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May 13, 2024 10:46am Questions arise over hiring process, qualifications of new deaf school superintendent By Matt Campbell Arkansas Blog May 13, 2024 12:23pm Fiscal session retrospective: Crypto, pay raises and a last-minute fumble By Sam Watson, For AR People Arkansas Blog May 13, 2024 1:24pm Trending 1 Delta Dirt Distillery wins platinum honors at 2024 San Francisco World Spirits Competition 2 Novelist Tommy Orange at Ron Robinson Theater on Thursday 3 Bryan Sanders is biking to work? 4 Monday open line 5 Arkansas Department of Education not big fans of ’equity’ Advertisement FEATURED 2024 Arkansas Times Academic All-Stars team Arkansas Times Staff Karaoke is alive, well and weird in Arkansas Daniel Ford For more and more Arkansas schools, 4 days are better than 5 Jeannie Roberts Judge partly sides with plaintiffs suing to stop Arkansas’s ban on ’critical race theory,’ ’indoctrination’ Benjamin Hardy A self-described gun nut considers the cases of Hunter Biden and Bryan Malinowski Nate Bell Jerusalem-based Jewish author, who skipped Arkansas over pro-Israel pledge, wins a Pulitzer Austin Gelder North Bar nixes relocation; will renovate original location Rhett Brinkley Students and dignitaries celebrate in Little Rock as Daisy Bates statue debuts in Washington, D.C. Stephanie Smittle Advertisement From the Arkansas Blog news & opinion Arkansas Department of Education not big fans of ’equity’ David Ramsey Arkansas Blog5/13/24 6:44pm Under Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders, the education department is so far down the rabbit hole of "anti-woke" politics that they’re more invested in childishly trying to own the libs than providing the best possible educational opportunities for every kid in every district. Monday open line Arkansas Times Staff Arkansas Blog5/13/24 4:02pm Welcome. news & opinion Bryan Sanders is biking to work? Griffin Coop Arkansas Blog5/13/24 2:39pm The First Gentleman is biking to work on Friday. Wait a second, what? news & analysis Fiscal session retrospective: Crypto, pay raises and a last-minute fumble Sam Watson, For AR People Arkansas Blog5/13/24 1:24pm Here’s our retrospective on what happened and what it means for Arkansans. news & analysis Questions arise over hiring process, qualifications of new deaf school superintendent Matt Campbell Arkansas Blog5/13/24 12:23pm Sixty percent of the board only interviewed Walsh, whose resume pales in comparison to other candidates’, then voted to hire her two weeks later. Advertisement news Industry professionals reflect on five years of medical marijuana in Arkansas Mary Hennigan for the Arkansas Advocate Arkansas Blog5/13/24 10:46am Medical marijuana first became available in Arkansas in 2019, and the industry’s trajectory has been on a steady incline since. news Single-engine plane crash kills two Austin Gelder Arkansas Blog5/13/24 10:23am The victims have been identified as Joseph Bryant, 72, and Sharon Bryant, 73. Sunday open line Arkansas Times Staff Arkansas Blog5/12/24 4:00pm Salutations. Saturday open line Arkansas Times Staff Arkansas Blog5/11/24 4:00pm Take it easy. news & opinion Mayor Scott’s tax plan might be a winner Griffin Coop News5/11/24 9:15am Questions still need to be answered, but this proposal is on the right track. More from the Arkansas Blog Advertisement Sponsored Posts Medical Marijuana 101 with Brian Nichol, MD Responsible Growth Arkansas Clinical & therapeutic impact of medical marijuana with Joe Thompson, MD Responsible Growth Arkansas Discussion on Arkansas Adult Use Cannabis Amendment to legalize recreational marijuana in Arkansas Responsible Growth Arkansas From Rock Candy Novelist Tommy Orange at Ron Robinson Theater on Thursday Daniel Grear Rock Candy5/13/24 2:30pm When There There,” Orange’s Pulitzer Prize-nominated debut novel, was published in 2018, it earned a spot on countless year-end lists, including the New York Times’. They called it an ambitious meditation on identity and its broken alternatives, on myth filtered through the lens of time and poverty and urban life.” DLRP announces design for new asphalt mural in SoMa Daniel Grear Rock Candy5/10/24 11:21am Artist Kait Culbertson, of Posse Paper Goods, has been selected for the project, which will cover the intersection of South Main and 13th streets. Zach Bryan at Simmons Bank Arena on Monday and Tuesday Daniel Grear Rock Candy5/10/24 9:38am For being one of the moment’s biggest country stars, Oklahoma native Zach Bryan is pretty rough around the edges. He’s also remarkably comfortable with discontent. Author Jen Fawkes teases forthcoming fabulist novel about Civil War-era prostitutes Austin Gelder Rock Candy5/9/24 2:24pm In a letter to readers, Jen Fawkes shares how her debut novel came together after multiple tries. Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts announces artists for ’Delta Triennial’ exhibition Daniel Grear Rock Candy5/9/24 1:35pm Among the 39 artists chosen for the exhibition, 19 have a connection to Arkansas and six either currently live in or were born in Little Rock. Advertisement Zilla, PETT, Joshua Cannon and Maxx Lemaster at Vino’s on Saturday Daniel Grear Rock Candy5/9/24 10:05am It’s easy to slot PETT and Zilla — two of Little Rock’s most engaging rock outfits — into opposing categories, but put them on the same stage and suddenly the middle of their Venn diagram begins blurring and expanding. Melissa Carper shares first cut from new album ’Borned In Ya’ Daniel Grear Rock Candy5/7/24 10:57am Lucky Five,” the first single from Carper’s forthcoming LP, is spry and approachably jazzy, splattered with muted trumpet and old-fashioned strings. Finals for symphony’s Arkansas Talent singing competition this weekend Daniel Grear Rock Candy5/7/24 9:46am Ranging in age from 13-52, only six contestants remain: Rachel Kamphausen, Marcus Murphy and Mya Little, who will compete on Saturday night; and Yni Bernalte, Kyndal Collins and Kim Qualls, who will compete on Sunday afternoon. Pope County writer Eli Cranor reflects on creative process in new documentary short Daniel Grear Rock Candy5/3/24 1:52pm What do writing and swimming have in common? Bestselling author Eli Cranor has your answer. Kai Coggin’s new poetry collection is here Daniel Grear Rock Candy5/2/24 3:35pm By comparison to her previous work, Mother of Other Kingdoms” — her fifth collection of poetry — is said to be gentler and more personal, with a shift in focus from political resistance to the natural world. More from the Rock Candy blog Advertisement From Eat Arkansas Delta Dirt Distillery wins platinum honors at 2024 San Francisco World Spirits Competition Rhett Brinkley Eat Arkansas5/13/24 2:23pm Helena-West Helena distillery Delta Dirt Distillery has taken home the prestigious platinum medal from the San Francisco World Spirits Competition, the oldest and largest annual spirits competition in the U.S. Last Damgoode Pies standing closes in Fayetteville Rhett Brinkley Eat Arkansas5/10/24 6:02pm When owner and founder Jeff Trine closed the original Damgoode Pies on Kavanaugh Boulevard last fall and the Cantrell Road branch less than three weeks later, there was still one place in Fayetteville where fans could grab a Damgoode stuffy. That location is now closed. Wright’s Barbecue is the best barbecue joint in the United States, Yelp says Brock Hyland Eat Arkansas5/10/24 9:14am Wright’s Barbecue, of Johnson, Bentonville,...