- Runtime
- 3:47
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- Your headlines for April 23, 2018: New poll finds Asa Hutchinson with sizable lead over Jan Morgan; Anonymous Harding University students relaunch LGBTQ publication, campus security removes copies; a memorial to the 21 boys who were burned to death at Wrightsville in '59.
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- Today in Arkansas: Judge Wendell Griffen is not backing down
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- 3:21
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- Your headlines for April 18, 2018: Judge Wendell Griffen again participates in death penalty vigil outside governor's mansion; Hog farm near Buffalo River, operating on expired permit, files application for new type of permit; UAMS reduces deficit by $32 million; Margarita Festival 2018 is May 10.
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- Today in Arkansas: 'GIF money is history' says Hutchinson
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- 3:42
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- Your headlines for April 17, 2018: Hutchinson says the General Improvement Fund is dead; Eleven court cases related to Clinton, Lewinsky relationship to be made public; Serval cats, colobus monkeys to get new home at LR Zoo.
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- Today in Arkansas: GIF system a mess, administrator testifies in corruption trial
- Runtime
- 4:28
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- Your headlines for April 16, 2018: Corruption and waste in General Improvement Funds system; ABC News has published the full transcript of George Stephanopoulos' interview with former FBI Director James Comey; Poll finds broad support for state Earned Income Tax Credit, afterschool and summer programs.
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- Today in Arkansas: Gun rally planned for state Capitol Saturday
- Runtime
- 2:24
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- Your headlines for April 13, 2018: A group called the Hiwaymen has secured a permit for a gun rally at the Arkansas Capitol; Two early morning shootings in Little Rock; Trump promises he will support congressional protection for state's that legalize marijuana.
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- Today in Arkansas: Arkansas Supreme Court does away with state Whistle-Blower Act
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- 4:28
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- Your headlines for April 12, 2018: State Supreme Court does away with state Whistle-Blower Act, according to dissenting justice; Federal judge says Wendell Griffen’s suit against Arkansas justices can proceed; State to dole out $7 million to high performing Arkansas public schools.
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- Today in Arkansas: Griffen urges marijuana commission to return to evaluating cultivation licenses
- Runtime
- 3:08
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- Your headlines for April 11, 2018: Griffen urges marijuana commission to return to evaluating cultivation licenses; Attorney general rejects ballot proposal for casinos in four counties; Arkansas flu deaths in Arkansas now at 215.
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- Today in Arkansas: Arkansas remains below national average in education
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- 2:47
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- Your headlines for April 10, 2018: Equal Pay Day highlights wage gap; Arkansas remains below national average in education assessment, with widening racial achievement gap; Einstein Charter Schools nixes planned expansion into Little Rock.
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- Today in Arkansas: Clarke Tucker raises more than $500,000 in first quarter
- Runtime
- 2:55
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- Your headlines for April 9, 2018: Clarke Tucker has raised more than $500,000 in first quarter; David Couch has a new amendment ready for recreational marijuana as soon as approval polls show opportunity; Walton Foundation pours $300 million more into charter schools, to ease loans for new buildings.
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- Today in Arkansas: Fayetteville school district investigates superintendent
- Runtime
- 2:32
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- Your headlines for April 6, 2018: the Fayetteville school district is investigating its superintendent over sexual harassment complaints made by a staffer; a former White River Juvenile Detention Center guard has pleaded guilty to assaulting a child with pepper spray; and a legislative “Tax Reform and Relief” task force will examine sales tax exemptions reducing state revenue, which includes a partial sales tax exemption on groceries.
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- Today in Arkansas: Rutledge in spat with cities and counties over opioid lawsuits
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- 3:06
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- Your headlines for April 5, 2018: Attorney General Leslie Rutledge in spat with cities and counties over opioid lawsuits, retaliatory tariffs could mean economic hit for Arkansas and Democratic candidates for Second District Congressional seat faced off in a debate last night.
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- Today in Arkansas: AR Supreme Court will not intervene in voter ID case
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- 2:53
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- Your headlines for April 4, 2018: the Arkansas Supreme Court has declined to intervene in a voter ID case, Ecclesia College president pleads guilty to fraud ahead of trial, Justin Jones suspends Libertarian candidacy for state representative after controversy over anti-gay slurs and former state Sen. Jake Files will face federal sentencing this summer for fraud.
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- Today in Arkansas: ASU receives $10 million gift
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- 2:30
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- Your headlines for April 3, 2018: ASU receives largest gift ever, U.S. Marshals Museum gets donation from the Rockefeller family, former Arkansas Baptist professor ‘exploring’ run for Ward 7 city director and Leslie Rutledge is expecting.
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- Today in Arkansas: Medical marijuana commissioner disputes accusations of bias
- Runtime
- 3:04
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- Your headlines for April 2, 2018: a State Trooper is recovering after being shot during a stop in Hot Springs county; medical marijuana commissioner, Dr. Carlos Roman, disputes accusations of bias; ProPublica profiles Jason Foster, an Arkansas-born staffer for Chuck Grassley who maintained an extremist blog; and a striking video showing local news anchors parroting the same script handed down from Sinclair Broadcasting.
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- Today in Arkansas: Three more suits filed over marijuana cultivation licenses
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- 2:07
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- Your Arkansas headlines for March 30, 2018: Governor Hutchinson announces that Arkansas can skip the DMV and register vehicles online; three more lawsuits filed over marijuana cultivation licenses; and the Health Department now says its backlog is cleared and all counties will soon offer same-day birth certificate processing.
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- Today in Arkansas: Stodola addresses the city
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- 3:07
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- Your Arkansas headlines for March 29, 2018: Little Rock Mayor Mark Stodola paints a rosy picture of the city in his state of the city address; Acxiom stock takes a nose dive after an announcement from Facebook; a decline in patient revenue compared to budget remains a concern for the financially-struggling University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences and Attorney General Leslie Rutledge files suit against three drug companies for misleading public on opioids.
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- Today in Arkansas: Medical marijuana company asks Griffen to vacate injunction
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- 3:13
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- Headlines for March 28, 2018: A complaint filed today by Natural State Wellness Enterprises alleges Judge Wendell Griffen could not enjoin the awarding of medical marijuana cultivation permits because they'd already been awarded, Hutchinson adds $300,000 to K-8 teacher computer science training stipends, Mayor of Highfill arrested on charges of sexual indecency with a child and another group is seeking a constitutional amendment for casinos.
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- Today in Arkansas: Rutledge fights California immigration laws
- Runtime
- 4:19
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- Your headlines for Tuesday, March 27: GOP gubernatorial challenger Morgan praises Lt. Gov. Griffin, condemns Hutchinson, AG Rutledge joins red states opposing California immigration laws in federal suit, Ex-Razorbacks Head Coach Bret Bielema lists Fayetteville mansion for $2 million and Walmart will remove Cosmopolitan magazine from checkout lines at 5,000 stores across the country.
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- Today in Arkansas: Little Rock Community Safety Summit
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- 2:47
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- Your Arkansas headlines for March 26, 2018 include the planning of a community safety summit for Little Rock, the March for Our Lives, Richmond tapped for House GOP caucus and the missing "Hanging Judge" pin has been returned.
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- Today in Arkansas: Trump caves on veto threat
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- 4:01
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- Friday, March 23: Donald Trump signed a $1.3 trillion spending bill after first threatening a veto. Other news: Unemployment up; search on for State Hospital escapee; Texas harvests first medical cannabis; new Jefferson County judge; Mark Stodola affirms re-election bid; Arkansas joins the March for Our Lives.
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- Today in Arkansas: Bribery conviction affirmed
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- 4:58
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- News on Thursday, March 22 includes an appeals court's affirmation of a health care executive convicted of bribing a state official to help his business. Also: Budget busting in D.C.; a suit against opioid makers; black lives and cops; the tawdry Trump travails.
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- Today in Arkansas: Judge blocks medical marijuana permits
- Runtime
- 6:50
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- Arkansas news on Wednesday, March 21 begins with a judge's injunction against the award of medical marijuana cultivation permits. What's next. Tom Cotton talks tough on Russia, ignoring his sweet-talking Putin pal president. New state archivist. Bad ideas on tax policy. State Hospital escape. The face of terrorism in Texas. Guns in school.
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- Today in Arkansas: Judge blocks medical marijuana permits
- Runtime
- 6:50
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- Arkansas news on Wednesday, March 21 begins with a judge's injunction against the award of medical marijuana cultivation permits. What's next. Tom Cotton talks tough on Russia, ignoring his sweet-talking Putin pal president. New state archivist. Bad ideas on tax policy. State Hospital escape. The face of terrorism in Texas. Guns in school.
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- Today in Arkansas: Getting tough on drugs
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- 4:40
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- News in Arkansas on Tuesday, March 20 includes Sen. Tom Cotton declaring himself on board's promise to get tough on -- even execute -- drug dealers. Also: a disgraced county judge prepares to leave office in Pine Bluff; computerized election hacking has some Arkansas connections; Mississippi anti-abortion law blocked in court; UAMS faculty doesn't like tenure change; gun beats crossbow in Baxter County; Texas bombings illustrate ease of terrorism; Jim Carrey happy about response to his caricature of Sarah Huckabee Sanders.
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- Today in Arkansas: Corruption and lots of it
- Runtime
- 5:07
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- Legislative bribery and conflict of interest lead the headlines today. Also: the new voter ID has already cost some people their votes; medical marijuana issue awaits judge's decision; a surprising vote against the value of testing from UA education reformer; more homicides in Little Rock; Mike Huckabee isn't laughing at a painting of his daughter by comedian Jim Carrey.
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- Local immigration activist harassed in Walmart parking lot
- Runtime
- 0:49
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- Local activist and former contributor to the Times, Maria Meneses, captured this footage of a man yelling at her and her family (including small children) from his car in the parking lot of the Bryant Walmart. He tells them to "go home" and "get the fuck out of here."
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- Today in Arkansas: Reorganizing government
- Runtime
- 6:08
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- HeadlinesNews on Thursday, March 15 includes a promise from Gov. Asa Hutchinson for a streamline of government next year, with no job losses. The legislature goes home after not doing much. Democratic candidate blasts school voucher bill. Medical marijuana delayed. Jacksonville loses police chief case. Trump cuts support for history projects in Arkansas. Protester paddled in Greenbrier.
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- Today in Arkansas: Judge halts marijuana permits
- Runtime
- 6:37
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- Arkansas news on Wednesday, March 14 includes a temporary restraining order in a lawsuit challenging scoring of medical marijuana cultivation permits. Also: Legislation breezing through special legislative session; a special GOP primary amounts to a victory for Obamacare; Republicans wins Trump district in Pennsylvania; guns in class can sometimes go off; the resistance -- Arkansas students own it today.
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- Today in Arkansas: Marijuana madness and more
- Runtime
- 5:54
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- Arkansas news on Friday, March 9 includes a change of direction from one application for a medical marijuana cultivation permit along with other cannabis controversy. The legislature wraps up and will have a special session next week. The state fights in corut to make it harder to vote (really). Little Rock fires basketball coach. Walmart workers get a little bonus; Waltons get a billion. Congressional redistricting proposal gets first review. Arkansas returns to 1950s with school choice segregation. Game and Fish considers posting armed guards.
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- Today in Arkansas: School vouchers, guns, marijuana
- Runtime
- 5:37
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- News on Thursday, March 8 includes a setback for a school voucher program in disguise. Gun control makes headway in Florida and Arkansas. More questions about medical marijuana permitting process. Arkansas revives school segregation through "choice." A ricin maker indicted. Camel caravan at the Zoo.
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- Today in Arkansas: Another win for Medicaid expansion
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- 6:04
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- News in Arkansas Tuesday, March 6 includes state Senate approval of the Medicaid expansion budget. Also: A setback for a school voucher bill; a push for more help for the disabled; the Waltons finance a big trail expansion; a Little Rock school teachers' Twitter account stirs controversy; a petition to protect the Buffalo River.
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- Today in Arkansas: Governor gets half of Medicaid cuts
- Runtime
- 6:20
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- News on Monday, March 5: The governor gets a work rule for Medicaid, but not approval for an even bigger slash in the rolls. Also: A decision on medical marijuana permit; Little Rock police chief quits Charleston job hunt; Stacy Hurst defends her operation of Heritage Department; ASU learns it gives edge to advantaged students; judge refuses to dismiss Jon Woods' corruption case; the Vietnam war, another protest.
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- Today in Arkansas: Waiting for Medicaid
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- 5:17
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- News on Friday, March 2 includes a legislative lull as Hutchinson administration awaits word from Medicaid on proposed slashes in program. Also: Details on marijuana permit winners; Democrats increase election effort; state tax dollars roll in; talk emerges of change in Little Rock government; chaos in the White House; Mike Huckabee shunned by county music execs for gay bias.
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- Today in Arkansas: Trump, cannabis and guns
- Runtime
- 6:20
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- News on Wednesday, Feb. 28 includes the reality show presidency; award of medical marijuana growing permits; an Entergy electric rate cut; hog manure and school vouchers on legislative agenda, Democratic opponent for Leslie Rutledge; a vote for Fort Smith panhandlers; an endorsement of Dick's Sporting Goods.
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- Today in Arkansas: Legislative trickery, immigrants and more
- Runtime
- 6:05
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- Arkansas news on Friday, Feb. 23 includes legislative trickery on a school voucher plan and a school panic button; immigrant bashing by Leslie Rutledge; budget woes at UAMS; a new hotel on Capitol Avenue; football at UA-Little Rock; Russian bots use an Arkansas photo for viral disinformation in 2016; teens winning in gun control debate.
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- Today in Arkansas: Lobbyist indicted, judge sentenced, Babe Bracket renamed
- Runtime
- 6:22
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- Lots of news on Wednesday, Feb. 21: Unhappy pharmacists; big lobbyist indicted; ex-judge gets 5 years; gun control gains strength; mayoral candidate challenges city ordinance; big gift to UCA; radio station ditches Babe Bracket in name only.
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- Today in Arkansas: Russians and guns
- Runtime
- 4:57
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- Russian election meddling still reverberates on Monday, Feb. 19. Also gun control, or lack of it, in the aftermath of another school massacre. Mark Martin gets an F on ballot security. French Hill gets an A from the NRA, plus a million bucks in support. Even Jay Diickey would repeal the Dickey amendment, but no one in Arkansas congressional delegation will. The governor seeks agreement for the legislative session. Hear Our Voices organizes.
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- Today in Arkansas: From Russia, dirty election tricks
- Runtime
- 5:10
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- Robert Mueller has indicted 13 Russians and three Russian entities for meddling in the 2016 presidential election. An affair with a Playboy Playmate and hush money are the latest in Trump scandals. Word but few deeds to address gun violence. Immigrants in limbo. Fake electric rate news on Facebook. Segregated barbecue
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- Today in Arkansas: Guns and more guns
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- 5:48
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- A school slaughter and the reaction lead the news in Arkansas on Thursday, Feb. 15. Arkansas politicians have little to offer and no wonder, the NRA gives them millions. Arkansans join bill gutting Americans with Disabilities Act. A check on finances of lobbyist linked to federal probes. A new candidate for lieutenant governor. The Babe Bracket controversy: The women take over.
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- Today in Arkansas: Trump is making the judiciary white again
- Runtime
- 5:03
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- If you're not a white male, your odds are long at getting a Donald Trump nomination to a federal judgeship. Also in the news Wednesday, Feb. 14: Pharmacists pose roadblock to governor's budget; NRA lying about gun legislation; grim conditions at juvenile lockups; a hangup on industrial hemp production; murder-suicide at cosmetics plant; Leslie Rutledge gets one right; caution, the Boys on the Tracks are back.
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- Today in Arkansas: Lies, deficits, shams
- Runtime
- 5:24
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- Donald Trump's punishing budget, his sham infrastructure plan and White House dishonesty abut a wife beater lead the news on Tuesday, Feb. 13:. Also Criticism for Asa's tax cut plan; a looming gun issue; another ex-legislator in kickback charge; first class all the way for AEDC box; good review for coming movie with Arkansas genesis, "Boy Erased."
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- Today in Arkansas: Asa opens the session
- Runtime
- 5:38
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- Some self-congratulation and talk of future tax cuts dominated Gov. Asa Hutchinson's speech at the opening of the legislature's budget session. Also on Monday, Feb. 12: Supreme Court legal bills; troubles for gunmaker Remington; Bible quotes come down at Searcy High; four-wheeler riot at country rap show; another city fights a freeway; plans for the new Riverfest.
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- Today in Arkansas: Budget hypocrisy
- Runtime
- 6:30
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- Deficits don't count when Republicans are in charge, budget approval illustrates. Also on Friday, Feb. 9: White House lies and covers up for mistreatment of women (wonder why?); states passes on sovereign immunity; Supreme Court legal bills mount up; right-wing targeting Arkansas Governor's School again; opioid crisis hits high school; new nonstop to Austin.
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- Today in Arkansas: From stolen chickens to wife beating
- Runtime
- 5:46
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- Thursday, Feb. 8: Law change opens door to sheriff's race; Anne Presly damage case drags on; youth lockup change delayed; LR changes cop recruit bonus rules; Bart Hester's ballet blast draws GOP defender who compares criticism with "lynching"; NLR school guard probed for student altercation; Leslie Rutledge continues to oppress gays while ignoring waitresses; White Houe aide accused of spouse abuse lauded for "honor and integrity"; the rich white guys club, AKA Asa's finance committee.
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- Security incident at North Little Rock High School
- Runtime
- 0:29
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- Guard and student contact on Monday, Feb. 5, 2018
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- Today in Arkansas: Arkansas sued again on voter ID law
- Runtime
- 7:17
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- A new lawsuit says a law to require photo ID to vote is still unconstitutional. Also on Wednesday, Feb. 7: State historian departs amid unhappiness with Heritage Director Stacy Hurst; Supreme Court runs up huge legal bills; Kenton Buckner sweet-talks Charleston audience; new issues over suing the state; a candidate for legislature; FOI defiance on City Board; Mena native heads Wynn Resorts; Trump wants a parade like Putin's.
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- Today in Arkansas: Laughing with Trump
- Runtime
- 4:28
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- Calling Democrats treasonous is just Donald Trump's idea of a joke, or so the story goes today. Also on Tuesday, Feb. 6: The crashing market, the rising trade deficit, the demise of coal, the danger of downtown crosswalks, the Little Rock police chief chasing a job in Charleston and a pile of criticism of Sen. Bart Hester's beef with teaching dancing at UALR.
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- Today in Arkansas: Politics of Medicaid and the 2nd District
- Runtime
- 5:41
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- No traction yet for Donald Trump from Nunes hoax memo. Also today on Monday, Feb. 5: PAC cloning in race for state Senate, where Medicaid expansion could hang in balance. Clarke Tucker jumps in 2nd District race. Mark Martin loses Supreme Court effort to preserve Pa. gerrymander. A move to ban bump stocks. Philly fans riot, er, celebrate. Sen. Bart Hester dumps on dancers.
