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Lindsey Millar
Lindsey Millar is the editor of the Arkansas Times and the founder of the Arkansas Nonprofit News Network.
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New trails just outside of Little Rock herald the connection of the Maumelle Pinnacles
The opening of Blue Mountain means mountain bikers and hikers will have another nearly eight miles of trails in the Little Rock area to explore, but perhaps even more exciting is that it represents the final puzzle piece to connect a series of natural areas that together make up 21,000 acres.
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Notorious dummy Tommy Tuberville says ‘inner city’ teachers are illiterate
U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Alabama), the former football coach, native of Camden and graduate of Southern Arkansas University, once described the three branches of government as “the House, the Senate and the executive.” He also recently defended white nationalists. He’s a notorious dope. Still, his latest rant on “inner city teachers” was shockingly racist.
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Arkansas’s rush to boot people from Medicaid rolls gets attention in NY Times
Arkansas provides a point of entry into the upheaval happening in Medicaid rolls across the country in The New York Times today.
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Arkansas begins to explore recycling nuclear waste
A new state law directs state officials to study the feasibility and commercial viability of recycling nuclear waste. Scientists, working in labs, have demonstrated that recycling spent nuclear rods is possible, but whether it can be done economically is unclear. Hunter Field, writing in the Arkansas Advocate, delves into the new law and its potential in Arkansas.
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State budget director, Huckabee pal resigns
Aaron Black, the state budget director, has resigned after less than four months in the role. You might remember that Black, who sings in Mike Huckabee’s band Capitol Offense, was found back in 2011 to have taken hundreds of hours of undocumented leave time — almost $20,000 worth — as executive director of the state Tobacco Settlement Commission.
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Arkansas’s Monument Trails named best bike trail winner in Outside magazine travel awards
The Monument Trails, high quality mountain bike trails located in four Arkansas state parks, are Outside magazine’s pick in the Biking category of the magazine’s annual travel awards.
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Matthew Shepherd doesn’t want to be speaker of the House anymore
State Rep. Matthew Shepherd (R-El Dorado) won’t seek a fourth term as speaker of the Arkansas House, the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reports. Shepherd is the longest serving leader of the chamber. He told the D-G that he plans on seeking reelection for his House seat.
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Smothers out as Philander Smith president
Roderick Smothers, president of Little Rock’s Philander Smith College since 2015, has resigned, seemingly at the urging of the board of trustees.
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Former Arkansas basketball coach seeking $45.6 million from St. John’s, which fired him in March
Mike Anderson, the former University of Arkansas head basketball coach who landed the top job at St. John’s in 2019 after he was fired at Arkansas, is seeking $45.6 million from St. John’s in the wake of the school firing him in March. Anderson alleges the school used money owed to him to hire Rick Pitino.