5 things to know about the Mississippi Flyway as spring bird migration begins. It's hopping out there! arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/… via @arktimes

Owner Don Dugan sold The Busker at 1304 S. Main St. to Don Marshall, who has already begun redecorating the former South on Main space to open GiGi’s Lounge.

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What do writing and swimming have in common? Bestselling Pope County author Eli Cranor has your answer in a new documentary short about his creative process.

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Shell, yeah! Arkansas Times Tacos & Tequila is back. Peruse the best of the best, help vote for the coveted Golden Taco Award and sip on smooth tequila provided by Tres Generaciones and Hornitos Tequila. buff.ly/3Wqiw8L

The winner of a 2023 James Beard Media Award, Arkansas journalist Alice Driver has been nominated again, this time for her reporting on lobster fishery workers in Honduras.

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Sanders says state won’t comply with Title IX changes, swipes again at trans students
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Rapert pledges to keep advocating for book censorship as next library board meeting nears. But first, he wants to read the books on the naughty list. arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/… via @arktimes

State Senate President Bart Hester offered a way out of a potential defamation suit. A letter from attorney Tom Mars to Hester maps out a resolution to a social media battle that threatens to spill over into the courts. arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/… via @arktimes

Lawmakers adopt emergency rule barring electronic signatures for would-be voters.
Voting rights advocates say this is just the latest in an ongoing campaign for voter suppression. arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/… via @arktimes

Year-to-date state revenue down 5.5% compared to last year

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Starbucks workers at the North Little Rock location at the corner of JFK and McCain Boulevard have filed a petition for a union election with the National Labor Relations Board on Wednesday, according to a release from Starbucks Workers United.

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State revokes Hot Springs dispensary’s permit after series of violations

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“Mother of Other Kingdoms,” the fifth book by Hot Springs Poet Laureate Kai Coggin, is available now. By comparison to her previous work, it's said to be gentler and more personal, with a shift in focus from political resistance to the natural world.

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Democratic 2022 governor nominee Chris Jones has retained Tom Mars, who plans to file defamation suit against Senate Republican leader Bart Hester over tweet accusing Jones of 'taking a Pro Hamas Terrorist position.' Matt Campbell reports in Arkansas Times.
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A spirited survey of the karaoke scene in Central Arkansas and beyond takes writer Daniel Ford to the White Water Tavern, the Town Pump, Millennium Bowl and Infusion.

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Former Razorbacks Patrick Beverley and Bobby Portis Jr. each recorded double-doubles to help save the Bucks from elimination in Game 5 of the team’s first round playoff series with the Indiana Pacers Tuesday night.

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Crypto bills pass House and head to the governor’s desk. arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/… via @arktimes

A new documentary short by Iranian-American filmmaker and Russellville native Andy Sarjahani is now available for viewing as part of the The New Yorker's documentary series.

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Shot in the Pulaski County Regional Detention Facility over six weeks in 2023, Netflix's “Unlocked” chronicles a sheriff's efforts to implement a radical new approach to incarceration in a single living unit within the jail. buff.ly/4a0p4xR

Streaming numbers show Netflix's 'Unlocked: A Jail Experiment' is a hit.

Also largely a success? The actual experiment.
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