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The Lotto Problems Edition

Arkansas Scholarship Lottery drama, the latest on hog farms in the Buffalo River watershed, a big court victory for marriage equality in the state, Fayetteville’s referendum on its civil rights ordinance, the Downtown Partnership’s really unpopular proposal for a design overlay district and race and justice in America — all covered on this week's podcast.
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Little Rock trans people and the police

LRPD Chief Buckner issues new policies regarding interactions with transgender citizens.
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UALR law professor criticizes LR police chief on post-Ferguson statement

Adjoa A. Aiyetoro, a member of the faculty at the UALR law school who began her legal career as a staff attorney in the civil rights division of the Justice Department, apparently shares my low opinion of the statement issued by Little Rock police via Twitter following the no-indictment decision in Ferguson, Mo.

Judge criticizes new LR police chief for comments on police review

Circuit Judge Wendell Griffen has called down new Police Chief Kenton Buckner for his remarks at a session on police and community relationships, particularly pertaining to review of misuse of deadly force. It's another example of the fact that race is far from a dead issue.
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Heather Cater's death: More on pursuit and jurisdiction questions

The sheriff's office talks further today about how they came to attempt an arrest of a drug suspect who fatally injured a pedestrian trying to elude deputies. They also address the jurisdictional issue of their investigation of homicide in the city of Little Rock.

Q&A with Little Rock Police Chief Kenton Buckner

'Intelligence-led policing,' community interaction key to curbing crime in LR, says new LRPD head.
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Kenton Buckner sworn in as Little Rock police chief

Kenton Buckner was sworn in this morning as Little Rock police chief. He succeeds Stuart Thomas, a Little Rock native, who retired after 35 years on the force.

New Little Rock police chief talks with Fox 16: 'We can't arrest our way out of problems.'

Kenton Buckner, soon to take over as Little Rock police chief, talked to Fox 16 last night.
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The Community Policing Edition

The latest on the legal challenge to the state’s voter ID law, Little Rock’s selection of a new police chief, Asa Hutchinson's crime plan, Sen. Jason Rapert’s latest grandstanding and more covered on this week's podcast.

Louisville's Kenton Buckner will be Little Rock's next police chief

Kenton Buckner, currently the assistant police chief in Louisville, Ky., is going to be Little Rock's next police chief. The official announcement came about an hour after we were tipped to the news. Buckner goes to work June 30 on City Manager Bruce Moore's belief that he'll excel at "citizen engagement."
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City manager narrows Little Rock police chief finalists to three

City Manager Bruce Moore has further reduced a pool of candidates for Little Rock police chief from seven to three, including the current assistant chief of LRPD Eric Higgins. Public meetings with the three are planned in the process for Moore to choose a successor to the retiring Stuart Thomas.
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