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Heartland Forward president Angie Cooper on expanding rootEd’s college and career advising program to 100 Arkansas schools over the next three years.
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Katie Zacharia's first White House press briefing was short and often halting. The new press secretary chosen by President Trump left a lot of unanswered questions, including some uncertainties about her own qualifications.
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The president of Cornell University, Michael Kotlikoff, is under fire over the university's handling of a gang rape at a fraternity party in 2024.
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As polar ice melts in the Arctic, shipping lanes are opening up, making the region a new zone of superpower competition. Writer Rana Foroohar explains the stakes in Sea Change. -
The Two Saddest Kitchens is a comic conversation between Roz Chast and Jason Adam Katzenstein. Book critic Maureen Corrigan says it made her laugh and feel better about her own (lack of) cooking.
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(Photo by Antoinette Grajeda/Arkansas Advocate)Arkansas Advocate's Andrew DeMillo discusses $10 million maternal health grants, Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear's Oct. 1 North Little Rock visit and the decline of political debates in Arkansas. -
Canva StockArkansas' net available general revenue totaled roughly $726 million in September, about 14% higher than a year ago and 11% above forecast. Little Rock Public Radio's Daniel Breen reports.
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