Pictured above: Janine Parry, who grew the Arkansas Poll into a nationally respected source, will retire following the spring semester. (Photos provided) Dutiful, steadfast, diligent — that is how Janine Parry, professor of political science at the University of…
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Arkansans Still Seeing Red: Checking the Presidential Snapshot A Year Out
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffVoting sentiments appear to be shaking out as expected when it comes to the 2024 presidential election in Arkansas. The Natural State continues to see red. In fact, Arkansas voted 32 percent more Republican than the national average in 2020,…
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Truth in Sentencing Just One Piece of Arkansas’ Prison Reforms
by Dwain Hebdaby Dwain HebdaAshley County’s borders are platted in perfect right angles on three sides, with only its western edge snaking and squiggling along the course of the Saline and Ouachita rivers. Viewed on a map, the county has the general shape of…
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Maverick, Trailblazer, Leader: Joseph Wood Never Took the Easy Path
by Dwain Hebdaby Dwain HebdaFor as long as he can remember, Joseph Wood has felt just a little bit different from the people around him. Adopted into a large family, he felt at times growing up a stranger among siblings, and attending college in…
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Dynamic Duo: Debbie and Shane Broadway
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffPhoto by Bryan Clifton Arkansas is full of “dynamic duos,” those couples and partners in business who’ve made lasting impacts on their communities. And they come in many different flavors, from community business leaders to those Arkansans making noise on…
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Crash Diets Don’t Work: Supply Chain Lesson for Transitioning from Fossil Fuels
An off-script remark about big oil companies during President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address gave his political opponents an opportunity to unite in mock laughter. But what shouldn’t be missed in the partisan exchange is that it highlighted…
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Radio to Rotunda – RJ Hawk’s First Steps in the Halls of Power
The first thing you’re told coming into the Arkansas General Assembly is that it’s like drinking out of a fire hose, State Rep. RJ Hawk explained. Except in his words, it’s more like “putting your mouth up against a fire…
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A Day In the Life: David Cook, Senior Public Policy Manager at the Alzheimer’s Association
The 2020 pandemic caused many Arkansans to branch out and try new jobs and hobbies. This series will help readers better understand a day in the life of certain career fields based on an interview with someone in that field. …
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Sanders: ‘No COVID Mandates, No COVID Shutdowns’
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffGovernor Sarah Huckabee Sanders announced that she is reversing the official position of the governor on the constitutionality of Arkansas’ ban on mask mandates by public entities. “Yesterday, I reversed the official position of the governor on the constitutionality of…
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2023 AMP Influencer: Tim Griffin, Arkansas Attorney General
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffWhat is an influencer? Simply put, it is one who wields influence, no social media account needed. They are the people, be they civil leaders, CEOs, or media personalities, who see something they want to do and have the skills,…