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The Little Rock Police Department's decision to fire a black recruit for using a racial slur in an old social media post, the state of UAMS, a constitutional initiative and Tom Cotton - all covered on this week's podcast. "Blaze," the new bio-pic-ish feature film about cult singer/songwriter and Arkansas native Blaze Foley, and its star, Little Rock native Ben Dickey, are earning critical praise after the new film debuted Sunday at Sundance.
The Arkansas Department of Veterans Affairs next year is joining a network of groups across the U.S. remembering Vietnam veterans and the 50th anniversary of the war. The agency plans to use the March 29 commemoration ceremony as a springboard to increase its focus on Vietnam veterans next year, Director Nate Todd said.
WHAT'S WRONG WITH THIS PICTURE? Nothing, is the answer. The Big Dam Bridge attracts many visitors, just as a trail from Little Rock to Hot Springs, nixed Tuesday night by Republican county officials, would do.
CNN couldn't have been more timely for Arkansas with a monumental investigation of nursing home abuse cases around the country. It's not specifically about Arkansas, but we are not immune from negligence and abuse cases here.
Jonathan Zayas snuggles with his 1-year-old son Nathaniel as he is greeted by his wife, Mabell, on Friday at Bill and Hillary Clinton National Airport/Adams Field after his return home to Arkansas for the holidays. He had been working in Florida.