Ronak Patel
Political/Government Reporter, KUARRonak Patel is a political and governmental affairs reporter for KUAR News.
A graduate of Little Rock Central High School, Patel attended the University of Central of Arkansas, where he graduated with a major in English and a minor in journalism in spring 2021. As a student at UCA, he developed an interest in politics when he took a political reporting class and had the opportunity to interview candidates for the District 32 Senate seat, which covers parts of Little Rock and Cammack Village. As a student, Patel also reported on a state legislator requesting syllabi from UCA, a report that won a second place award for in-depth reporting from the Arkansas College Media Association.
Patel’s first job out of college was as a general assignment reporter for the Southwest Times Record. After six months there, he was hired at the statewide Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, where he wrote feature pieces, season previews for the local high school sports and helped write the Downtown Little Rock guide.
Despite working in print, Patel has always been a fan of broadcast and Steve Inskeep is one of his favorite political reporters.
Outside of work, Patel enjoys watching basketball, either the Milwaukee Bucks or the UCA Bears.
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U.S Rep. Rick Crawford, R- Jonesboro, and U.S Rep. Bruce Westerman, R- Hot Springs, had projects approved for infrastructure and measure dealing with national security.
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Eleanor Green, who will be the new dean, has experience in academia and operating a veterinary clinic.
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Hutchinson will seek the Republican nomination for president. The former governor made the announcement in Bentonville, Arkansas.
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Board members who voted against the resolution shared concerns about the terms of the deal with the private, for-profit University of Phoenix.
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Data from the DFA shows Texas and California as the leading states where new Arkansas residents came from in 2022.
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With the public health emergency that was in place during the pandemic, states will see possible reductions in Medicaid rolls.
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Just hours after state lawmakers gave final to the bills, Gov. Asa Hutchinson held a bill signing ceremony Thursday afternoon.
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Identical bills to accelerate the implementation of tax cuts received initial approval Wednesday in the Arkansas Senate and House of Representatives.
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Hutchinson said he plans on creating a block grant program which will need approval by Arkansas lawmakers to address school safety.
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In an interview with the Washington Post on Monday, Gov. Asa Hutchinson spoke about his presidential aspirations and Arkansas' abortion ban.
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In a speech to the Rotary Club of Little Rock, Hutchinson discussed his tenure leading the state, his future, and an economic development trip last week in Europe.
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Cindy Marble spoke to commissioners Tuesday about the importance of having behavioral threat assessment teams in schools