Arkansas Times

Gov. Asa Hutchinson issued a warning to Arkansans this evening that though they might soon be able to obtain legal medical marijuana in Oklahoma, it won't be legal to bring it to Arkansas or possess it here.https://buff.ly/2Vpx6LL 

New Week in Review Podcast with @ArkansasBlog and @Lindsey_millar: “Drama in Pope County.” Subscribe via your favorite podcast app. #arnewshttps://soundcloud.com/arkansastimes/the-drama-in-pope-county-edition …

Here's a brief update on the machinations about the possibility of a casino in Pope County under the new Amendment 100, which expanded casino gambling in Arkansas.https://buff.ly/2VrtBV0 

Mitch McCoy of KARK/Fox 16 reports two are dead in a shooting near M.L. King Drive and Roosevelt Road in Little Rock this morning.https://buff.ly/2QnApzk 

Welcome to City Hall, Mayor Scott. Luke Skrable awaits.https://buff.ly/2QqaTJI 

You can have a computer, have access, have e-mail and figure out the process, yet you still might not have the right browser.https://buff.ly/2COJihP 

The moon is high. The fridge is empty. Lucky for you, the late-night dining game in Little Rock has gotten a whole lot stronger, and your options extend far past the realm of smothered-and-covered.https://buff.ly/2QjkP7S 

“…as journalists, citizens, and taxpayers, we dispute the right of the state to impose any ideological litmus test on a publisher or other business, when the only consideration in awarding a state contract should be merit.”https://buff.ly/2ToACEb 

The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette has mailed a notice that it will cease publication of its monthly Arkansas Life magazine, which has been circulated for free by mail, unless sufficient people sign up as paid subscribers.https://buff.ly/2CMeqP1 

This list is intended to be a jumping-off point for those looking for services or trying to help a friend, family member or neighbor in need of assistance.https://buff.ly/2QimMkQ 

The mural, UA Little Rock gallery director Brad Cushman said, "shouldn't exist." But it does, and can be seen when UA Little Rock Downtown holds the grand opening of its lecture/classroom space at 333 President Clinton Ave. at noon Jan. 16.https://buff.ly/2QlBOpR 

The scientific world is buzzing about NASA's photographic flyby of Ultima Thule, a space object known as a "contact binary." This has, in turn, set off a buzz about an Ultima Thule much closer to home, in Sevier County to be precise.https://buff.ly/2Tl4aCw 

Will Trice, a Little Rock native and Tony-winning New York producer, has been named to lead the revival of the Arkansas Repertory Theatre. He's the new executive artistic director.https://buff.ly/2Vs1yVy 

Arkansas Audubon is circulating a petition to Governor Hutchinson asking that he reject the state Plant Board's vote to extend the use of the controversial herbicide dicamba.https://buff.ly/2F85TXY 

AT photographer Brian Chilson was on hand for the Jan. 1 inauguration of Frank Scott Jr. as Little Rock mayor and the "Unite Little Rock: The People's Party" in the William Grant Still Ballroom of Robinson Center Performance Hall.https://buff.ly/2R1KneR 

Oklahoma is willing to help Arkansans receive medical marijuana, but an Arkansas catch prohibits it.https://buff.ly/2VnjCjr 

Expanded pre-K costs money, more if it's done right. And top priority for Gov. Asa Hutchinson is a whopping tax cut for millionaires (a plan to cost more than $100 million the first year that gives more than half the cut taxes to the top 1 percent).https://buff.ly/2VrT14L 

The electrifying Rev. Dr. William Barber II, co-chair of the Poor People's Campaign, is bringing his message to Arkansas for the opening of the legislature, where attitudes toward poor people could use some adjustment.https://buff.ly/2F1KhgP