Politics

On today's show, an education effort from the Runway Group and the Arkansas Farm Bureau highlights bicycle safety on rural roads. Plus, gravel cycling's recent rise in popularity and the unsafe road conditions forcing cyclists off the streets. Also, the Startup Crawl returns in September and how audio giant Klipsch got its start in Arkansas.

Today on The Outline, KUAF's broadcast area is under an excessive heat warning today. Also, Arkansas law enforcement officers receive 15,000 Naloxone kits and former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson said he can participate in the first GOP primary debate this week.

Former Gov. Asa Hutchinson continues to campaign for the Republican presidential nomination. This week's Northwest Arkansas Business Journal Report includes a conversation with Hutchinson about his efforts to qualify for the first party debate.

School board elections and bond issues face some voters today. Also, nearly 73,000 Arkansans are disenrolled from Medicaid, and a new addition to the UAMS campus.

On today's show, attendees of Republican presidential candidate Asa Hutchinson's campaign kickoff ceremony comment on his presidential bid. Also, a pottery festival returns to Fayetteville, Crystal Bridges Museum of American will show Big Piph's series "Far From Finished" and more.

On today's show, WNYC's On the Media and freelance reporter Katie Thornton created the podcast series "The Divided Dial" to understand how Salem Media Group impacted conservative politics. Plus, Arkansas' tour industry appears to be bouncing back, upcoming visual art events, winter weather's impact on blood donations, wrapping up the week's news and more.

How did the little-known Salem Media Group come to have an outsized political influence? Freelance reporter Katie Thornton worked alongside WNYC's On the Media to create the podcast series "The Divided Dial" to understand the impact of Salem Media Group in conservative politics.

We use archives from the Pryor Center for Arkansas Oral and Visual History to follow the last threads of the Whitewater investigation from the 1990s. We hear from Ken Starr, President Bill Clinton and others.

The Arkansas Future Caucus includes all state legislators 45 years old and younger. The bipartisan group is hosting a panel discussion tomorrow night in Bentonville.

Early voting has begun in Arkansas, and we hear from folks who came to exercise their civic duty at Bud Walton Arena on the University of Arkansas' campus.