Arkansas Times' Week in Review Podcast

Judge again stops enforcement of 2017 anti-abortion law. The post UPDATE: Judge blocks enforcement of Arkansas anti-abortion law appeared first on Arkansas Times.

Appropriate mandates needed, UAMS college says. The post Modeling coronavirus: Difficult days ahead appeared first on Arkansas Times.

Leslie Rutledge is having Arkansas taxpayers defend the corrupt practices of the NRA in a New York lawsuit. Say what? The post Rutledge goes to meddling on another state’s business, a lawsuit over the NRA’s questionable spending appeared first on Arkansas Times.

Arkansas joins as friend of the court in case by Texas to prevent Joe Biden from becoming president. The post Leslie Rutledge makes it official with Supreme Court filing: She wants to invalidate votes for Joe Biden in four states. PS: She is joining the Facebook antitrust case. appeared first on Arkansas Times.

He's accused of forum shopping in latest from victor Ashley Hudson. The post Sorvillo’s bid to overturn House District 32 election spurs new filings appeared first on Arkansas Times.

Little Rock Mayor Frank Scott Jr. announced that he was vetoing an ordinance regulating shared scooters approved by city directors last week. The post Mayor vetoes scooter ordinance; city floats $500 bonus for employees appeared first on Arkansas Times.

Jim Sorvillo goes to court again to prevent Ashley Hudson from taking his seat in the House. The post Jim Sorvillo sues again to prevent Ashley Hudson from taking his seat in the Arkansas House appeared first on Arkansas Times.

The White House report on coronavirus for Arkansas puts the state in the red zone for both cases and test positivity, and says “mitigation efforts must increase,” such as prohibiting indoor gatherings outside of immediate households, now. Because virus spread “is unyielding in Arkansas,” the White House says the state should also “reexamine capacity thresholds […] The post White House: Arkansas in red zone, mitigation efforts must increase appeared first on Arkansas Times.

Cases are rising, by 2,283 in 24 hours, and there was another big increase in deaths, 39, according to the daily summary of coronavirus figures. The post Coronavirus today: The rising trend continues and governor backs off a new rule on group gatherings: UPDATE appeared first on Arkansas Times.

Faculty at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences’ College of Public Health use a forest fire in its recent modeling report to explain what the current community spread of COVID-19 in Arkansas means: What it means, using a forest fire as an analogy, is that the fire in Arkansas up to mid-November was smoldering. The […] The post Modeling coronavirus: an Arkansas conflagration appeared first on Arkansas Times.

Group forms to back the Little Rock chief and race, as ever, is a key element in the discussion. The post Support group forms for Police Chief Humphrey to oppose City Board no-confidence vote appeared first on Arkansas Times.

Audit rates corporate welfare programs a plus. The post Audit reports: Corporate welfare and results of cases referred to prosecutors appeared first on Arkansas Times.

Suits filed in Faulkner and Saline counties. The post Attorney general sues over pyramid schemes appeared first on Arkansas Times.

Tax collections remain robust, well above forecast in a restrained budget. The post State continues to pile up surplus thanks to pandemic-tightened budget appeared first on Arkansas Times.

Suit on behalf of immigrant rights group challenges Arkansas limit on assistance to voters. The post Another voting rights lawsuit filed, this one to protect those facing language barriers appeared first on Arkansas Times.