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A protracted pandemic, a contentious legislative session, and a contrarian stance against Trumpism may have taken a toll on Gov. Asa Hutchinson’s job approval rating with Arkansas voters. But that’s a far cry from last October when voters’ opinions gave him a 69-23% rating. Nearly a year ago, Hutchinson boasted a 62-19% job approval rating during the height of social protests and a spike in coronavirus cases. Q: Do you approve or disapprove of the job Gov. Asa Hutchinson is doing? 52% Approve 12.5% Don’t Know “I don’t think the governor will lose sleep over these numbers. There ar...

30% Approve 31.5% Don’t Know “These results mostly follow trends we’ve seen before,” said Roby Brock, Talk Business & Politics editor-in-chief. “In recent years, statewide and national Democrats have been upside down in their approval ratings, and Sen. Boozman, a long-serving Republican officeholder, has traditionally been a mixed bag of undecided opinions. It’s unique to him. We’ll have to see if this election cycle is different.” Biden lost Arkansas in the November 2020 election by a 62-35% margin. In previous polling, Boozman, who is seeking a third six-year term in 2022, h...

A new Talk Business & Politics-Hendrix College poll of 535 Arkansas voters shows Biden and Boozman with negative job approvals, although Boozman has a large undecided block on his performance.

Digging into the early childhood component of the Little Rock tax plan Digging into the early childhood component of the Little Rock tax plan MAYOR FRANK SCOTT JR. (file photo) Brian Chilson The Little Rock Board of Directors will vote tonight on whether to call a special election to ask voters to approve a permanent 1% sales tax increase. The proposed tax would raise an estimated $53 million per year, which would go toward familiar projects: parks improvements, public safety, infrastructure, street resurfacing and the Little Rock Zoo. The...

Kinsa FLUency Program Helping Schools Monitor for COVID-19 Historically used to keep a lid on flu season, a six-year-old smart thermometer program from the medical technology company Kinsa has been helping thousands of schools monitor students for symptoms of COVID-19. A contributed graphic shows the Kinsa "smart thermometer," as well as the look of Kinsa's data recorded through a mobile app. Since COVID-19 first hit the U.S. a little over a year ago, research has been somewhat mixed about whether a fever is a reliable metric for determining if someone is infected with...