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Arkansas Times" Week in Review Podcast

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School employee shot, killed near Little Rock’s...

Arkansas Times" Week in Review Podcast ·

2025/08/20

A brutal murder near a Little Rock school put the campus on lockdown.

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New York Times story questions legality of northeast...

Arkansas Times" Week in Review Podcast ·

2025/08/20

The New York Times published a story Wednesday revealing some interesting new details about Return to the Land, an openly racist group building a whites-only community in northeast Arkansas.

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Former sheriff sentenced to prison

Arkansas Times" Week in Review Podcast ·

2025/08/20

A federal judge on Wednesday sentenced former Hot Spring County Sheriff Scott Finkbeiner to 24 months in prison for a drug- and sex-scandal that ultimately forced Finkbeiner’s resignation.

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Virgil’s Wednesday open line

Arkansas Times" Week in Review Podcast ·

2025/08/20

Howdy.

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Little Rock city board moves forward with ADU...

Arkansas Times" Week in Review Podcast ·

2025/08/20

The Little Rock Board of Directors voted 8-1 Tuesday evening for an ordinance to bring the city in compliance with a new state law that makes it easier for property owners to build accessory dwelling units, or ADUs.

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Governor names new slate to state library board

Arkansas Times" Week in Review Podcast ·

2025/08/20

The governor chose the wives of two Republican legislators, her own director of constituent services, a former GOP lawmaker, a Beebe real estate agent and the co-founder of Twin Lakes Baptist Church to oversee the state’s public libraries.

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LR city board votes to spend $500K planning I-30 deck...

Arkansas Times" Week in Review Podcast ·

2025/08/20

The city board approved a resolution to spend $500,000 out of the city’s street fund to commission the Garver engineering firm to do the study.

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Alice Walton donates $100,000 to Andrew Cuomo super...

Arkansas Times" Week in Review Podcast ·

2025/08/19

Cuomo has courted big-money donors to fund his independent campaign after losing the Democratic primary in June.

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Tuesday open line

Arkansas Times" Week in Review Podcast ·

2025/08/19

Howdy.

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ALDI coming to McCain Boulevard in North Little Rock

Arkansas Times" Week in Review Podcast ·

2025/08/19

ALDI, the buzzy international chain of discount grocery stores founded in Germany, is in the construction process for a new location in North Little Rock’s McCain Plaza shopping center.

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Arkansas Abortion Support Network featured in Mother...

Arkansas Times" Week in Review Podcast ·

2025/08/19

The longtime progressive magazine interviewed organizers in Arkansas, Ohio and Indiana about their efforts to provide resources to pregnant people living under restrictions and near-total bans on abortion.

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French Hill staffer to challenge Rep. Ashley Hudson...

Arkansas Times" Week in Review Podcast ·

2025/08/19

Hunter Sadler, 32, has worked for 2nd District Congressman French Hill since July 2018.

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Saturday open line

Arkansas Times" Week in Review Podcast ·

2025/08/16

Come on in.

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Local activists demonstrate how nitrogen gas...

Arkansas Times" Week in Review Podcast ·

2025/08/15

Several activists opposed to the death penalty gathered at the chapel inside Quapaw Quarter United Methodist Church on Friday morning to show reporters what it feels like to wear the mask commonly used for nitrogen gas executions across the country.

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Amity man sentenced for using AI to generate sexual...

Arkansas Times" Week in Review Podcast ·

2025/08/15

An attorney said this case was especially disturbing because AI was used to generate images of actual children and adults living in Clark County and surrounding communities.

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Little Rock School Board considers marketing and...

Arkansas Times" Week in Review Podcast ·

2025/08/15

The Little Rock school board reupped Superintendent Jermall Wright’s contract, explored investing in a campaign to better market the district and considered joining a lawsuit against social media companies at Thursday’s meeting.

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Arkansas school voucher applications top 50,000

Arkansas Times" Week in Review Podcast ·

2025/08/15

The number of Arkansas students seeking vouchers for the 2025-26 school year has exceeded 50,000, and the Arkansas Department of Education is still committed to Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders’ plan to fund every applicant.

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Friday open line

Arkansas Times" Week in Review Podcast ·

2025/08/15

Come on in.

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Gov. Sanders appoints higher ed consultant to state...

Arkansas Times" Week in Review Podcast ·

2025/08/15

Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders has appointed Aaron Abbott, a consultant whose employer markets artificial intelligence tools to private schools and higher education institutions, to the State Board of Education.

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Five inmates charged with murder in Monroe County...

Arkansas Times" Week in Review Podcast ·

2025/08/15

All five suspects are scheduled to appear in court on Aug. 19 for plea and arraignment on murder, battery, and gang activity charges.

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