Arkansas Times editors Max Brantley and Lindsey Millar talk about Governor Hutchinson's announcement that he's easing COVID-19 restrictions. They also talk about the the legislature and state testing and major looming decisions for the Little Rock School District.

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Stories discussed this week: More tax cuts incoming: Governor calls special session next week
https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2024/06/11/more-tax-cuts-incoming-governor-calls-special-session-next-week We can blame one of the clumsiest politicians in Arkansas history for next week’s special sessionhttps://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2024/06/13/we-can-blame-one-of-the-clumsiest-politicians-in-arkansas-history-for-next-weeks-special-session Fight! GOP fissures laid bare as Arkansas Republicans vote to close primarieshttps://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2024/06/10/fight-gop-fissures-laid-bare-as-arkansas-republicans-vote-to-close-primaries Father shot by 11-year-old son in library parking lot has long history of crime, drug abuse and child neglecthttps://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2024/06/12/father-shot-by-11-year-old-son-in-library-parking-lot-has-long-history-of-crime-drug-abuse-and-child-neglect Lawsuit challenges LEARNS voucher program as unconstitutionalhttps://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2024/06/10/lawsuit-challenges-learns-voucher-program-as-unconstitutional Endorsements:

Arkansas Times Film Series screens ’35 Shots of Rum’ (2008) Tuesday night 
https://arktimes.com/rock-candy/2024/06/13/arkansas-times-film-series-screens-35-shots-of-rum-2008-tuesday-night The Sympathizer: https://www.hbo.com/the-sympathizer Kami Renee: https://soundcloud.com/soulsistakami/landr-recharge-m-m-balanced We welcome your feedback. Write us at podcasts@arktimes.com. If you like the show, tell your friends and leave a review wherever you get your podcast.

The tax cuts are coming: The Week in Review for June 14, 2024

Stories in this week's edition: Education vendor Solution Tree abandons ship on hefty state contract
https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2024/06/03/education-vendor-solution-tree-abandons-ship-on-hefty-state-contract Government sues ExxonMobil 11 years after Mayflower oil spill
https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2024/05/31/government-sues-exxonmobil-11-years-after-mayflower-oil-spill UPDATE: Proposed $1.8 million settlement filed over Exxon’s 2013 Mayflower oil spill
https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2024/06/03/proposed-1-8-million-settlement-filed-over-exxons-2013-mayflower-oil-spill Voter registration groups sue over Arkansas’s abrupt rejection of e-signatures on forms
https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2024/06/06/voter-registration-groups-sue-over-arkansass-abrupt-rejection-of-e-signatures-on-forms Big if true: Pro-lifers claim no abortions in Arkansas in 2023
https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2024/06/04/big-if-true-pro-lifers-claim-no-abortions-in-arkansas-in-2023 One mother’s suffering under the Arkansas abortion ban
https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2024/06/05/one-mothers-suffering-under-the-arkansas-abortion-ban U.S. Supreme Court revives Arkansas gerrymandering case, but plaintiffs face long odds
https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2024/06/03/u-s-supreme-court-revives-arkansas-gerrymandering-case-but-plaintiffs-face-long-odds We welcome your feedback. Write us at podcasts@arktimes.com. If you like the show, tell your friends and leave a review wherever you get your podcasts.

Arkansas: Abortion Free in '23? The Week in Review, June 9, 2024

Stories discussed in this week's episode:

Little Rock police say governor told them to block canvassers from public property
https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2024/05/30/little-rock-police-say-governor-told-them-to-block-canvassers-from-public-property Arkansas education secretary withdraws Solution Tree contract after legislative opposition
https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2024/05/31/arkansas-education-secretary-withdraws-solution-tree-contract-after-legislative-opposition Solution Tree may not be improving Arkansas schools, but it is raking in the cash
https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2024/05/29/solution-tree-may-not-be-improving-arkansas-schools-but-it-is-raking-in-the-cash Endorsements: Bens Appliances and Junk
https://www.youtube.com/@bensappliancesandjunk The ‘Vous
https://www.riverdale10.com/movie/The%5FVous We welcome your feedback. Write us at  podcasts@arktimes.com If you like the show, tell your friends and leave a review wherever you get your podcasts.

Sarah Sanders Doesn't Want You to Sign: The Week In Review, June 2, 2024

Stories discussed in this episode: 

Attorney general threatens groups advertising abortion pills in Arkansas
https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2024/05/21/tim-griffin-warns-against-advertising-abortion-pills-in-arkansas $15K in donations to Supreme Court Justice Barbara Webb come from industry her husband regulates
https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2024/05/17/15k-in-donations-to-supreme-court-justice-barbara-webb-come-from-industry-her-husband-regulates Arkansas Educational Rights Amendment organizers say they’re ‘nearing the halfway mark’ on signatures for the 2024 ballot
https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2024/05/21/arkansas-educational-rights-amendment-organizers-say-theyre-nearing-the-halfway-mark-on-signatures-for-the-2024-ballot Jim Walton gives $500K to defend Arkansas school vouchers from ballot measure
https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2024/05/16/jim-walton-gives-500k-to-defend-arkansas-school-vouchers-from-ballot-measure Endorsements Serial Season 4: Guantánamo
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/podcasts/serial-season-four-guantanamo.html The Rest is History
https://linktr.ee/restishistory We welcome your feedback. Write us at  podcasts@arktimes.com If you like the show, tell your friends and leave a review wherever you get your podcast.

Tim Griffin targets abortion by mail: The Week in Review, May 25th, 2024

Stories discussed this week: Central High principal’s salary adjustment to close a gender pay gap up for approval Thursday
https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2024/05/15/central-high-principals-salary-adjustment-to-close-a-gender-pay-gap-up-for-approval-thursday Glitch sends out contract renewals to all LRSD employees, even the ones losing their jobs
https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2024/05/15/glitch-sends-out-contract-renewals-to-all-lrsd-employees-even-the-ones-losing-their-jobs LRSD outlines $15 million in budget cuts, employee non-renewals
https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2024/05/16/lrsd-outlines-15-million-in-budget-cuts-employee-non-renewals Public schools must teach pro-adoption, anti-abortion lesson by end of school year, per new state law:
https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2024/05/14/public-schools-must-teach-pro-adoption-anti-abortion-lesson-by-end-of-school-year-per-new-state-law Judge asks the guns-in-courthouses questions the Arkansas Supreme Court chose to ignore
https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2024/05/08/judge-chip-welch-asks-the-gun-questions-the-ones-the-arkansas-supreme-court-chose-to-ignore Arkansas Supreme Court goes loco after judge refers to its gun ruling as ‘LOCO’
https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2024/05/14/arkansas-supreme-court-goes-loco-after-judge-refers-to-its-gun-ruling-as-loco Endorsements: The Hundred Years' War on Palestine A History of Settler Colonialism and Resistance, 1917–2017
https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781627798556/thehundredyearswaronpalestine The Beinart Notebook
https://peterbeinart.substack.com/ Arkansas Times Film Series screens ‘Late Spring’ (1949) Tuesday night
https://arktimes.com/rock-candy/2024/05/16/arkansas-times-film-series-screens-late-spring-1949-tuesday-night We welcome your feedback. Write us at podcasts@arktimes.com If you like the show, tell your friends and leave a review wherever you get your podcast.

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