On this week's podcast, the KUAR news team discusses: Arkansas's unemployment rate remains stable, but we'll have a deeper look at what the data tells us The Port of Little Rock snags a competitive grant that will enable it to more easily handle freight Pine Bluff police officers involved in the shooting of a 107-year-old suspect are forced to return medals of valor Arkansas welcomes home an Olympian gold medalist You can listen to the podcast above or Subscribe on iTunes .

-How does the health of low income Arkansans compare to other states, two years after the passage of Medicaid expansion? -It’s back-to-school time. An Arkansas lawmaker delivers a report on the education system in the US and other countries. The state GOP removes mention of Pre-K from its party platform. And a Special Ed task force prepares an upcoming report, after more than a year of work. - Inaccuracies in the Secretary of State’s office list of flagged felons on the voter rolls provokes a

The call from Republican Senator Tom Cotton for presidential nominee Donald Trump to apologize to the family of a Muslim-American solider who died serving his country leads KUAR's Week-In-Review podcast. W e also discuss the Arkansas unemployment rate, the governor's hopes for technology companies, the abrupt resignation of ASU's chancellor and hopes from the state's fledgling Green Party. You can listen to the podcast above or Subscribe on iTunes .

On this week's podcast: -It's mostly about the Republican National Convention. How did some of Arkansas's delegates react to some of the major speeches? -We also discuss the speeches of three Arkansans at the convention. How do their messages fit within the larger Republican worldview? -The Arkansas Supreme Court denies a request by eight death row inmates for a rehearing, but gives them time to appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court. -We look at the latest unemployment numbers, developments in a

Republicans from Arkansas are preparing to travel to Cleveland for their party's national convention. That leads KUAR's Week-In-Review Podcast this time. We also share comments from former presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush, who shared a stage in Arkansas Thursday with former British Prime Minster Tony Blair and the Little Rock Nine. Finally the news staff discusses a trip to Europe by Gov. Asa Hutchinson to open a state office in Berlin. He also discussed the state acquiring a new batch

Arkansas, like the rest of the nation, had an emotional reaction to the police shootings of young black men this week, then five officers being killed by a gunman in Dallas. We feature comments from a rally at the state Capitol Friday and Gov. Asa Hutchinson offering his thoughts. We also advance a trip by the governor and economic development officials to Europe to nurture the state's aerospace industry, have Hutchinson's thoughts on Donald Trump's presidential campaign and discuss proposals

On this week's podcast, the KUAR news team discusses: Gov. Asa Hutchinson's meeting with presumptive Republican presidential nomineee Donald Trump The response to the worst mass shooting in U.S. history and an untimely proposal by the Arkansas Legislature that was sent back to committee The unemployment rate in the state drops to the lowest level in recorded history, while Arkansas's gross domestic grew more slowly than the rest of the nation The Board of Trustees for the University of Arkansas

On this week's podcast: accountability and technology in the Little Rock Police Department two years into the chief’s service, a snapshot of state revenue and unemployment, Libertarian hopes in the era of Trump, and Jason Alexander sheds Seinfeld to direct at the Arkansas Reparatory Theater.