Arkansas Department of Education Secretary Johnny Key has participated in Governor Asa Hutchinson's coronavirus response briefings numerous times. In a two-part interview, we speak with Key one-on-one as the state prepares to reopen public schools on Aug. 24. In the first half of our interview, we discuss why schools are reopening at full capacity while businesses operate at 66 percent capacity, quarantine protocols for students and staff following coronavirus exposure, additional pay for

It’s been 100 years since American women were granted the right to vote. The 19th Amendment was ratified on Aug. 18, 1920 and this week we’re partnering with the League of Women Voters of Washington County to celebrate the centennial by hearing what voting has meant to the lives of some of their members. Today we hear from Mary Alice Serafini.

Public comment on revisions and updates to two technical water quality policies , as well as a key regulation, drafted by the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality with stakeholder review, is being accepted through the end of this month. Arkansas water quality expert and stakeholder, Teresa Turk, provides critical analysis.

This week's suggested reading focuses on the complex relationship between religion and complicity with white supremacy in Jemar Tisby's The Color of Compromise: The Truth About the American Church's Complicity in Racism.

John Brummet, political writer for the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette , says the virtual conventions by the two major parties allow for a more polished message, but that's not necessarily a good thing for everybody. He talks with Roby Brock from our partner Talk Business and Politics .

The Arkansas Department of Health is reporting 16 additional deaths because of coronavirus, bringing the total of Arkansans who have died from the disease to 619. The state reported 410 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24-hour monitoring period with 325 of those considered community cases and 85 at correctional facilities. More than 4,600 tests were returned to the state in the same monitoring period. Governor Asa Hutchinson, who delivered the briefing from Blytheville, said the last few days of

According to Fort Smith Public Schools Superintendent Doug Brubaker, about 22 percent of the district's 14,000 students will be learning virtually come Aug. 24. Brubaker also discusses personal protective equipment, coronavirus case reporting protocols and the multitude of other changes the district has had to make to be able to start the school year during the pandemic.

It’s been 100 years since American women were granted the right to vote. The 19th Amendment was ratified on Aug. 18, 1920 and this week we’re partnering with the League of Women Voters of Washington County to celebrate the centennial by hearing what voting has meant to the lives of some of their members. Today we hear from Margarita Solorzano.

A proposal by Eureka Springs City Council Member Harry Meyer to strictly limit Confederate flag decorations in the town cemetery was met by angry opposition at a cemetery commission meeting last week. The proposal aims to stop a Neo-Confederate group from placing permanent Confederate flags on Confederate veterans' graves.

The annual Startup Junkie Startup Crawl isn't taking place the same way in 2020, but the first-ever IdeaFame Pitch Competition will give anybody in Arkansas one minute to explain their great idea for a new business, product or service. The deadline to submit a 60-second video of your pitch is Sept. 1.