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Barack Obama pops into Bentonville for a chat with #Arkansas students: “I am hopeful as long as young people don’t succumb to cynicism or despair because if they believe in their future, they will lift us all up." @grajeda.bsky.social reports
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Obama tells Arkansas audience young people give him hope for US democracy | Arkansas Advocate
Although the country is more divided and democracy is more unstable than he’s seen in his lifetime, former President Barack Obama said young people give him hope for the future.
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December 2, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Barack Obama pops into Bentonville for a chat with #Arkansas students: “I am hopeful as long as young people don’t succumb to cynicism or despair because if they believe in their future, they will lift us all up." @grajeda.bsky.social reports
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As a board member, I'm proud to support Arkansas Hunger Relief Alliance on #GivingTuesday. You can donate or volunteer, but you can also use the advocacy link to contact French Hill about the hunger crisis. Let me know how he responds - I've got my popcorn ready 🍿
arhungeralliance.org/get-involved/
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December 2, 2025 at 2:01 PM
As a board member, I'm proud to support Arkansas Hunger Relief Alliance on #GivingTuesday. You can donate or volunteer, but you can also use the advocacy link to contact French Hill about the hunger crisis. Let me know how he responds - I've got my popcorn ready 🍿
arhungeralliance.org/get-involved/
arhungeralliance.org/get-involved/
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Here's the latest local and regional news from the Little Rock Public Radio Newsroom for Tuesday, December 2, 2025.
Daily Newscast for Tuesday, December 2, 2025
Hear Little Rock Public Radio's Daily Newscast for Tuesday, December 2, 2025.
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December 2, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Here's the latest local and regional news from the Little Rock Public Radio Newsroom for Tuesday, December 2, 2025.
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OPINION: In his latest column, editor Sonny Albarado says Senate District 26 and House District 70 voters can thank the state Supreme Court for denying the governor's request to delay compliance with rulings that ordered special elections in those districts be held sooner. #arpx
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Special elections, overall choices give Arkansas voters reasons for gratitude heading into 2026 | Arkansas Advocate
Arkansas voters have a good bit to be grateful for this Thanksgiving holiday, as the 2026 election season picks up steam.
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November 30, 2025 at 8:30 PM
OPINION: In his latest column, editor Sonny Albarado says Senate District 26 and House District 70 voters can thank the state Supreme Court for denying the governor's request to delay compliance with rulings that ordered special elections in those districts be held sooner. #arpx
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The Trump administration wants access to state driver’s license data on millions of U.S. residents as it builds a powerful citizenship verification program amid its clampdown on voter fraud and illegal immigration.
✍️: @stateline.org
✍️: @stateline.org
Homeland Security wants state driver’s license data for sweeping citizenship program | Arkansas Advocate
The Trump administration wants access to state driver’s license data on millions of U.S. residents as it builds a powerful citizenship verification program amid its clampdown on voter fraud and…
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November 29, 2025 at 9:47 PM
The Trump administration wants access to state driver’s license data on millions of U.S. residents as it builds a powerful citizenship verification program amid its clampdown on voter fraud and illegal immigration.
✍️: @stateline.org
✍️: @stateline.org
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A California union and a group of farmworkers from around the country are suing to stop new, lower-wage federal guidelines that save money for farmers but cut pay for temporary foreign agriculture workers — hurting local laborers as a result, the suit alleges.
✍️: @stateline.org
✍️: @stateline.org
Farmworkers sue over Trump’s low wages for foreign guest workers | Arkansas Advocate
A California union and a group of current farmworkers from around the country are suing to stop new federal guidelines that cut wages for temporary foreign agriculture workers — helping farmers but…
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November 29, 2025 at 4:30 PM
A California union and a group of farmworkers from around the country are suing to stop new, lower-wage federal guidelines that save money for farmers but cut pay for temporary foreign agriculture workers — hurting local laborers as a result, the suit alleges.
✍️: @stateline.org
✍️: @stateline.org
Make every day #greenfriday and #smallbusinesssaturday! Support your local economy.
November 28, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Make every day #greenfriday and #smallbusinesssaturday! Support your local economy.
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March of Dimes report gives Arkansas an F for its high pre-term birth rate; state also ranked second to last in infant mortality: "We're at the bottom of the rankings in many different areas." Nathan Ansell reports in Dem-Gazette
#Arkansas #arpx #arnews
#Arkansas #arpx #arnews
Arkansas’ preterm birth rate earns another F in March of Dimes report | Arkansas Democrat Gazette
For the second year in a row, the March of Dimes gave Arkansas an F for its preterm birth rate in a report that also highlighted the state's poor rankings in several related measures.
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November 28, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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November 26, 2025
November 26, 2025
Thanksgiving is the quintessential American holiday…but not for the reasons we generally remember.
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November 27, 2025 at 5:04 AM
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Lacking sufficient federal guidance, states are wrestling with how to define medical frailty — a consequential decision that could cut Medicaid coverage for many people, said state officials, consumer advocates, and health policy researchers.
✍️: @kffhealthnews.org
✍️: @kffhealthnews.org
Medicaid work rules exempt the ‘medically frail.’ Deciding who qualifies is tricky. | Arkansas Advocate
Eliza Brader worries she soon will need to prove she’s working to continue receiving Medicaid health coverage. She doesn’t think she should have to. The 27-year-old resident of Bloomington, Indiana,…
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November 27, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Lacking sufficient federal guidance, states are wrestling with how to define medical frailty — a consequential decision that could cut Medicaid coverage for many people, said state officials, consumer advocates, and health policy researchers.
✍️: @kffhealthnews.org
✍️: @kffhealthnews.org
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Mystery data center owner supposedly set to build $1B data facility in Clarksville - but local legislator Rep. Aaron Pilkington, won't identify company that could drastically impact his community and his voters.
#Arkansas #arpx
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Data center builder preparing $1 billion project in Clarksville | Arkansas Democrat Gazette
Arkansas is set to be home to another billion-dollar data center, this time in Clarksville.
www.arkansasonline.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Mystery data center owner supposedly set to build $1B data facility in Clarksville - but local legislator Rep. Aaron Pilkington, won't identify company that could drastically impact his community and his voters.
#Arkansas #arpx
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#Arkansas #arpx
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As Thanksgiving approaches, my heart is with Arkansans like Kara & Olvin Dominguez, who will spend the holidays separated because Olvin was taken by ICE despite living here for 17 years and having no criminal record. Our communities are being ripped apart. arktimes.com/arkansas-blo...
Little Rock ICE office becomes focus of protests against detentions, deportations of immigrants - Arkansas Times
“Everything changed the day that ICE took my dad,” said Evelin Dominguez, 11, speaking into a megaphone pointed at the ICE office across the street.
arktimes.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:00 PM
As Thanksgiving approaches, my heart is with Arkansans like Kara & Olvin Dominguez, who will spend the holidays separated because Olvin was taken by ICE despite living here for 17 years and having no criminal record. Our communities are being ripped apart. arktimes.com/arkansas-blo...
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Tyson CEO Donnie King made $22.7 million last year.
The week before Thanksgiving, he told 3,200 workers in Lexington, Nebraska that they're losing their jobs.
The week before Thanksgiving, he told 3,200 workers in Lexington, Nebraska that they're losing their jobs.
November 22, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Tyson CEO Donnie King made $22.7 million last year.
The week before Thanksgiving, he told 3,200 workers in Lexington, Nebraska that they're losing their jobs.
The week before Thanksgiving, he told 3,200 workers in Lexington, Nebraska that they're losing their jobs.
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Join us tomorrow at noon on the Capitol street steps! If you can, bring a food item.
November 21, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Join us tomorrow at noon on the Capitol street steps! If you can, bring a food item.
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This is a one point race between a Democrat fighting for you and the most powerful banker in America. French Hill made being broke more expensive when he raised overdraft fees, but we can kick him to the curb next November. Join me in my fight to defeat him: chris4ar.org/ab-video
November 19, 2025 at 10:09 PM
This is a one point race between a Democrat fighting for you and the most powerful banker in America. French Hill made being broke more expensive when he raised overdraft fees, but we can kick him to the curb next November. Join me in my fight to defeat him: chris4ar.org/ab-video
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There could be unintended consequences to Arkansas's new rule banning the use of SNAP for soda and sweets. Stores will have to jump through compliance hoops to properly classify items, and some small retailers may choose to stop taking SNAP altogether. Here's the Arkansas Advocate:
Arkansas's new restrictions on SNAP benefits need guidance to be ‘workable,’ senator warns - Arkansas Times
Republican Sen. Jonathan Dismang is warning that new SNAP restrictions could make the program inaccessible to rural Arkansans.
arktimes.com
November 19, 2025 at 3:43 PM
There could be unintended consequences to Arkansas's new rule banning the use of SNAP for soda and sweets. Stores will have to jump through compliance hoops to properly classify items, and some small retailers may choose to stop taking SNAP altogether. Here's the Arkansas Advocate:
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Our story is about childhood, freedom, affordability, and what kind of Arkansas we want to build next.
Families deserve the confidence to dream again. That’s what this race is about.
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#ChrisJonesForCongress #NextArkansas #BiggerTable #BrighterFuture
Families deserve the confidence to dream again. That’s what this race is about.
Watch the video and join us at buff.ly/BdL6Qho
#ChrisJonesForCongress #NextArkansas #BiggerTable #BrighterFuture
November 18, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Our story is about childhood, freedom, affordability, and what kind of Arkansas we want to build next.
Families deserve the confidence to dream again. That’s what this race is about.
Watch the video and join us at buff.ly/BdL6Qho
#ChrisJonesForCongress #NextArkansas #BiggerTable #BrighterFuture
Families deserve the confidence to dream again. That’s what this race is about.
Watch the video and join us at buff.ly/BdL6Qho
#ChrisJonesForCongress #NextArkansas #BiggerTable #BrighterFuture
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Congrats to Robb Ryerse for his extensive mention in The Guardian. Well done getting us POSITIVE coverage for once! #arpx
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‘Trump is inconsistent with Christian principles’: why the Democratic party is seeing a rise of white clergy candidates
From Texas and Iowa to Arkansas, faith leaders are wading into politics to counter the rise of Christian nationalism
www.theguardian.com
November 15, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Congrats to Robb Ryerse for his extensive mention in The Guardian. Well done getting us POSITIVE coverage for once! #arpx
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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State and national candidates who filed to run in Arkansas in 2026: talkbusiness.net/election-202... #arpx
talkbusiness.net
November 17, 2025 at 5:50 PM
State and national candidates who filed to run in Arkansas in 2026: talkbusiness.net/election-202... #arpx
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Turns out a guy tried to get Grok to dig up dirt on me… and instead Grok endorsed me.
He got mad. I laughed.
What can I say? Even Elon’s AI bot wants a farmer in the Senate.
#farmer #ai #agriculture #funny
He got mad. I laughed.
What can I say? Even Elon’s AI bot wants a farmer in the Senate.
#farmer #ai #agriculture #funny
November 17, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Turns out a guy tried to get Grok to dig up dirt on me… and instead Grok endorsed me.
He got mad. I laughed.
What can I say? Even Elon’s AI bot wants a farmer in the Senate.
#farmer #ai #agriculture #funny
He got mad. I laughed.
What can I say? Even Elon’s AI bot wants a farmer in the Senate.
#farmer #ai #agriculture #funny
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NEW from @ainsleyplatt.bsky.social: Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders announced Sunday that she would comply with what she described as “unlawful” court orders to reschedule two special elections for vacant legislative seats, four days after the Arkansas Supreme Court declined to pause them. #arpx #arleg
Sanders moves Arkansas special elections, but calls court orders ‘unlawful’ | Arkansas Advocate
Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders announced Sunday that she would comply with what she described as “unlawful” court orders to reschedule two special elections for vacant legislative seats.
arkansasadvocate.com
November 17, 2025 at 1:10 AM
NEW from @ainsleyplatt.bsky.social: Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders announced Sunday that she would comply with what she described as “unlawful” court orders to reschedule two special elections for vacant legislative seats, four days after the Arkansas Supreme Court declined to pause them. #arpx #arleg
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The Arkansas Supreme Court on Wednesday denied Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders’ request to stay two lower court orders requiring her to set earlier special election dates for two legislative vacancies. #arpx
UPDATED: Arkansas Supreme Court rejects request to delay court orders in special election cases | Arkansas Advocate
The Arkansas Supreme Court denied Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders’ request to stay two lower court orders requiring her to set earlier special election dates for two legislative vacancies Wednesday…
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November 15, 2025 at 8:30 PM
The Arkansas Supreme Court on Wednesday denied Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders’ request to stay two lower court orders requiring her to set earlier special election dates for two legislative vacancies. #arpx
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This is what they say about women who dare to run. I’m not backing down. Not now, not ever.
My fellow Arkansans, this is what they will do. Imagine what we can do when we stand together. Join me.
#women #arkansas #ussenate #politics #ServiceOverPolitics
My fellow Arkansans, this is what they will do. Imagine what we can do when we stand together. Join me.
#women #arkansas #ussenate #politics #ServiceOverPolitics
November 15, 2025 at 1:25 PM
This is what they say about women who dare to run. I’m not backing down. Not now, not ever.
My fellow Arkansans, this is what they will do. Imagine what we can do when we stand together. Join me.
#women #arkansas #ussenate #politics #ServiceOverPolitics
My fellow Arkansans, this is what they will do. Imagine what we can do when we stand together. Join me.
#women #arkansas #ussenate #politics #ServiceOverPolitics
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They are scared, and they should be. Chip in today!
#arkansas #breitbart #breitfart #tomcotton #affordability
#arkansas #breitbart #breitfart #tomcotton #affordability
November 14, 2025 at 10:27 PM
They are scared, and they should be. Chip in today!
#arkansas #breitbart #breitfart #tomcotton #affordability
#arkansas #breitbart #breitfart #tomcotton #affordability