Arkansas Times' Week in Review Podcast

Is the rate up or down? Depends on how you look at it. The post State adjusts unemployment figures upward appeared first on Arkansas Times.

Families of transgender children get a small reprieve in Texas, a state like Arkansas with an inglorious record when it comes to child welfare. The post Texas sets low standard for treatment of children, transgender and otherwise. Remind you of another state? appeared first on Arkansas Times.

The Little Rock Board of Directors approved a resolution on Tuesday that declares community violence a public health emergency. The vote came more than four and a half hours after the meeting began and following a long question and answer session between board members and Police Chief Keith Humphrey. The resolution comes in the wake of a particularly violent weekend in Little Rock, where 11 people were shot, one fatally. The post Little Rock board declares community violence a public health emergency appeared first on Arkansas Times.

Grinding the poor, a favorite hobby of the Arkansas legislature, got instant results today. The post Rent relief put on hold to satisfy legislative complaints appeared first on Arkansas Times.

A group financed by state medical marijuana cultivators filed a proposal this week for a state constitutional amendment that would legalize marijuana for adults.   The post Group backed by cannabis cultivators files proposed constitutional amendment to legalize marijuana for adults appeared first on Arkansas Times.

An Iowa law banning mask mandates in schools has been found wantingby a federal appeals court. The post Appeals court says masks can be required in Iowa schools to protect children with disabilities appeared first on Arkansas Times.

Official announcement of facility we reported last week. The post Tractor Supply distribution center formally announced appeared first on Arkansas Times.

You couldn't make this stuff up if you tried. The post Mark Lowery, candidate to become state’s chief financial officer, is literally bankrupt appeared first on Arkansas Times.

The federal courts in the Eastern District of Arkansas, based in Little Rock, will extend COVID-related modifications through Feb. 28, Chief Judge Price Marshall said in an order issued this week. All hearings should be held by video conference or telephone or postponed unless a presiding judge decides good cause requires an in-person hearing. Any […] The post Federal court in Little Rock slowed again by COVID appeared first on Arkansas Times.

But the workforce shrunk. The post Another drop in state unemployment rate appeared first on Arkansas Times.

With good news in short supply, I thought I’d pass along a friend-of-the-court brief filed today in the case in which the state of Arkansas, led by Attorney General Leslie Rutledge, is trying to get reinstatement of the cruel state law prohibiting medical services for transgender minors. Such amicus briefs may or may not be […] The post Credit where due: Big business joins in defense of transgender kids appeared first on Arkansas Times.

States don't want the feds telling them how to spend federal money, particularly not if it concerns are climate change or ill-considered freeway widening. The post Asa joins governors demanding more state control on spending federal infrastructure money appeared first on Arkansas Times.

What's a little excess fund-raising to the state Ethics Commission? Keep the change they tell Sen. Charles Beckham. The post And speaking of the toothless Arkansas Ethics Commission: A painless slap for law-breaking by Senator Charles Beckham appeared first on Arkansas Times.

The ACLU has announced a lawsuit against the Pulaski County Election Commission for its refusal to hire Barry Haas as an election worker in September. The Republicans on the Commission had long been irked about Haas’ long service as an election worker because he was a plaintiff in lawsuits over the Republican-inspired Voter ID law. […] The post UPDATE: ACLU sues Pulaski County Election Commission over refusal to hire election worker appeared first on Arkansas Times.

No in-person attendance tonight because of the rise in virus cases. The post Little Rock City Board goes virtual appeared first on Arkansas Times.