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The Top 25 Scorers of the 2023 GED Exam in Arkansas

Nathan Treece

Little Rock Public Radio

Education & Technology

Arkansas' top 25 GED test scorers celebrated at ceremony

Nathan Treece

Arkansas ranks fourth in the nation among GED pass rates with 86% of adults passing in 2023.

Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders named a new chair of the state Post-Prison Transfer Board (also known as the parole board) late Wednesday.

John Sykes

Arkansas Advocate

Politics

Attempt to limit Arkansas PBS spending authority fails

Daniel Breen

Andrew Harnik

Getty Images

Justice & Crime

Idaho's biggest hospital says emergency flights for pregnant patients up sharply

Julie Luchetta/Boise State Public Radio

Money & Economy

Transforming Mississippi County: A Steel Industry Success Story

Roby Brock

Mike Stewart

Campus protests over Gaza could affect graduation; Steve Inkseep interviews Blinken

Suzanne Nuyen

Local And Regional Headlines

Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders delivers remarks at a press conference to call a special session of the legislature on Friday, September 8, 2023

Randall Lee

Office of Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders

Politics

Watch Arkansas Gov. Sanders deliver the State of the State

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Olivier Douliery

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Trump's immunity arguments and the experiences of the justices who might support it

Nina Totenberg

Five of the six conservatives spent much of their lives in the Beltway, working in the White House and Justice Department, seeing their administrations as targets of unfair harassment by Democrats.
Mohammed Abed

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What to know about a possible Israeli military offensive in Rafah

Becky Sullivan

In Gaza's southernmost city, where more than a million Palestinians have sought shelter and where aid groups have centralized operations, worries have grown over a possible Israeli military operation.
Elijah Nouvelage

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AP

More than 500 people have been arrested at pro-Palestinian protests at colleges

Ayana Archie

Students and others are protesting Israel's war against Hamas in Gaza and, in some cases, their school's investments in Israel. Presidents at several schools face calls to resign amid the protests.
David Goldman

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AP

United Methodist Church begins reorganization over LGBTQ+ issues

Jason DeRose

The United Methodist Church has voted to restructure itself in a way that could allow for LGBTQ+ clergy and same-sex weddings.

Arkansas Fiscal Session '24

Sen. Stephanie Flowers, D-Pine Bluff, expresses concerns about cryptocurrency mining to the Arkansas Senate on Wednesday, April 24, 2024. (Screenshot courtesy of Arkansas Legislature)

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Environment & Infrastructure

Fossil fuels are banned from federal buildings in a new rule

Jeff Brady

The Energy Department finalized rules that will ban fossil fuels in new and remodeled federal buildings by 2030.
Blinken-Xi meeting aimed at keeping U.S.-China relations from getting worse

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Secretary of State Blinken about U.S. foreign policy and his meeting with China's President Xi Jinping, and with David Rennie, Beijing bureau chief for The Economist.
Justice & Crime

After a 3-hour hearing, the Supreme Court must define presidential immunity

NPR's A Martinez speaks with former federal prosecutor and Politico senior writer Ankush Khardori about former President Donald Trump's immunity claims.
Education & Technology

University protesters want their schools to divest from Israel over its war in Gaza

NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with Chris Marsicano of Davidson College in North Carolina about how higher education institutions might go about divesting from Israeli interests, as demanded by protesters.
Arts & Culture

Happy Arbor Day! These 20 books will change the way you think about trees

Beth Novey

Trees communicate. They migrate. They protect. They heal. We climbed into the NPR archives to find some of our favorite arboreal fiction, nonfiction, and kids' lit — get ready to branch out.
Arts & Culture

Jennifer Anniston's production company plans to reboot '9 to 5'

The 1980 classic starred Dolly Parton, Jane Fonda and Lilly Tomlin as three women seeking revenge against their sexist boss. It made more than $100 million at the box office.