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Arkansas Times" Week in Review Podcast

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Mars might not be red for the reasons we thought, UA...

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2025/02/28

Vincent Chevrier, associate research professor at the University of Arkansas Center for Space and Planetary Sciences, is part of an international team of researchers arguing that Mars gets its reddish hue not from hematite, as previously thought, but from a different iron-oxide mineral called ferrihydrite.

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LR indie band New Motto releases first EP since 2019

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2025/02/28

There’s something pleasingly trippy, laidback, yet focused about the three tracks on Little Rock indie band New Motto’s new EP, which dropped earlier this month on streaming platforms everywhere.

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Scott focuses on improving basic city services during...

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2025/02/28

Mayor Frank Scott Jr. said top priorities for 2025 include more affordable housing and improving city services in Little Rock.

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Frustrated Tontitown residents meet with state...

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2025/02/28

Tontitown residents continue to be fed up with noxious fumes they say come from a nearby landfill.

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February’s best bites

Arkansas Times" Week in Review Podcast ·

2025/02/28

As February comes to a close, we’re looking back at some of the best restaurant dishes the Eat Arkansas team came across over the last four weeks.

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Hendrix Players bring devised performance to Cabe...

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2025/02/28

There’s no script or safety net when an ensemble of Hendrix College students present “(title) Unknown | a devised performance” in March.

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LRSD plans $15 million belt-tightening for FY26

Arkansas Times" Week in Review Podcast ·

2025/02/28

The Little Rock School District is planning ahead for enrollment drops as state government pushes “school choice.”

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New Potluck Food Rescue app will mobilize volunteers...

Arkansas Times" Week in Review Podcast ·

2025/02/28

Potluck Food Rescue launched an app on Thursday that will allow the nonprofit to expand its footprint by mobilizing volunteer drivers to pick up food that would otherwise go to waste and redistribute it to people in Arkansas facing food insecurity.

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Slideshow: Protesters pay Rep. French Hill a visit

Arkansas Times" Week in Review Podcast ·

2025/02/28

A well-mannered cluster of protesters gathered at Arkansas 2nd District Congressman French Hill's Little Rock office Thursday afternoon.

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Feds tout 450 arrests in Arkansas immigration sweep,...

Arkansas Times" Week in Review Podcast ·

2025/02/28

It’s also not clear whether the numbers announced Thursday represent a major increase in arrests compared to typical activity by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE.

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State lawmakers demand solid cost estimate before...

Arkansas Times" Week in Review Podcast ·

2025/02/28

The Joint Budget Committee on Thursday declined to begin the process to appropriate hundreds of millions of dollars for a controversial new prison in Franklin County, a cornerstone of Gov. Sanders tough-on-crime agenda.

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Senators again nix bill to give secretary of state...

Arkansas Times" Week in Review Podcast ·

2025/02/27

A plan to establish a Brownshirts-style law enforcement team within the secretary of state’s office to crack down on the ballot initiative process failed Wednesday.

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Thursday Open Line

Arkansas Times" Week in Review Podcast ·

2025/02/27

With the homies.

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Senate committee advances bill to ease utility...

Arkansas Times" Week in Review Podcast ·

2025/02/27

A Senate committee on Thursday advanced a bill that would allow utilities to make capital investments without permission from the Arkansas Public Service Commission and charge customers higher rates to cover their costs.

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Take a number: New York Magazine loves Jesse Welles, too

Arkansas Times" Week in Review Podcast ·

2025/02/27

Ozark native folkster Jesse Welles is having a moment, what with all the attention he’s garnered from The New York Times, New York Magazine, and a whole lot of new fans.

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Heifer finds buyer for downtown LR headquarters in...

Arkansas Times" Week in Review Podcast ·

2025/02/27

Heifer International is set to sell its downtown Little Rock headquarters to the Bill, Hillary and Chelsea Clinton Foundation, but will lease two floors of the main office building to maintain its presence in the city

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La Terraza Hillcrest restaurant space goes up for lease

Arkansas Times" Week in Review Podcast ·

2025/02/27

It appears that popular Venezuelan restaurant La Terraza Rum & Lounge will not be returning to its restaurant space on the corner of Kavanaugh and North Spruce streets in Hillcrest.

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House committee advances nitrogen gas execution bill

Arkansas Times" Week in Review Podcast ·

2025/02/27

No one spoke in favor of the bill, while multiple legislators and Arkansans spoke against it. It passed anyway.

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Arkansas Symphony Orchestra announces 60th season...

Arkansas Times" Week in Review Podcast ·

2025/02/27

ASO Music Director Geoffrey Robson said the season will blend classical masterworks with vibrant Pops performances and intimate chamber music at the symphony’s new Stella Boyle Smith Music Center, which opened in September.

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The Legislature targets the people’s ballot measure...

Arkansas Times" Week in Review Podcast ·

2025/02/15

On this week's podcast: Trump's funding cuts come to Arkansas, bad ballot measure bills at the Capitol, and the Legislature targets Disability Rights Arkansas.

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