Arkansas Times' Week in Review Podcast

Karen Todd, 53, of Conway, was sentenced today to 36 months in prison for Medicaid fraud. She also must pay $860,000 in restitution and fines for fraudulent billings to Medicaid she did as an employee in the optometry clinic of her husband, Dr. Charles Todd Jr. Attorney General Leslie Rutledge announced the sentencing for Karen […] The post Optometrist’s wife gets 36 months and ordered to pay $860,000 in Medicaid fraud case appeared first on Arkansas Times.

The usual dreary report on Arkansas political leanings. The post Arkansas Poll: Approval ratings drop for top Republican politicians, but there’s no good news for Democrats appeared first on Arkansas Times.

The NRA sent millions to their favorite candidates illegally, a new suit claims. The post NRA used shell companies to fund Tom Cotton and others, lawsuit says appeared first on Arkansas Times.

Republican leaders criticized the attorney general for investigation of violence against school board members. The post UPDATE: Arkansas’s dangerous demagogues want the Justice Department to turn blind eye to crime appeared first on Arkansas Times.

The income tax cut circus is in town. The post The tax-cut discussion begins appeared first on Arkansas Times.

A mayor who promised to unite Little Rock faces deeper divisions than ever, from taxes to the police chief. The post The divided city awaits the mayor’s next move, particularly regarding the police chief appeared first on Arkansas Times.

Central's 29 semi-finalists more than the rest of Pulaski County. The post The 2022 National Merit Scholarship semi-finalists include a bumper crop from Little Rock Central appeared first on Arkansas Times.

A proposal to raise Little Rock's sales tax failed badly at the polls Tuesday.  The post Voters say no to Little Rock sales tax increase appeared first on Arkansas Times.

There she goes again, joining the GOP posse to attack public education. The post Rutledge joins assault on public education in Supreme Court case appeared first on Arkansas Times.

The who-what-when-where-why-how on Little Rock's upcoming sales tax vote. The post Voting on Little Rock sales tax begins a week from today, and here are the logistics appeared first on Arkansas Times.

City Board to consider extending emergency declaration, which currently includes a broad mask mandate. The post UPDATE: LR City Board to consider extending COVID emergency. Street drinking in the Heights and Amazon annexation also are on agenda appeared first on Arkansas Times.

Dissension in police ranks leads to yet another lawsuit. The post Another lawsuit filed against Little Rock Police Chief Keith Humphrey appeared first on Arkansas Times.

Political correctness is one thing. Facts are another. Deconstructing a D-G column today on critical race theory. The post Critical race theory: It’s a political invention, despite what you might read or hear appeared first on Arkansas Times.

Arkansas's senators among the few to vote no on a bipartisan infrastructure bill. The post Cotton, Boozman voted no on infrastructure bill, but it passed anyway appeared first on Arkansas Times.

With an increasing number of situations that might warrant verifying your COVID-19 vaccination status, it's great to have that vax card on hand, but what happens if you lose it?  The post Ask the Times: What do I do if I lost my vaccination card? appeared first on Arkansas Times.