Arkansas Times' Week in Review Podcast
Since 2011, the Arkansas Times' Week in Review Podcast has been the place to go for the straight dirt on state news, politics and more. Join us each week as Arkansas Times reporters and editors discuss the top stories of the week (and whatever else is on our minds).
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Stories discussed this week:
- Bill targeting hog farm moratoriums near Buffalo...
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Stories discussed this week:
Power companies would be able to raise your electric...
Stories discussed this week:
Anti-woke activism meets technocratic tinkering: Breaking down Sanders’ higher ed bill
Get off the Capitol lawn! Gov’s bill aims to limit students’ political speech
NIH cuts come to UAMS and bad ballot measure bills at the Capitol: The Week in Review, Feb. 15, 2025
Stories discussed this week:
UAMS, AR Children’s brace for Trump administration cuts to medical research funding
Rick Crawford sponsors bill to keep USAID cash flowing to farms amid Musk’s assault on agency
Stories discussed this week:
‘Tort reform’ bill passes Senate, heads to governor’s desk
https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2025/02/06/tort-reform-bill-passes-senate-heads-to-governors-desk
Sanders’ maternal health plan would make it easier to get Medicaid — but not to keep it
U.S. reading a...
Stories discussed this week:
Phones would be banned ‘bell to bell’ in Arkansas public schools under new bill
Sanders will seek new Medicaid work requirement for 220K Arkansans
Senate...
Stories discussed this week:
State law allowing child sexual abuse victims to retroactively sue gets its day in court
https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2025/01/23/state-law-allowing-child-sexual-abuse-victims-to-retroactively-sue-gets-its-day-in-court
Arkansas immigrants brace for Trump’s promised raids as rumors fly on social media
https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2025/01/24/arkansas-immigrants-brace-for-...
Stories discussed this week:
Crawford picked as House Intelligence chair after ouster of Republican who dared question Trump
https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2025/01/16/crawford-picked-as-house-intelligence-chair-after-ouster-of-republican-who-dared-question-trump
UPDATE: Sanders’ session agenda includes school phone ban, firing ‘woke’ professors, higher ed funding
https://arktimes.com/ar...
Stories discussed this week
Baker claps back at other Supreme Court justices, declares recent orders null and void
https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2025/01/08/baker-claps-back-at-other-supreme-court-justices-declares-recent-orders-null-and-void
State Supreme Court majority voids chief justice’s appointments to judicial discipline panel
https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2025/01/07/state-supreme-court-majorit...
Stories discussed this week:
Despite opposition from local right wing group, Fort Smith City Board approves EPA grant
https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2024/12/18/despite-opposition-from-local-right-wing-group-fort-smith-city-board-approves-epa-grant
Governor’s consultants pitch bad ideas for a FOIA overhaul
https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2024/12/18/governors-consultants-pitch-bad-ideas-for-a-foia-overhau...
Stories discussed this week:
220K Arkansans will lose insurance if Republicans cut federal Medicaid expansion funds
https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2024/12/12/220k-arkansans-will-lose-insurance-if-republicans-cut-federal-medicaid-expansion-funds
Emails show officials hid purchase of land in Franklin County for prison, mocked residents by sharing South Park video clips (UPDATED)
https://arktimes.com/arkansas...
Stories discussed this week
Can you really use an Arkansas school voucher for horseback riding lessons? Yes.
https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2024/11/27/can-you-really-use-an-arkansas-school-voucher-for-horseback-riding-lessons-yes
Donald Trump taps Mike Huckabee as ambassador to Israel
https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2024/11/12/donald-trump-taps-mike-huckabee-as-ambassador-to-israel
Picking Mike Huckabee ...
Prefiled bills have Republicans pushing discrimination, tooth decay and maternal health
https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2024/11/20/pre-filed-bills-have-republicans-pushing-discrimination-tooth-decay-and-maternal-health
Arkansas House Dems unveil 2025 agenda, but can any of it pass?https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2024/11/19/arkansas-house-dems-unveil-2025-agenda-but-can-any-of-it-pass
Raw milk, raffles and re...
Franklin County residents question prison location during contentious town hall
https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2024/11/08/franklin-county-residents-question-prison-location-during-contentious-town-hall
Failing up: 10 months after his firing, former prisons chief Profiri still has a $184K job in the governor’s office
https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2024/11/15/failing-up-10-months-after-his-firing-former...
Little Rock voters say no to new sales tax, yes to incumbent city directors
https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2024/11/06/little-rock-voters-say-no-to-new-sales-tax-yes-to-incumbent-city-directors
Pope County casino dead after Issue 2 passes, despite local voter support for casino
https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2024/11/06/pope-county-casino-dead-after-issue-2-passes-despite-local-voter-support-for-casino
B...
Vote yes: Little Rock’s 1-cent sales tax plan is the city’s chance to think big
https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2024/10/29/vote-yes-little-rocks-1-cent-sales-tax-plan-is-the-citys-chance-to-think-big
Will it make a difference? Analyzing Little Rock’s proposed 1-cent sales tax increase
https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2024/10/21/will-it-make-a-difference-analyzing-little-rocks-proposed-1-cent-sales-tax-in...
UPDATE: Franklin County selected as home of new 3,000-bed state prison
https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2024/10/31/franklin-county-selected-as-home-of-new-3k-bed-state-prison
New data on Ark. vouchers: More than 80% of new enrollees did not attend public school last year
https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2024/10/31/new-data-on-ark-vouchers-more-than-80-of-new-enrollees-did-not-attend-public-school-last-yea...
Stories discussed this week:
Utility regulators say AG failed to meet deadlines in case to raise gas rates
https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2024/10/23/utility-regulators-say-ag-failed-to-meet-deadlines-in-case-to-raise-gas-rates
Advocates of the ‘raw milk revolution’ push legislation allowing retail sales at markets
https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2024/10/18/advocates-of-the-raw-milk-revolution-push-legis...
State Supreme Court requires 2 early voting sites in West Memphis, rejecting Republicans’ arguments
https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2024/10/17/state-supreme-court-requires-2-early-voting-sites-in-west-memphis-rejecting-republicans-arguments
Supreme Court clears path for Arkansans to vote on anti-casino amendment
https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2024/10/17/supreme-court-clears-path-for-arkansans-to-vote-o...
Stories discussed this week:
Judge sentences two former officers videotaped in infamous Mulberry beating
https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2024/10/10/judge-sentences-two-former-officers-videotaped-in-infamous-mulberry-beating
Overwhelmed voucher systems in West Virginia, Arkansas leave thousands of homeschoolers hanging
https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2024/10/09/overwhelmed-voucher-systems-in-west-virginia...
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