Arkansas Times
Today in Arkansas: Nunes memo flops
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- Today in Arkansas: Nunes memo flops
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- 6:06
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
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- Not even Arkansas Republicans can make much of the ballyhooed Nunes memo/propaganda. Also Friday, Feb. 2: State revenue rising; Jan Morgan joins the hog farm support group; Secretary of State Martin meddles in Pennsylvania law; victory for hotel tax suit against online booking agents; LR chief in running for Charleston job; new concealed carry permit coming soon; the fight against tenure rule.
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- Today in Arkansas: There he goes again
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- 6:34
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
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- Something good about Donald Trump. If it only it were true. Other news on Thursday, Feb. 1: a gag rule for UA Board of Trustees; a debate on new rule for opioid prescriptions; the ill of cutting Planned Parenthood; new stats on free use of LR cop cars; Arkansas provides a controversial Trump appointee; lawsuit in works on public officials who block critics on social media; a call for an end to radio station's 'Babe Bracket.'
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- Today in Arkansas: The state of the union is divided
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- 5:01
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
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- Donald Trump's call for unity in the State of the Union address was a cover for the usual divisive themes. Others news on Wednesday, Jan. 31: Crooked senator wants a few more state dollars; still more public money going to Chinese paper mill company; Blue Hog cuts LRPD FOI price; Arkansas congressmen in train wreck; Bret Bielema settles for $11.9 million.
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- Today in Arkansas: The sad state of the union
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- 5:22
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
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- Reasons to skip the State of the Union speech tonight lead the headlines on Tuesday, Jan. 30. Also, Baghdad Bob of Arkansas in the White House. A senator's guilty plea and the prison time he faces. Arkansas's record flu outbreak. A new advanced concealed carry permit nears reality. Hog farmer defends his Buffalo River-area operation. LRPD sets a fee for FOI requests. A win for women in U.S. Senate.
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- Today in Arkansas: From immigrants and abortion to Cannabiz
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- 5:34
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
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- Donald Trump catching heat from both sides on immigration. Abortion ban heads to a vote. Republicans cheer EPA plan for more air pollution in Arkansas. Arkansan politico's MeToo moment. Arkansas ranks low in civics knowledge. Rehab proposed for old VA hospital. A challenger emerges for Erma Hendrix. Arkansas Times unveils Cannabiz, all about medical marijuana.
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- Today in Arkansas: Trump dissuaded from firing Mueller
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- 5:29
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
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- Does it matter that Donald Trump was talked out of firing the special counsel Robert Mueller? Can he get away with selling a punitive immigration deal as compassionate? Also on Friday, Jan. 26: More Me Too stories; another race-based firing at LRPD; the benefits of consumer financial protection; Satanic Temple defends choice with religion; casino amendment set back; Hogs come to Little Rock; PETA sends a thank--you to National Guard.
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- The Huddle with Chris Kingsby: Voter I.D. Laws
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- 11:50
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
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- In this inaugural episode of The Huddle, Chris speaks with Rep. Vivian Flowers and Public Policy Panel Board Member Barry Haas about a nasty Voter I.D. law that's on the ballot in 2018.
The Huddle is an in-depth interview series hosted by local political activist Chris Kingsby. Each episode will delve into policies affecting Arkansans and provide some action to be taken to resist or promote those policies.
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- Today in Arkansas: Suing the state
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- 6:48
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
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- The Supreme Court gave a hint today there might still be a way to sue the state. Also today: More attacks on Tom Cotton's honesty; UAMS money woes continue; LRPD focus of reverse discrimination complaint; attorney general targets opioid makers; complaint scraps elephants at National Guard armories; a golden throne for Donald Trump.
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- Today in Arkansas: Can the state be sued?
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- 5:16
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
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- A Supreme Court ruling on sovereign immunity is already stirring ripples, including a new constitutional amendment campaign. Clarksville opens solar power plant. Sierra Club targets coal plant pollution. State budget looks puny to kids' advocates. Kentucky sued over Medicaid work rule like Arkansas's. Cop suspended for publicity about racial slur. Kimberly Clark uses tax cut to slash thousands of jobs. Family value GOP legislators featured in divorce filings.
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- Today in Arkansas: A deadly day
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- 4:46
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
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- A school shooting in Kentucky and multiple violent deaths in Little Rock lead the news on Tuesday, Jan. 23. Also: Mean Tom Cotton crows on Democrats' retreat on immigration. LR cop charged with shooting a car thief. Courtney Goodson faces challenge in Supreme Court race. Arts Center needs more money for redo. Unemployment rate steady in Arkansas. Ernie Dumas explains that deficits no longer matter to Republicans. Charter school causing problems on UALR campus.
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- Today in Arkansas: Government goes back to work
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- 5:20
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
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- The Senate has a short-term budget compromise, but the immigration battle still looms large. Also on Monday, Jan. 22: The women are still marching; French HIll has a Russian meddling connection; Tom Cotton is a liar; details on $8 million in Razorback football coach pay; USS Little Rock stuck in Canadian ice; Jan Morgan says ISIS is out to get her.
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- Today in Arkansas The shutdown blame game
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- 6:03
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
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- Children, immigrants and more are on the line, but most are talking blame game as a government shutdown looms. A GOP colleague blames Sen. Tom Cotton for some of the president's problems. Also today: Conflict seen in Arkansas's Medicaid dealings; a Trump judge from Arkansas gets off on wrong foot; gunman kills woman and wounds child; LR sues over mayor campaign finances; dicamba ban approved; Game and Fish approves open carry on its open properties.
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- Today in Arkansas: Cotton tells some constituents to stop calling
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- 5:49
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
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- Tough-talking Tom Cotton has had enough from some persistent critics, sending them cease-and-desist letters under threat of police investigation. Also in the news on Thursday, Jan. 18: The Supreme Court says state Constitution means what it says, state can't be sued. Also news on Arkansas Baptist, Buffalo River hog farm, state House race, Catholic bishop's putdown of attorney general, Amazon's site search, UAMS job woes, a women's march and a rebuttal to racism charge in Harrison.
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- Today in Arkansas: Cold air and hot words for Trump, Cotton
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- 5:16
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
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- News in Arkansas on Wednesday, Jan. 17, includes frigid termperatures and hot words for Donald Trump and his dishonest defender, Tom Cotton. Also, the governor parts with Trump on NAFTA; Arkansas education plan approved; group pushes for closure of Buffalo River hog farm; Wendell Griffen tries to keep lawsuit alive; a big real estate merger; questions about oversight of home schools in California tragedy; a $75 million vote for liberal arts education.
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- Today in Arkansas: Snow and Tom Cotton's lying
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- 4:13
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
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- OK it snowed on Tuesday, Jan. 16 and things mostly ground to a halt. But not the criticism of Sen. Tom Cotton for lying to cover for Donald Trump. Also in the news: Disrespect for mother of dead veteran; UA sidesteps FOI -- again; the politics of medical marijuana; Asa's campaign war chest; a conflict as Arkansas awaits Medicaid waiver decision; a reason to love Pine Bluff.
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- Today in Arkansas: The King Day hypocrisy watch
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- 4:28
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
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- The King holiday is marked mostly by hypocritical pronouncements from politicians who quote King while undermining all he stood for. Also: Racial taunts at Harrison basketball game; drug testing welfare recipients; guns and medical marijuana, a forecast for snow.
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- Today in Arkansas: "Shithole countries"
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- 2:31
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
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- Headlines for January 12, 2018 include President Trump calling the continent of Africa and the countries of Haiti and El Salvador "shitholes" and Governor Hutchinson sending a letter to the Arkansas Public Service Commission requesting that the commission lower utility rates in the wake of the federal corporate tax cut.
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- Today in Arkansas: ADEQ denies C&H Hog Farm permit
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- 2:32
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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- Headlines for January 11, 2018 include ADEQ's denial of a permit for the C&H Hog Farm which posed a threat to the Buffalo National River, UAMS' closing of their weight-loss clinic due to cutbacks, the Trump administration's release of guidance giving go-ahead on Medicaid work requirements and an Arkansas man being sentenced for molesting orphans while working as missionary in Haiti.
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- Today in Arkansas: NLRPD releases footage of officer shooting
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- 2:44
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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- Headlines for January 10, 2018 include the NLRPD's release of dashcam footage of the shooting of seventeen year-old Charles Smith by an officer Sunday morning, more layoffs to come at UAMS and the House Republican Steering Committee recommended U.S. Rep. Steve Womack to be the new chair of the House Budget Committee last night.
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- Today in Arkansas: Asa's 2019 budget proposal
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- 2:11
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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- Headlines for January 9, 2018 include Governor Hutchinson's presentation of a proposed 2019 fiscal year budget, some new coaching staff for Razorback football and Rep. Steve Womack's being tapped to chair the House Budget committee.
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- Today in Arkansas: Layoffs at UAMS
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- 2:47
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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- Headlines for January 8, 2018 include a reduction in UAMS' workforce by 600 positions and over 250 layoffs, a group pushing for a constitutional amendment that would allow for three casinos in Arkansas and it seems another rich celebrity wants to be your president.
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- Today in Arkansas: Medicaid rolls fall by ten percent
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- 2:06
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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- Headlines for January 5, 2017 include a ten percent drop in Arkansas Medicaid enrollment, a new federal prosecutor for the Eastern District to combat violent crime and a Democratic candidate for House District 70.
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- Today in Arkansas: Sessions goes after legal marijuana
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- 2:35
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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- Headlines for January 4, 2017 include Attorney General Jeff Sessions' rescinding of an Obama-era memo that stopped the crackdown on legal pot, the disbanding of Trump's voter integrity commission and the Little Rock Police Department's new community policing tactics that some residents describe as "harassment."
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- Today in Arkansas: UA approves new chancellor
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- 2:12
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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- Headlines for January 3, 2017 include UA's announcement of Cam Patterson as chancellor, Fayetteville's commitment to 100 percent clean and renewable energy and a power outage caused by squirrels.
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- Today in Arkansas: 'True Detective' set for Arkansas filming
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- 3:54
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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- News on Friday Dec. 22 includes the announcement that HBO's third season of "True Detective" will be filmed in Northwest Arkansas. Also: Trump targets immigrant families; UAMS gets chancellor; unemployment up; UA responds to tax law changes; Washington County nixes marijuana cultivation operation; Central High historic district grows; gubernatorial candidate takes questions.17.
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- Today in Arkansas: Tax cuts hit college sports
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- 5:15
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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- Big college sports will take a hit from new tax legislation. Also on Thursday, Dec. 21: Arkansas population tops 3 million; Memphis removes Confederate statues; 4 arrests in hotel robberies; Planned Parenthood takes Arkansas to Supreme Court; Charlotte Jones Anderson gets big spread in NY Times; poultry plant approved in Benton County; drug task force deputy nailed for extortion; House continues to protect harassment complaint against legislator.
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- Today in Arkansas: Winners and losers in tax cut
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- 4:51
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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- Congress completed action today on a deficit swelling tax cut that will primarily benefit the wealthy, force millions off health insurance and also require future cuts in Social Security and Medicare. Other news on Wednesday, Dec. 20: Probation for tax scofflaw judge; House cooks up excuse to keep legislative sex harassment complaint secret; North Little Rock lineman electrocuted; sentencing set for sports photo fraud; Mulberry cop kills a snuff shoplifter; succession announced for Oaklawn leadership. CORRECTION TO VIDEO: After filming, I learned a recount in a crucial Virginia House race judged yesterday to be a one-vote Democratic victory today was declared a tie.
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- Today in Arkansas: Tax cut time
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- 4:39
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- A huge tax cut for the wealthy nears final passage in Congress on Tuesday, Dec. 19. Meanwhile, the working poor on Medicaid are in trouble in Arkansas. The public says no to Interstate 30 widening. The push for Razorback financial accountability. More Arkansas involvement in public corruption. a 12-year-old gunman. A lottery millinnaire.
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- Today in Arkansas: Tax cuts for the wealthy; coverage cuts for kids
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- 5:26
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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- The news on Monday, Dec. 18 includes a rush to cut taxes for the wealthy and continued delay in saving health insurance for 9 million kids. Also: Trump's unqualified judicial picks; clergy call for compassion for immigrants; firing of Arkansas Baptist College president; more shootings in SWLR; sexual harassment complaint related to legislator declared secret by Leslie Rutledge; a lawyer aims to uncover Razorback Foundation financial secrets.
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- Today in Arkansas: Counties file lawsuit against opioid companies
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- 2:42
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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- Headlines for December 15, 2017: the Association of Arkansas Counties filed a lawsuit against a number of distributors and manufacturers of prescription opioids, farmer Allan Curtis Jones was found guilty of second degree murder in a dicamba-related incident and Think Big Little Rock pitches big ideas to the Chamber.
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- Today in Arkansas: Former Death Row inmate Tim Howard freed
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- 2:41
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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- Headlines for December 14, 2017 include the release of Tim Howard from Varner Supermax prison, a progressive push in Republican territory, Sister Rosetta Tharpe's induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and a call to vote in our 2018 Readers Choice Awards.
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- Today in Arkansas: UA receives $40M for art district
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- 3:31
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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- Headlines for December 13, 2017 include a donation of $40 million to UA from Windgate for a new art district, the firing of two LRPD recruits and the proposed ban on dicamba hits a brick wall.
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- Today in Arkansas: Henderson running for governor
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- 2:34
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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- Headlines for December 12, 2017 include an announcement that Jared Henderson has officially thrown his hat into the ring for governor, the approval of concrete security bollards for a newly built Ten Commandments monument and a multi-million dollar donation to ASU.
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- Today in Arkansas: Remembering Roy Reed
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- 2:32
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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- Headlines for December 11, 2017 include the death of renowned reporter Roy Reed, polling is underway for 2nd District Congress and Rep. Bob Ballinger's continued fight against birth certificates for children of same-sex parents.
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- Today in Arkansas: Birth certificates being issued again after brief halt
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- 3:01
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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- Headlines for December 8th include an update on birth certificates issued to same-sex parents, UAMS' search for a new chancellor, a free brake light repair clinic in Little Rock and a rally at the Capitol to protest the GOP tax bill.
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- Today in Arkansas: Al Franken announces resignation
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- 3:16
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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- Headlines for December 7th, 2017 include a proper introduction from the new Razorback head coach, an emergency stay by the state in birth certificate case, Al Franken's announcement to resign and a call to check out this week's Philanthropy 2017 edition.
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- Today in Arkansas: Hogs hire SMU football coach
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- 5:14
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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- Arkansas news on Wednesday, Dec. 6 includes the hiring of SMU's Chad Morris to be the next Razorback football coach. Detroit has a better idea about freeways than Little Rock. Triple homicides in two Arkansas cities. Brave women silence breakers are Time's people of the year (Trump's victims, in other words). Waltons spend to help teachers with student in poverty. UCA profs question corporate welfare benefits. Charles Cella passes. The farkleberries are back at Clinton Library.
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- Today in Arkansas: Tom Cotton for CIA?
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- 6:45
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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- A New York Times report says a Trump administration shakeup could put Tom Cotton as head of CIA. In other news on Thursday, Nov. 30: The PSC debates solar power; Highway Department widens aim for concrete gulch in downtown Little Rock; UAMS budget problem grows; Little Rock Marriott for sale; state must pay in pork barrel lawsuit; judge chooses law schools over cancer research for tobacco settlement money; Forrest City newspaper does its job on local schools.
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- Today in Arkansas: Latest in lechery
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- 4:16
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- Two more big names fall to sexual misconduct allegations -- Matt Lauer and Garrison Keillor. Also on Wednesday, Nov. 29: Speculation high about batch of sealed federal indictments; prosecutor drops murder case using Amazon Echo; a plea for solar power benefit; justice in Jonesboro; the pothole report; Leslie Rutledge is busy.
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- Today in Arkansas: Hogs call for hiring help
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- 4:46
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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- The Razorbacks are bringing in a pair of consulting firms to help fill vacancies for athletic director and football coach. Also on Tuesday, Nov. 28: Tim Fox threatens halt to birth certificate system until wrongs against same-sex parents righted; Asa punishes Planned Parenthood again; McCrory settles suit over ordinance on cheap trailers; 'Meth Storm' document is a grim but important look at Arkansas scourge; some good candidates for charitable contributions, including journalism.
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- Today in Arkansas: Taxes, football, death
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- 5:17
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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- News on Monday Nov. 27 includes more evidence that Senate tax bill is bad for lower-income people. Also: The Hog football coach firing; slopping legislative hogs; guns for Christmas and court setbacks for the NRA; parole voted for youthful killers; West Memphis 3 defendant in trouble on the road; remembering Judge G. Thomas Eisele.
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- Today in Arkansas: The latest 'Me Too'
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- 4:10
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- More big names accused of sexual harassment, but don't forget harassment closer to home. Also on Tuesday, Nov. 21: Today in Trump, Haitians and net neutrality get the shaft; one GOP governor believes in free birth control (not ours); lame duck football coaches; jet pilot maneuvers landing without good brakes; a graphic state-by-state depiction of climate change; more criticism of charter schools.
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- Today in Arkansas: Who gets rich from tax cuts?
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- 4:10
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- The winners and losers of pending Senate tax legislation leads the news today, Monday, Nov. 20. Also: The Clintons weekend in Little Rock; three die in medical helicopter crash; a city government resignation in Fayetteville; club brawl ends in unintended homicide; lights on downtown; thief hits county jail.
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- Today in Arkansas: UAMS feels a budget pinch
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- 5:22
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- Arkansas news on Friday, Nov. 17: UAMS feels the budget pinch; tax break for wealthy advances; Donald "Grabber" Trump goes after Franken; rappers protest at City Hall; FCC aids right-wing Sinclair, with implications for Arkansas; judge to quit bench over tax charges; state trooper under review in Jonesboro; Clintons and Christmas tree downtown this weekend...
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- Today in Arkansas: House passes tax cut for wealthy
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- 5:23
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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- The House passed a huge tax cut for the wealthy today and Democrats came out firing. Also: Al Franken accused of sexual misconduct; Leslie Rutledge parties with fat cats like a Trump; Supreme Court unhappy with Pulaski courts; Ten Commandments vandal unfit for trial; white nationalist extradited; Waltons pour millions in Northwest Arkansas parks; more fresh Democratic candidates; Sen. Standridge passes; the final tab for Jeff Long's buyout.
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- Today in Arkansas: UA fires Jeff Long
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- 5:23
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- Jeff Long got the boot today as Razorback athletic director. Football coach Bret Bielema can't be far behind. Also today: An Arkansas connection in the Roy Moore campaign; talkative Tom Cotton goes mute on Roy Moore; a botched execution in Ohio; Jan Morgan takes aim at Asa; does a Democratic flip in Oklahoma raise hopes in Arkansas?; booze news all over.
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- Today in Arkansas: Hot checks and grocery store wine
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- 7:41
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- A surprise settlement of a the "debtor's prison" lawsuit over Pulaski County hot check court leads the news on Tuesday, Nov. 14. Also since we recorded this: A judge has cleared the way for more wine sales in Arkansas grocery stores. Other news: The Trump swamp deepens with drug lobbyist over Medicare; more K2 deaths reported in prisons; big money in a big feud over state ad contracts; a loss to Planned Parenthood and the poor women it serves; "love locks" to be removed from downtown bridge.
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- Today in Arkansas: Another Roy Moore accuser
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- 5:56
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- Another woman alleges Roy Moore assaulted her as a teenager. And that's not the only news about men behaving badly on Monday, Nov. 13. Also: Asa endorses tax cuts; study begins of Civil War Museum; fresh faces emerge for legislature; high-tech developments in LR and NLR; athletic director contracts and a DWI are sports headlines.
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- Today in Arkansas: Behind the scenes at UA Board
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- 5:24
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- News on Friday, Nov. 10 includes behind-the-scenes info on the secret UA Board meeting on athletics. Also: Senate tax bill looks DOA; Trump judges look terrible; Noth Little Rock looks at new corporate resident; Mark Martin looks bad again; Jerry Jones looks at suing NFL; I look at WWI.
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- Today in Arkansas: Taxes and another high-profile 'Me Too'
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- 5:31
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- Arkansas news on Thursday, Nov. 9: A Senate tax bill; a scandal for Senate candidate Roy Moore; anti-climax on athletics at UA Board; Supreme Court helps the disabled; no integrity at Election Integrity Commission; LR schools at state Board; new owner of downtown skyscraper.
