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Windgate Foundation gifts UA-Little Rock $7.5 million...

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2025/05/02

The foundation previously gave $20 million to UA-Little Rock to create the Windgate Center for Art and Design, which opened in 2018.

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LRSD board hears details on $15 million in budget...

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2025/05/02

The planned cuts reflect changes in enrollment and course needs, and won’t affect core academic supports, the administration said.

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Arkansas revenue dropped sharply in April; state...

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2025/05/02

Arkansas’s net available general revenue in April dropped by 21%, or $171 million, compared to the same month a year ago, DFA said.

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Son of northeast Arkansas state lawmaker arrested on...

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2025/05/02

Special agents with the Arkansas State Police arrested Jeffery Ladyman, 42, of Jonesboro, on Thursday. The son of Rep. Jack Ladyman (R-Jonesboro), he is being held in the Craighead County Detention Center.

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eStem Elementary teachers hype students for...

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2025/05/02

“eStem Elementary, we gon’ get it on them scores. Yeah, they tried to count us out, but you can’t fake the growth. We prepared all year, this is bigger you know,” the lyrics go.

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Visas reinstated for all University of Arkansas’...

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2025/05/02

All five international students at the University of Arkansas who had their visa status revoked last month have been reinstated, a university spokesperson confirmed Thursday.

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Ghost or memory or the space between: A photo essay

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2025/05/02

In these works I’ve sought the nexus where figures in the archival photographs intersect with what has become of the town and life they came to know. Through multiple exposures, scans and a great deal of screen time, I’ve begun to see the merging of the people and the place and the love.

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Principal, 3 other staffers at northeast Arkansas...

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2025/05/01

The prosecuting attorney compared the incident to a “makeshift child fight club,” but an attorney representing a defendant said that’s not what happened.

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Chris Jones drops defamation lawsuit over ‘Hamas’...

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2025/05/01

Though the case has shown merit, Jones said, continuing the legal fight would take time and resources that “could be better spent on advocating for real change.”

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Thursday Open Line

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2025/05/01

Good afternoon.

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City of Little Rock and LRSD asking for donations to...

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2025/05/01

The Little Rock School District has incurred more than $174,000 of school meal debt. District and city officials are asking the community for help paying it off.

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Prelude and Fugue: Trinity Episcopal Cathedral’s...

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2025/05/01

It’s one thing to revere Bach — it’s quite another to play Bach’s complete organ works. Few organists attempt the challenge, which requires performing somewhere around 18 hours of concertos, trios, trio sonatas, chorale preludes and other pieces, some of which comprise the most difficult music an organist is ever tasked to play. It’s an extraordinary feat to play all of them, and, for Colin MacKnight, it’s been a lifelong dream.

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Best bites of April

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2025/05/01

With April now in the rearview mirror, we’re looking back at some of the best restaurant dishes and the tastiest three-ingredient picnic the Eat Arkansas team came across over the last month.

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Road Trip – May 1, 2025

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2025/05/01

Road Trip May 1, 2025 Vol 51 » No 5 Read the print version

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Bonnie Raitt at Robinson Center on Wednesday

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2025/05/01

Here’s hoping for a setlist that includes such classics as “I Can’t Make You Love Me,” “The Road’s My Middle Name,” “Love Sneakin’ Up on You” and deeper cuts from pre-“Nick of Time” albums like “Sweet Forgiveness” and “Streetlights.”

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The 2020s seem to be bringing more tornadoes to...

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2025/05/01

Improvements in tornado detection technology might account for the boosted numbers, but a shifting Tornado Alley may really be delivering more deadly storms to Arkansas.

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Wednesday Open Line

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2025/04/30

Good afternoon.

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Guidebook extolling Hot Springs strangeness out Thursday

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2025/04/30

Whether you’re looking for odd pockets of Hot Springs’ colorful history, a peek into its contemporary idiosyncrasies, or a better appreciation of its eccentric residents, Cassidy Kendall’s “Secret Hot Springs” is an efficient window into what makes Spa City sparkle.

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‘America’s best secretary of state’ is ready to be...

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2025/04/30

Jester’s short track record remains unproven. But he isn’t letting his lack of experience or the poor optics of job-hopping stop him from targeting a new gig.

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Owners of Argenta staples Brood & Barley and Four...

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2025/04/30

Led by co-owners Conan Robinson and Jess McMullen, The Pizza Pub will be offering tavern-style pizza, a Chicago-style thin crust pie typically cut into squares and often overlooked by tourists who visit the city in search of the more substantial deep dish.

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