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).
Episodes
293 episodes
USDA cuts food assistance funding: The Week in Review, March 14, 2025
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Prison spending, nitrogen executions and higher electric bills: The Week in Review, March 7, 2025
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Arkansas ACCESS and attacks on direct democracy: The Week in Review, Feb. 22, 2025
Stories discussed this week:Anti-woke activism meets technocratic tinkering: Breaking down Sanders’ higher ed bill
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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
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Tort reform and maternal health at the Capitol: The Week in Review, Feb. 8, 2025
Stories discussed this week:‘Tort reform’ bill passes Senate, heads to governor’s deskhttps://arktimes.co...
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Sanders wants to ban phones in schools, and that's OK: The Week in Review, Feb. 1, 2025
Stories discussed this week:Phones would be banned ‘bell to bell’ in Arkansas public schools under new bill
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Trump is back: The Week in Review, Jan. 25, 2025
Stories discussed this week:State law allowing child sexual abuse victims to retroactively sue gets its day in court
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Crawford as House Intelligence chair, and the legislative session begins: The Week in Review, Jan. 17, 2025
Stories discussed this week:Crawford picked as House Intelligence chair after ouster of Republican who dared question Trumphttps://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2025/01/16/crawford-picked-as-house-intelligence-chair-after-ouster...
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Legislative preview and Supreme Court drama: The Week in Review, Jan. 10, 2025
Stories discussed this weekBaker claps back at other Supreme Court justices, declares recent orders null and void
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An uproar over an EPA grant in Fort Smith and Gov. Sanders’ FOIA plans: The Week in Review, Dec. 21, 2024
Stories discussed this week:Despite opposition from local right wing group, Fort Smith City Board approves EPA grant
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A threat to Arkansas Medicaid and updates on the Franklin County prison: The Week in Review, Dec. 14, 2024
Stories discussed this week:220K Arkansans will lose insurance if Republicans cut federal Medicaid expansion funds
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Equestrian vouchers, Huckabee to Israel, the stinky lagoon and more: The Week in Review, Dec. 7, 2024
Stories discussed this weekCan you really use an Arkansas school voucher for horseback riding lessons? Yes.
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Emu on the loose and a 2025 legislative preview: The Week in Review, Nov. 23, 2024
Prefiled bills have Republicans pushing discrimination, tooth decay and maternal healthht...
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Franklin County pushes back on Sanders' prison plans: The Week in Review, Nov. 16, 2024
Franklin County residents question prison location during contentious town hallhttps://arktimes.c...
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Arkansas Election Roundup: The Week in Review Monday Nov 09, 2024
Little Rock voters say no to new sales tax, yes to incumbent city directorshttps://arktimes.com/arkans...
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Special election preview: Monday, Nov. 4, 2024
Vote yes: Little Rock’s 1-cent sales tax plan is the city’s chance to think bighttps://arktimes.com/...
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A prison in Franklin County and an update on school vouchers: The Week in Review, Nov. 2, 2024
UPDATE: Franklin County selected as home of new 3,000-bed state prisonhttps://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2024/10/31/f...
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Your medical marijuana vote will not count: The Week in Review, Saturday, Oct. 26, 2024
Stories discussed this week:Utility regulators say AG failed to meet deadlines in case to raise gas rates
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Tyson under investigation, early voting in West Memphis and Issue 2: The Week in Review, Oct. 19, 2024
State Supreme Court requires 2 early voting sites in West Memphis, rejecting Republicans’ arguments
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How Arkansas residential psych facilities make money on out-of-state kids: The Week in Review, Oct 12, 2024
Stories discussed this week:Judge sentences two former officers videotaped in infamous Mulberry beating
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A breakthrough in the Morgan Nick Case: The Week in Review, Saturday, Oct. 05, 2024
Stories Discussed this weekBilly Jack Lincks named as sole suspect in 1995 Morgan Nick kidnapping (Updated)
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TIF and the Downtown Little Rock Master Plan: The Week in Review Saturday Sept 28, 2024
Stories discussed this week:TIF tiff: Downtown Little Rock Master Plan calls for controversial funding tool
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Immigrant scapegoats: The Week in Review, Sept. 21, 2024
Stories discussed this week:Sarah Sanders used a July traffic stop to demonize immigrants; the dashcam footage tells a different story
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Tim Griffin's petition quagmire: The Week in Review, Sept. 14, 2024
Stories discussed this week:New animal waste rule would keep public in the dark on hog farm permits, environmental groups say
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Alice Driver on "Life and Death of the American Worker: The Immigrants Taking on America’s Largest Meatpacking Company" (Sept. 5, 2024)
On this week's podcast, Arkansas author Alice Driver discusses her new book on Tyson Foods and the perils faced by its largely immigrant workforce. "Life and Death of the American Worker: The Immigrants Taking on America's Largest Me...
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