Send us a text In this episode, Arkansas Times' editor-in-chief Austin Bailey and city reporter Mary Hennigan run down local news of the week: https://arktimes.com/news/2023/12/08/fore-better-or-worse-little-rocks-topgolf-opens-dec-22 Austin and managing editor Benjamin Hardy discuss a recent ruling from the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals on a voting rights case out of Arkansas with a national repercussions: https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2023/11/20/appeals-court-sides-with-arkansas-federal-ju...
Dec 09, 2023•31 min
Send us a text On this week's episode, we discuss the University of Arkansas' hiring of Bobby Petrino to be the Razorbacks' new offensive coordinator. https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2023/11/29/read-petrinos-permission-slip-to-come-back-to-work A new ballot initiative to restore some abortion rights in Arkansas. https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2023/11/27/group-aims-to-restore-limited-abortion-rights-in-arkansas And, a ballot initiative to enshrine the Arkansas FOIA into the state constitut...
Dec 02, 2023•36 min
Send us a text *Correction: This podcast mistakenly identifies a private school promoted by the Arkansas Department of Education as “Covenant Christian Academy.” In fact, the name of the school is “Cornerstone Christian Academy.” Omaya Jones and Arkansas Times Managing Editor Benjamin Hardy talk about the news that ExxonMobil is going to begin drilling for lithium in south Arkansas. https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2023/11/13/exxon-to-begin-producing-lithium-in-south-arkansas-by-2027-and-scale...
Nov 18, 2023•28 min
Send us a text It's the return of the Arkansas Times' Week in Review Podcast! This week, Omaya Jones talks to managing editor Benjamin Hardy about a new lawsuit against businessman Ted Suhl. Editor-in-chief Austin Bailey discusses the Little Rock school board's decision to combine Hall High School and the West School of Innovation into a single campus. And, Benjamin talks to new Arkansas Times reporter Matt Campbell about the origins of "Lecterngate," nee "Podiumgate". Articles discussed: https:...
Nov 11, 2023•36 min
Send us a text Arkansas Times editors Austin Bailey and Lindsey Millar talk about the latest from the legislature, including the continued assault on trans kids, a bid to criminalize affirmative action, an effort to essentially ban books and more. We welcome your feedback. Write us at podcasts@arktimes.com
Mar 10, 2023•23 min
Send us a text Arkansas Times editors Austin Bailey and Lindsey Millar talk about the latest from the legislature, including the near passage of Arkansas LEARNS. We welcome your feedback. Write us at podcasts@arktimes.com
Mar 03, 2023•22 min
Send us a text Arkansas Times editors Austin Bailey and Lindsey Millar talk about Arkansas LEARNS and other legislative happenings. We welcome your feedback. Write us at podcasts@arktimes.com
Feb 24, 2023•35 min
Send us a text Arkansas Times editors Austin Bailey and Lindsey Millar talk about the latest from Arkansas General Assembly. We welcome your feedback. Write us at podcasts@arktimes.com
Feb 17, 2023•18 min
Send us a text On this week's podcast, Austin Bailey and Lindsey Millar talk about Gov. Sarah Sanders' delivering the Republican response to President Biden's State of the Union address, the Arkansas LEARNS education plan and more news from the legislature. We welcome your feedback. Write us at podcasts@arktimes.com
Feb 10, 2023•27 min
Send us a text Arkansas Times editors Austin Bailey and Lindsey Millar talk about the latest from the legislature, Gov. Sarah Sanders' messaging and the potential deal involving the University of Phoenix and the University of Arkansas System. We welcome your feedback. Write us at podcasts@arktimes.com
Feb 02, 2023•26 min
Send us a text Arkansas Times editors Austin Bailey and Lindsey Millar talk about the early days of Gov. Sarah Sanders, which have been filled with executive orders, lawmakers filing a lot of culture war legislation and all sorts of fretting over big, terrible bills to come. Also, they discuss the travails of felonious former senator Jeremy Hutchinson. We welcome your feedback. Write us at podcasts@arktimes.com...
Jan 20, 2023•22 min
Send us a text The education policy experts at For AR People drill down on the differences between what Governor Sanders says and what’s really happening. We welcome your feedback. Write us at podcasts@arktimes.com
Jan 16, 2023•18 min
Send us a text Wonk out on education policy with Gennie and Hannah! We welcome your feedback. Write us at podcasts@arktimes.com
Jan 16, 2023•18 min
Send us a text Arkansas Times editors Max Brantley and Lindsey Millar talk about the early days of Gov.-elect Sarah Huckabee Sanders, donor drama at the Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts and other odds and ends. We welcome your feedback. Write us at podcasts@arktimes.com
Dec 09, 2022•23 min
Send us a text Arkansas Times editors Austin Bailey and Lindsey Millar talk about the conclusion of the federal court trial over Arkansas's first in the nation ban on gender-affirming care for minors, a monumental state Supreme Court ruling and Governor Hutchinson's presidential warm-up. We welcome your feedback. Write us at podcasts@arktimes.com
Dec 02, 2022•23 min
Send us a text Arkansas Times editors Max Brantley and Lindsey Millar talk about the election results and the latest on the showdown over who will be the next University of Arkansas chancellor. We welcome your feedback. Write us at podcasts@arktimes.com
Nov 11, 2022•30 min
Send us a text Arkansas Times editors Max Brantley and Lindsey Millar talk about the upcoming elections and the mess at Little Rock City Hall. We welcome your feedback. Write us at podcasts@arktimes.com
Nov 04, 2022•26 min
Send us a text Arkansas Times editors Max Brantley and Lindsey Millar talk about the coming midterm election, the federal court case challenging Arkansas's ban on gender-affirming care for children and the federal government dropping its case against former lobbyist Gilbert Baker. We welcome your feedback. Write us at podcasts@arktimes.com
Oct 21, 2022•37 min
Send us a text Arkansas Times editors Max Brantley and Lindsey Millar talk about the search for the next University of Arkansas chancellor, the latest on Arkansas public officials' transphobia and Mike Huckabee meddling in the Little Rock mayor's race. We welcome your feedback. Write us at podcasts@arktimes.com
Oct 14, 2022•24 min
Send us a text Arkansas Times editors Max Brantley and Lindsey Millar talk teachers salaries, campaigns around ballot issues and the Little Rock mayoral election and LITFest. We welcome your feedback. Write us at podcasts@arktimes.com
Oct 06, 2022•1 hr 52 min
Send us a text Arkansas Times editors Max Brantley and Lindsey Millar talk about the state Supreme Court clearing the recreational marijuana amendment for the November ballot, Little Rock Mayor Frank Scott Jr.'s very bad week and other odds and ends. We welcome your feedback. Write us at podcasts@arktimes.com
Sep 23, 2022•30 min
Send us a text Arkansas Times editors Max Brantley and Lindsey Millar talk about Governor Hutchinson and Attorney General Leslie Rutledge endorsing discrimination of LGBTQ people, similar demagoguing happening at the Conway School Board, the death of Ken Starr, the latest on the ethics scandal involving Sen. Alan Clark and the health of Sarah Huckabee Sanders. We welcome your feedback. Write us at podcasts@arktimes.com...
Sep 16, 2022•24 min
Send us a text Arkansas Times editors Austin Bailey and Lindsey Millar talk about Alan Clark and ethics violations, an important coming U.S. Supreme Court case that has AG Leslie Rutledge and Chief Justice Dan Kemp on opposing sides and Governor Hutchinson's campaign against the legalization of marijuana. We welcome your feedback. Write us at podcasts@arktimes.com
Sep 09, 2022•25 min
Send us a text Arkansas Times editors Austin Bailey and Lindsey Millar talk about law enforcement officers brutally beating a man during an arrest in Crawford County, the latest on a lawsuit challenging Arkansas's ban on gender-affirming care for minors and the Little Rock mayor's race. We welcome your feedback. Write us at podcasts@arktimes.com
Aug 26, 2022•27 min
Send us a text Arkansas Times editors Max Brantley and Lindsey Millar talk about the special legislative session, a paltry slate of maternal health care initiatives Governor Hutchinson announced this week, the Republican reaction to the FBI investing President Trump for violating the Espionage Act and more. We welcome your feedback. Write us at podcasts@arktimes.com
Aug 12, 2022•21 min
Send us a text Arkansas Times editors Max Brantley and Lindsey Millar talk about the state Board of Election Commissioners rejecting ballot titles for a recreational marijuana amendment and a prohibition on casinos in Pope County, the release of a school safety report, the coming special legislative session and the Little Rock millage vote. We welcome your feedback. Write us at podcasts@arktimes.com...
Aug 05, 2022•19 min
Send us a text Arkansas Times editors Max Brantley and Lindsey Millar talk about state lawmakers' refusal to give teachers raises, the continue fallout from Arkansas's trigger law to ban nearly all abortions, new revelations about a fatal Little Rock Police Department car chase and more. We welcome your feedback. Write us at podcasts@arktimes.com
Jul 22, 2022•22 min
Send us a text Arkansas Times editors Max Brantley and Lindsey Millar preview the coming legislative special session, discuss President Biden's executive order on abortion and how it impacts Arkansas, talk about the latest on the state Senate ethics scandal, consider the latest trend of the coronavirus, talk about the marijuana amendment and more. We welcome your feedback. Write us at podcasts@arktimes.com...
Jul 08, 2022•22 min
Send us a text Arkansas Times editors Max Brantley and Lindsey Millar catch up on a terrible stretch of decisions from the U.S. Supreme Court, the blockbuster Jan. 6 testimony, an ethics scandal in the Arkansas Senate, the Arkansas Times' legal fight over the law that requires people doing business with the state to pledge not to boycott Israel, LRPD Assistant Chief Heath Helton and the chief's job and more. We welcome your feedback. Write us at podcasts@arktimes.com...
Jul 01, 2022•22 min
Send us a text Arkansas Times editors Max Brantley and Lindsey Millar talk about the rise in coronavirus numbers, an Arkansas man arrested in Idaho as part of a white supremacist group, the latest from the Jan. 6 committee, missed opportunities by Attorney General Leslie Rutledge, the Arkansas school safety commission, Moms for Liberty in Cabot and another high profile LRPD departure. We welcome your feedback. Write us at podcasts@arktimes.com...
Jun 17, 2022•21 min
