Arkansas Times' Week in Review Podcast

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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).

  1. MAR 14

    USDA cuts food assistance funding: The Week in Review, March 14, 2025

    Send us a text Podcast listeners: We need your help! Please take this short survey and let us know what kind of coverage you value from the Arkansas Times Week in Review. It should take no more than 2-3 minutes to complete.  https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSelGwfouBLfdR0RWUfz75fNXZFv6Z1s9T7YMPLIGlGK_ri3tQ/viewform Thanks! We appreciate your time. Stories discussed this week: Bill targeting hog farm moratoriums near Buffalo River fails in committee Tuesday, sponsors will amend and try againhttps://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2025/03/11/bill-targeting-hog-farm-moratoriums-near-buffalo-river-fails-in-committee-tuesday-sponsors-will-amend-and-try-again Bill that could make it harder to stop hog farming near Buffalo River continues to stallhttps://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2025/03/04/bill-that-could-make-it-harder-to-stop-hog-farming-near-buffalo-river-continues-to-stall Arkansas Foodbank says vital USDA program to buy fresh produce from local farms has been haltedhttps://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2025/03/06/arkansas-foodbank-says-vital-usda-program-to-buy-fresh-produce-from-local-farms-has-been-halted Arkansas Foodbank says vital USDA program to buy fresh produce from local farms has been haltedhttps://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2025/03/06/arkansas-foodbank-says-vital-usda-program-to-buy-fresh-produce-from-local-farms-has-been-halted Cities, counties, state could shower private projects with taxpayer funds under senator’s amendmenthttps://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2025/03/12/cities-counties-state-could-shower-private-projects-with-taxpayer-funds-under-senators-amendment We welcome your feedback. Write us at podcasts@arktimes.com

    32 min

  2. MAR 7

    Prison spending, nitrogen executions and higher electric bills: The Week in Review, March 7, 2025

    Send us a text Podcast listeners: We need your help! Please take this short survey and let us know what kind of coverage you value from the Arkansas Times Week in Review. It should take no more than 2-3 minutes to complete.  https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSelGwfouBLfdR0RWUfz75fNXZFv6Z1s9T7YMPLIGlGK_ri3tQ/viewform Thanks! We appreciate your time. Stories discussed this week: Power companies would be able to raise your electric bill more easily under new legislation https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2025/03/04/power-companies-would-be-able-to-raise-your-electric-bill-more-easily-under-new-legislation Senate committee advances bill to ease utility regulations at consumer expense https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2025/02/27/senate-committee-advances-bill-to-ease-utility-regulations-at-consumer-expensexpense House committee advances nitrogen gas execution bill https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2025/02/28/email-shows-new-prison-build-was-first-priced-at-1-2-billion-almost-3-times-higher-than-governors-number Governor’s ‘major’ grocery tax relief bill would save you a whole quarter on a $200 trip to the store https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2025/03/04/governors-major-grocery-tax-relief-bill-would-save-you-a-whole-quarter-on-a-200-trip-to-the-store Budget bill for Franklin Co. prison now $750 million, more than twice what lawmakers said last week https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2025/03/03/budget-bill-for-franklin-co-prison-now-750-million-more-than-twice-what-lawmakers-said-last-week We welcome your feedback. Write us at podcasts@arktimes.com

    40 min

  3. FEB 22

    Arkansas ACCESS and attacks on direct democracy: The Week in Review, Feb. 22, 2025

    Send us a text Stories discussed this week: Anti-woke activism meets technocratic tinkering: Breaking down Sanders’ higher ed bill https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2025/02/22/anti-woke-activism-meets-technocratic-tinkering-breaking-down-sanders-higher-ed-bill Get off the Capitol lawn! Gov’s bill aims to limit students’ political speech https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2025/02/21/get-off-the-capitol-lawn-govs-bill-aims-to-limit-students-political-speech Secretary of state joins Legislature in assault on the people’s ballot measure process https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2025/02/17/secretary-of-state-joins-legislature-in-assault-on-the-peoples-ballot-measure-process With icy roads limiting public testimony, House committee passes bill to dampen direct democracy https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2025/02/19/with-icy-roads-limiting-public-testimony-house-committee-passes-bill-to-dampen-direct-democracy Failed raffle bill sparks kerfuffle between Saracen Casino exec and UA athletic director https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2025/02/20/failed-raffle-bill-sparks-kerfuffle-between-saracen-casino-exec-and-ua-athletic-director We welcome your feedback. Write us at podcasts@arktimes.com

    39 min

  4. FEB 15

    NIH cuts come to UAMS and bad ballot measure bills at the Capitol: The Week in Review, Feb. 15, 2025

    Send us a text Stories discussed this week: UAMS, AR Children’s brace for Trump administration cuts to medical research funding https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2025/02/10/uams-bracing-for-trump-administration-cuts-to-medical-research-funding Rick Crawford sponsors bill to keep USAID cash flowing to farms amid Musk’s assault on agency https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2025/02/12/rick-crawford-sponsors-bill-to-keep-usaid-cash-flowing-to-farms-amid-musks-assault-on-agency Senate passes slate of bills to hamstring ballot measure campaigns https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2025/02/12/senate-passes-slate-of-bills-to-hamstring-ballot-measure-campaigns Bill to stop Arkansas cities from regulating Airbnbs passes House committee https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2025/02/12/bill-to-stop-arkansas-cities-from-regulating-airbnbs-passes-house-committee Bill targeting disability rights nonprofit narrowly passes House https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2025/02/13/bill-targeting-disability-rights-nonprofit-narrowly-passes-house We welcome your feedback. Write us at podcasts@arktimes.com

    40 min

  5. FEB 8

    Tort reform and maternal health at the Capitol: The Week in Review, Feb. 8, 2025

    Send us a text Stories discussed this week: ‘Tort reform’ bill passes Senate, heads to governor’s desk https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2025/02/06/tort-reform-bill-passes-senate-heads-to-governors-desk Sanders’ maternal health plan would make it easier to get Medicaid — but not to keep it https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2025/02/06/governors-maternal-health-plan-would-make-it-easier-to-get-medicaid-but-not-to-keep-it U.S. reading and math scores keep trending downward, with Arkansas towards the bottom https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2025/01/31/u-s-reading-and-math-scores-keep-trending-downward-with-arkansas-towards-the-bottom We welcome your feedback. Write us at podcasts@arktimes.com

    37 min

  6. FEB 1

    Sanders wants to ban phones in schools, and that's OK: The Week in Review, Feb. 1, 2025

    Send us a text Stories discussed this week: Phones would be banned ‘bell to bell’ in Arkansas public schools under new bill https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2025/01/29/phones-would-be-banned-bell-to-bell-in-arkansas-public-schools-under-new-bill Sanders will seek new Medicaid work requirement for 220K Arkansans https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2025/01/28/sanders-will-seek-new-medicaid-work-requirement-for-220k-poor-arkansans Senate passes bill to end affirmative action as pleas from Black colleagues fall on deaf ears https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2025/01/30/senate-passes-bill-to-end-affirmative-action-as-pleas-from-black-colleagues-fall-on-deaf-ears We welcome your feedback. Write us at podcasts@arktimes.com

    30 min

  7. JAN 25

    Trump is back: The Week in Review, Jan. 25, 2025

    Send us a text Stories discussed this week: State law allowing child sexual abuse victims to retroactively sue gets its day in court  https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2025/01/23/state-law-allowing-child-sexual-abuse-victims-to-retroactively-sue-gets-its-day-in-court Arkansas immigrants brace for Trump’s promised raids as rumors fly on social media https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2025/01/24/arkansas-immigrants-brace-for-trumps-promised-raids-as-rumors-fly-on-social-media Trump pardons Jan. 6 rioters, including those from Arkansas https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2025/01/20/trump-pardons-jan-6-rioters-including-those-from-arkansas Very dumb resolution filed to rename the Gulf of Mexico in state documents https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2025/01/22/very-dumb-resolution-filed-to-rename-the-gulf-of-mexico-in-state-documents Cotton at odds with Trump over extension for TikTok sale https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2025/01/21/cotton-at-odds-with-trump-over-extension-for-tiktok-sale We welcome your feedback. Write us at podcasts@arktimes.com

    26 min

  8. JAN 17

    Crawford as House Intelligence chair, and the legislative session begins: The Week in Review, Jan. 17, 2025

    Send us a text Stories discussed this week: Crawford picked as House Intelligence chair after ouster of Republican who dared question Trump https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2025/01/16/crawford-picked-as-house-intelligence-chair-after-ouster-of-republican-who-dared-question-trump UPDATE: Sanders’ session agenda includes school phone ban, firing ‘woke’ professors, higher ed funding https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2025/01/14/sanders-session-agenda-school-cell-phone-ban-higher-ed-funding-rework-firing-woke-professors Sanders wants a new Medicaid work requirement — and this time, it could hit more Arkansans https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2025/01/16/sanders-wants-a-new-medicaid-work-requirement-and-this-time-it-could-hit-more-arkansans Arkansas Times Film Series screens ‘Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown’ (1988) Tuesday https://arktimes.com/rock-candy/2025/01/15/arkansas-times-film-series-screens-women-on-the-verge-of-a-nervous-breakdown-1988-tuesday Angelo Badalamenti explains how he wrote Laura Palmer's Theme https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-eqgr_gn4k We welcome your feedback. Write us at podcasts@arktimes.com

    24 min
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