Lyon College’s new dental school will be in the former Blue Cross and Blue Shield building at 5 Allied Drive in Little Rock’s Riverdale, and the veterinary school will be located in Cabot alongside a new municipal Animal Services Center.
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Jerusalem-based Jewish author, who skipped Arkansas over pro-Israel pledge, wins a Pulitzer
Too bad Arkansans didn’t get to hear this Pulitzer winner talk about his life and work. Thrall skipped Arkansas on his book tour last fall because he didn’t want to have to sign the pro-Israel pledge the state requires of all vendors and contractors, including university speakers.
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U of A political scientist Angie Maxwell wins prestigious Carnegie Fellowship
Already well known for her research and writing on the role of gender, race and religion in the politics of the American South, Maxwell will dedicate her fellowship to tracing the origins of political polarization among women, particularly white women.
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A faithful expert on Christian nationalism to speak at 2BC
Amanda Tyler, the executive director for the national Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty, will be at Little Rock’s Second Baptist Church at 6 p.m. Wednesday to talk about this nasty Christian nationalism business.
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2024 Arkansas Times Academic All-Stars team
This year marks the 30th roster of Arkansas Times Academic All-Stars: 20 exceptional students chosen from a pool of applicants from across the state, each nominated by their high school counselor or principal.
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State Senate president offered a way out on defamation suit
A letter from attorney Tom Mars to Sen. Bart Hester offers a resolution to a social media battle that threatens to spill over into the courts.
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Lawmakers adopt emergency rule barring electronic signatures for would-be voters
“There is no problem with integrity in voting in Arkansas. We are making up stuff. We’re suppressing the vote. That’s the bottom line,” former state Sen. Joyce Elliott said.
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Lawmakers to consider emergency rule to make voter registration harder
While it’s a quaint idea to require some Founding Fathers John Hancock cosplay for aspiring participants in democracy, such analog transactions are inconvenient, unnecessary and no longer the norm.
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Arkansas AG Tim Griffin sues to keep gun show loophole open, with a nod to Bryan Malinowski
Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin is leading the charge to keep the gun show loophole wide open.
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ACLU sues over rule preventing nonbinary and trans Arkansans from using correct gender markers on state ID
A new rule that requires Arkansans to use gender identifiers that match their birth certificates and takes the gender-neutral “X” off the table as an option on driver’s licenses is being challenged in court.