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Arkansas Times @arktimes.bsky.social · 14h
Sen. Tom Cotton holds a nine-point lead over challenger Hallie Shoffner in new Talk Business & Politics poll.
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Cotton takes lead over Shoffner in new Senate poll - Arkansas Times
The poll, which surveyed 709 likely voters via telephone and text message, showed Cotton with 50% and Shoffner with 41%.
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Arkansas Times @arktimes.bsky.social · 19h
Sen. Tom Cotton is working really hard to get out of having to debate Hallie Shoffner, and it's just so embarrassing! 🫠 🫠 🫠 arktimes.com/arkansas-blo...
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Nervous Nellie Cotton cowers behind a 102-year-old - Arkansas Times
Using a WWII vet as a human shield to get you out of a scary debate with your challengers is not exactly warrior behavior, Senator.
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Arkansas Times @arktimes.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
"Just wrong." A former top aide to Mike Huckabee is calling out Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders for using taxpayer dollars on what he describes are thinly veiled campaign stops.
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Sanders amps up taxpayer-funded travel, but don’t call it campaigning - Arkansas Times
Gov. Sarah Sanders' trips look and smell a lot like campaign stops, according to a columnist who used to work for her dad.
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Arkansas Times @arktimes.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Arkansas farmers are on the hook for $343 million in war-related fuel and fertilizer price increases, and they have no one to blame but themselves. arktimes.com/arkansas-blo...
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Why I don’t feel sorry for Arkansas farmers - Arkansas Times
Arkansas farmers are on the hook for $343 million in war-related fuel and fertilizer price increases, and they have no one to blame but themselves.
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Arkansas Times @arktimes.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
This year’s conference is slated for Oct. 23-25 in Fayetteville.
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Arkansas Young Dems will convene in Fayetteville, and you're invited - Arkansas Times
This year's conference is slated for Oct. 23-25 in Fayetteville.
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Arkansas Times @arktimes.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
“Marnie” — Alfred Hitchcock’s “suspenseful sex mystery,” according to its 1964 promotional tagline — occupies a unique place in the director’s oeuvre.
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Cinema I/O to host free screening of ‘Marnie’ (1964) Tuesday at Ron Robinson Theater - Arkansas Times
“Marnie” — Alfred Hitchcock’s “suspenseful sex mystery,” according to its 1964 promotional tagline — occupies a unique place in the director’s oeuvre.
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Arkansas Times @arktimes.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
What's happening with Little Rock city board elections this year? With early voting just around the corner, we put together a quick guide to get you started. arktimes.com/arkansas-blo...
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What’s happening with Little Rock City Board elections? - Arkansas Times
It’s not often that we get new city directors in Little Rock. It’s even rarer to get two at the same time.
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Arkansas Times @arktimes.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Arkansas led the nation in farm bankruptcies last year, with farmers sometimes losing hundreds of dollars per acre growing traditional row crops. Here's a better idea.
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Lose the row crops; farmers need to grow food - Arkansas Times
Soybean, cotton and rice farmers are losing their shirts -- and their farms -- in this environment. What if they grew food instead?
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Arkansas Times @arktimes.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
BJ Wyrick's new anti-Flock campaign ad is straight up nightmare fuel.
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BJ Wyrick just dropped the weirdest campaign ad you’ve ever seen - Arkansas Times
City Director BJ Wyrick's anti-Flock stance is commendable. Her absolutely unhinged ad about it? Less so.
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Arkansas Times @arktimes.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
City directors to vote on data center moratorium next week as county measure pulled
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Local officials data center-maxxing; city to vote on moratorium next week - Arkansas Times
The Little Rock City Board of Directors will consider an ordinance next week that would create a six-month moratorium on data centers.
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Arkansas Times @arktimes.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Three Republican lawmakers took aim at the state’s controversial electricity law during an energy conference, arguing it shifts financial risk from utilities to ratepayers.
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State lawmakers say GAJA will be a focus of next legislative session - Arkansas Times
Three Republican lawmakers took aim at the state's controversial electricity law during an energy conference, arguing it shifts financial risk from utilities to ratepayers.
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Arkansas Times @arktimes.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Some of Musk's millions are going to the Senate Leadership Fund, a supporter of Tom Cotton's reelection bid. arktimes.com/arkansas-blo...
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Elon Musk quietly becomes biggest known donor in midterm contests as he tries to save Republicans - Arkansas Times
Some of Musk's millions are going to the Senate Leadership Fund, a supporter of Tom Cotton's reelection bid.
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Arkansas Times @arktimes.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Sarah Sanders repeats her same tired talking points in gubernatorial debate, as opponents attack her record
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In gubernatorial debate, Sanders relies on usual talking points as opponents attack her record - Arkansas Times
Republican Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders touted her successes, while her opponents accused her of ignoring issues that actually matter to Arkansans and of taking credit for things she had no role in.
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Arkansas Times @arktimes.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Experts in the field of Alzheimer’s disease, brain health and caregiving are putting on a free conference in Little Rock Wednesday, Oct. 21, with the aim of helping Arkansans learn about and navigate what can be a daunting diagnosis.
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Free Alzheimer's conference coming up, don't forget! - Arkansas Times
Experts in the field of Alzheimer’s disease, brain health and caregiving are putting on a free conference in Little Rock Wednesday, Oct. 21, with the aim of helping Arkansans learn about and navigate ...
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Arkansas Times @arktimes.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Cotton, a no-show at Monday's debate, is trying to squeeze more juice out of the racist and nativist movement that carried him to the Senate and Trump to the White House. Shoffner laid out her alternative approach.
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Hallie Shoffner says ICE crackdown is undermining trust in Arkansas police - Arkansas Times
Cotton is trying to squeeze more juice out of the racist and nativist movement that carried him to the Senate in 2014 and Trump to the White House two years later. Shoffner's campaign is partly a…
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Arkansas Times @arktimes.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
The couple behind Hairpins, a buzzy organization that hosts sapphic-centered events for the queer community in Little Rock and beyond, announced last week that they’re leaving Arkansas. They expect the group will continue to thrive in their absence.
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Hairpins co-founders are leaving Arkansas, but the organization isn't going anywhere - Arkansas Times
The couple behind Hairpins, a buzzy organization that hosts sapphic-centered events for the queer community in Little Rock and beyond, announced last week that they’re leaving Arkansas. They expect th...
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Arkansas Times @arktimes.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Rep. Bruce Westerman (R-Hot Springs) is the first prominent Arkansas Republican to call on President Trump to cancel plans to livestream the execution of Nidal Hasan.
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Westerman calls on President Trump to cancel planned “public spectacle” of livestreamed execution - Arkansas Times
While he supports Hasan’s execution, Westerman said, “a public execution is not in the best interest of the United States or our justice system, which, for 250 years, has been marked by dignity and…
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Arkansas Times @arktimes.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
A new national study of 740 colleges and universities named Hendrix College the best overall college or university in Arkansas and UA-Little Rock as the best public university.
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Hail the orange and black! Study names Hendrix best overall college in Arkansas - Arkansas Times
The study also named UA-Little Rock as the best public university in the state.
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Arkansas Times @arktimes.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Anti-abortion, pro-patriarchy protesters greeted Little Rock Central students as buses arrived for school Monday morning. Students responded with rape whistles, heckling and middle fingers hoisted high. 🖤 💛 arktimes.com/arkansas-blo...
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LR Central students give sidewalk abortion protesters a shrill and hostile reception - Arkansas Times
The coeds of Little Rock Central High were not meek, nor modest, nor submissive Monday morning as a pack of fundamentalist protesters hoisted placards at arriving students, encouraging young women to…
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Arkansas Times @arktimes.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
The leadup to Saturday’s parade and festival, headlined by country singer Adam Mac, includes several other queer-friendly events throughout the week.
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Arkansas PRIDEFest returns to Capitol Ave. on Saturday - Arkansas Times
The leadup to Saturday’s parade and festival, headlined by country singer Adam Mac, includes several other queer-friendly events throughout the week.
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Arkansas Times @arktimes.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Ratboys released their newest album “Singin’ to an Empty Chair” in February, a new high-water mark in an already impressive discography that landed on roundups of the year’s best albums so far from Rolling Stone, Paste, Consequence and Stereogum.
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Hillcrest HarvestFest returns Saturday with Chicago indie rockers Ratboys in tow - Arkansas Times
Ratboys released their newest album “Singin’ to an Empty Chair” in February, a new high-water mark in an already impressive discography that landed on roundups of the year’s best albums so far from Ro...
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Arkansas Times @arktimes.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Perhaps the most outside-the-box take we’ve seen! Have you considered this sleeper factor that Vic Snyder predicts might swing a race or two on Nov. 3? arktimes.com/arkansas-blo...
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Will the midterms be determined at the ballot box or in the sick bed? - Arkansas Times
Immunized voters have less chance of being sick or having a sick kid or loved one on Election Day.
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Arkansas Times @arktimes.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Saturday morning musings from Congressman Vic Snyder on why you should still read the newspaper. arktimes.com/arkansas-blo...
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The late, great Medford Mail Tribune and some reasons to keep on reading - Arkansas Times
A former congressman who's suffered his share of barbs from thorny journalists makes the case for supporting local journalism.
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Arkansas Times @arktimes.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
A tavern once more? Not so fast. Museum officials are tapping the brakes on a state plan to turn Little Rock’s oldest standing building into a functioning bar. arktimes.com/arkansas-blo...
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Proposal to turn 200-year-old structure into bar gets 'not so fast' reaction from museum commission - Arkansas Times
State officials have proposed that the oldest standing structure in Little Rock and one of the oldest in the state be turned into a working bar.
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Arkansas Times @arktimes.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
For Central Arkansas residents, getting out into the remote wilderness has, until recently, meant packing up the car and hoofing it up to the Ozarks or trekking deep into the Ouachita Mountains. Not anymore, thanks to the new South Lake Trail.
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The wild side of Little Rock: New trail connections near Lake Maumelle lure city slickers out of town - Arkansas Times
For Central Arkansas residents, getting out into the remote wilderness has, until recently, meant packing up the car and hoofing it up to the Ozarks or trekking deep into the Ouachita Mountains. Not a...
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Arkansas Times @arktimes.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Little Rock school board, administrators continue discussions about elementary school closures.
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Little Rock school board, administrators continue discussions about elementary school closures - Arkansas Times
Board members have been weighing the merits and drawbacks of seven closure and consolidation options as the district tries to reduce costs by about $5 million.
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Arkansas Times @arktimes.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Newly released data shows white families are most likely to cash in on Arkansas' school vouchers, while Black and Hispanic students are underrepresented in the program. Are taxpayer-funded vouchers bankrolling a new era of segregation in schools? arktimes.com/arkansas-blo...
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White families love vouchers the most, and other revelations from the annual AR LEARNS report - Arkansas Times
White students are significantly over-represented when it comes to cashing in on Arkansas voucher dollars, while Black and Hispanic students are under-represented, a dynamic that certainly supports…
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Arkansas Times @arktimes.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Rep. Rick Crawford face a Democrat, a Libertarian, Trump's tariffs, high fuel prices and an unpopular war as he seeks a ninth term in Congress.
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Fuel prices, tariffs weigh heavily in east Arkansas’ US House race - Arkansas Times
As Rep. Rick Crawford seeks a ninth term in Congress against Democrat Terri Yarbrough Green and Libertarian Steve Parsons, the effect of the Iran war, fuel prices and President Donald Trump’s tariffs…
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Arkansas Times @arktimes.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
The kayaking, book-loving, adventuring friend to many who has long been the face of a beloved Little Rock landmark has died. arktimes.com/arkansas-blo...
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Chris New, longtime manager at Vino's, has died - Arkansas Times
A memorial service for New will be held at Saline Independent Methodist Church in Benton (306 S. Main St.) on Saturday, Oct. 10, at 11 a.m. Vino’s will be closed all day in his honor.
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Arkansas Times @arktimes.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
A trusted expert on all things political, Barth provided a vibe check on the results we might expect to see Nov. 3.
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Politico Jay Barth makes his Nov. 3 predictions - Arkansas Times
A trusted expert on all things political, Barth provided a vibe check on the results we might expect to see November 3.
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Arkansas Times @arktimes.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
It's tonight!
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Jude Brothers release show at White Water Tavern on Thursday - Arkansas Times
As if recently arrived through a portal from some more pastoral world than our own, Fayetteville singer-songwriter Jude Brothers makes music that sounds like how a golden-hour walk through the woods f...
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Arkansas Times @arktimes.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
A new study ranks Arkansas as the fifth-most dangerous state in America.
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Arkansas named fifth-most dangerous state in new report - Arkansas Times
States were ranked by an aggregate score, measured across five categories: personal and residential safety, financial safety, road safety, workplace safety and emergency preparedness. Arkansas ranked…
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Arkansas Times @arktimes.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Northwest Arkansas-based journalist Jordan Hickey has been tabbed as the first editor-in-chief of Arkansas Today, a new online news outlet being launched by Deep South Today.
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Deep South Today names Jordan Hickey editor-in-chief of Arkansas Today - Arkansas Times
Hickey brings more than a decade of experience reporting, editing and leading editorial teams across print, digital and audio.
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Arkansas Times @arktimes.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
There are few bands as fiercely dedicated to their art and as unwaveringly independent as Deerhoof, and we’re lucky to have them here.
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Experimental indie rockers Deerhoof in Fayetteville on Wednesday - Arkansas Times
There are few bands as fiercely dedicated to their art and as unwaveringly independent as Deerhoof, and we’re lucky to have them here.
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Arkansas Times @arktimes.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
The Old State House Museum in Little Rock is leaning into the Halloween season with a unique fundraising event: a paranormal investigation class.
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Do some state-approved ghost hunting at the Old State House Museum - Arkansas Times
The Old State House Museum in Little Rock is leaning into the Halloween season with a unique fundraising event: a paranormal investigation class.
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Arkansas Times @arktimes.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
In another court loss for Sarah Sanders, judge says attorney hired by Board of Corrections can get paid for his work.
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In another loss for Sanders, court rules attorney for Corrections Board can get paid  - Arkansas Times
A circuit judge said the lawyer who originally represented the Arkansas Board of Corrections in ongoing litigation against Gov. Sarah Sanders was properly hired and can submit a motion to recover the…
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Arkansas Times @arktimes.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Ever wondered what Natural State songbird Bonnie Montgomery would sound like if she time-traveled back to the ’70s to sit in with some soft rockers? You’re in luck.
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Listen to Bonnie Montgomery and Melissa Carper cover the Eagles - Arkansas Times
Ever wondered what Natural State songbird Bonnie Montgomery would sound like if she time-traveled back to the ’70s to sit in with some soft rockers? You’re in luck.
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Arkansas Times @arktimes.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
The congressional candidate says he’s taking the doomsday scenarios seriously. He also has a plan for avoiding them.
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Is AI going to kill us all? We asked nuclear engineer (and Democrat) Chris Jones - Arkansas Times
The congressional candidate says he’s taking the doomsday scenarios seriously. He also has a plan for avoiding them.
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Arkansas Times @arktimes.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
The Arkansas Court of Appeals on Wednesday struck down part of the state's whistleblower act, finding that a provision that allowed reinstatement of an employee pending the outcome of their lawsuit unconstitutionally infringed on the separation of powers.
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Arkansas Court of Appeals strikes down portion of state whistleblower law - Arkansas Times
The appellate court said part of the statute unconstitutionally violates Amendment 80, which gave the Arkansas Supreme Court the exclusive authority to dictate rules of procedure for Arkansas courts.
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Arkansas Times @arktimes.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
The Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival, the longest-running celebration of nonfiction cinema in North America, kicks off its 35th year of programming on Friday, and the lineup of nearly 100 feature-length and short films from around the world looks pretty stellar.
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The Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival returns for its 35th year on Oct. 9-17 - Arkansas Times
The Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival, the longest-running celebration of nonfiction cinema in North America, kicks off its 35th year of programming on Friday, and the lineup of nearly 100 feature...
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Arkansas Times @arktimes.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Have you been checking listings hoping for a showing of “The History of Concrete?” Look no more. Cinema I/O, Little Rock’s premier (and only) arthouse micro-cinema, has you covered.
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Here’s how to see John Wilson’s ‘The History of Concrete’ in Little Rock  - Arkansas Times
Have you been checking listings hoping for a showing of “The History of Concrete?” Look no more. Cinema I/O, Little Rock’s premier (and only) arthouse micro-cinema, has you covered.
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Arkansas Times @arktimes.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Rep. French Hill and challenger Chris Jones focus on affordability, healthcare and accountability amidst tight congressional race.
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Affordability, healthcare, accountability center of heated race for central Arkansas US House seat - Arkansas Times
Republican US Rep. French Hill seeks a seventh term against Democrat Chris Jones.
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Arkansas Times @arktimes.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
White heteronormativity has long dominated the University of Arkansas. What does that mean for Black gay Arkansans?
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Can a Black gay man still call the hogs? - Arkansas Times
White heteronormativity has long dominated the University of Arkansas. What does that mean for Black gay Arkansans?
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Arkansas Times @arktimes.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Author Deborah Archer will be in Little Rock on Tuesday, Oct. 6, to discuss her new book about how transportation infrastructure reinforces racial inequality.
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Author Deborah Archer to discuss how road design reinforces racial inequality Tuesday, Oct. 6. - Arkansas Times
Archer's book examines the ways man-made structures and transportation systems have been designed and built in ways that segregate people by race and disenfranchise Black and brown communities.
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Arkansas Times @arktimes.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
There’s nothing quite like the drama, darkness and distortions of German Expressionism to ring in the Halloween season.
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'The Age of Anxiety' opens Friday at AMFA - Arkansas Times
There’s nothing quite like the drama, darkness and distortions of German Expressionism to ring in the Halloween season.
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Arkansas Times @arktimes.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Want to talk about slavery at the Old State House Museum? That's a no-go, according to a Black woman who quit the place over what she said were racist remarks made at a staff meeting.
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Old State House Museum employee quits over racist comments about slavery - Arkansas Times
A Black woman who has been working at the Old State House Museum since 2011 quit over racist remarks about slavery.
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Arkansas Times @arktimes.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Chris Jones got a major boost on Monday after national Democrats added his campaign against French Hill to their ‘Red to Blue’ program, unlocking new funding and resources.
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More good news for Chris Jones in race against French Hill - Arkansas Times
Congressional candidate Chris Jones got some love from the Democratic campaign office, which placed his campaign in the Red to Blue program.
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Arkansas Times @arktimes.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Stop wasting time, go register to vote! arktimes.com/arkansas-blo...
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Today is the deadline for voter registration, so you'd better check to make sure you're all set - Arkansas Times
Arkansans who want to weigh in on the Nov. 3 elections have to get their paperwork turned in today. Here's how to check to make sure you're good to go.
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Arkansas Times @arktimes.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Little Rock has a lot to offer, let's not trash it. No paywall on this post from Dr. Vic Snyder. arktimes.com/arkansas-blo...
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Arkansas Times @arktimes.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
A Black woman who worked at the Old State House Museum quit her job because racist remarks about slavery were allowed to be made at a staff meeting.
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Old State House Museum employee quits over racist comments about slavery - Arkansas Times
A Black woman who has been working at the Old State House Museum since 2011 quit over racist remarks about slavery.
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