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KUAR And Arkansas Public Media Honored With 8 Journalism Awards

Michael Hibblen

KUAR and Arkansas Public Media won eight awards at this year’s competition of the Arkansas chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists. The 2018…

Little Rock Surgery Center's Deaths, Injury Go Unreported With State, And Don't Have To Be

Daniel Breen

Ambulatory Surgery Centers are becoming an increasingly popular choice for minor medical procedures like knee surgery and tissue biopsies. Often, they're…

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Jury Out On How 'Tort Reform' Issue 1 Will Drive Down Premiums, Ramp Up Doctors' Interest

Daniel Breen

Among all the popular measures on the Arkansas ballot this November, none is as hydra-headed, or has forged unlikely alliances, as Issue 1.It would give…

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In Arkansas, Unions, Professional Associations Vie For Teacher Membership

Daniel Breen

Rebecca Simpson has taught social studies at Little Rock's Dunbar Magnet Middle School for the past 25 years. And through all that time, she hasn't joined…

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Arkansas Ballot Proposal Could Overhaul District-Drawing Process

Daniel Breen

On a gray afternoon, Nick Wiench walks to the University of Central Arkansas's Torreyson Library. He studies philosophy and film, not political science,…

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New Herbicide Prompts Label Instructions Reminder

Ann Kenda

After hearing about a dozen complaints from farmers, growers and applicators around the state, the Arkansas Agriculture Department has issued a...

Sexual assualt victim Gillian Gullett, a sophomore at the University of Arkansas-Fayetteville, holds up a bedsheet she carried around campus in April as part of her social network campaign "Don't Keep It Under Cover."

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UA Survey, Activist Raise Alarm On Nonconsensual Sexual Contact On College Campus

Jacqueline Froelich

An anonymous scientific survey conducted on the University of Arkansas-Fayetteville campus to measure the incidence of nonconsensual sexual contact...

Volunteer Vaddie Hill unpacks boxes at the Cherry Valley Food Pantry. The latter part of the month is busy at the pantry, after clients run out of food stamps.

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Food Stamp Work Requirements (Proposed) Could Push Needy To Rural Food Pantries

Ann Kenda

At the food pantry in Cherry Valley in rural Northeast Arkansas, clients start lining up hours before its 10am opening. The pantry is open every Tuesday...

Jewel Hayes is a trans civil rights activist working to resolve concerns posed by feminist lesbians.

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Fayetteville LGBTQ Activists Grapple with Internal Inclusion, Exclusion Politics

Jacqueline Froelich

Fayetteville resident Jewel Hayes is at the center of a year-long conflict between lesbian feminists and transgender women over the politics of space....

David Couch authored Arkansas's medical marijuana amendment in 2016. If polling in the state reaches 58 percent for a personal use or "recreational" marijuana amendment, he'll introduce it in a presidential election year.

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Rx Marijuana Author Eyeing 58 Percent Approval For Recreational Pot By 2020

Bobby Ampezzan

When it comes to ballot initiatives, David Couch is a numbers man: for instance, 58 in 2020. In early March Couch, who's authored or campaigned for more...