In advance of the legislative session that begins in January, Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders on Thursday presented her proposed budget to a committee. Associated Press Capitol Correspondent Andrew DeMillo joins host Steve Barnes to share details. Then, outgoing Arkansas House of Representatives Speaker Matthew Shepherd shares his thoughts on the budget, and reflects about the last six years he has been leading the chamber. The Republican will remain in the House representing his district from El Dorado.

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I was glad to join Open to Debate and ask questions of Malcolm Gladwell about polling and politics. You can find my appearance at around 42:40.

Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders called legislators to the Capitol this week for a special session that included passage of new tax cuts and a budget for the Game and Fish Commission. Host Steve Barnes spoke with a panel of reporters who covered the proceedings. The panel includes Associated Press Capitol Bureau Chief Andrew DeMillo, Little Rock Public Radio Government and Politics reporter Josie Lenora, and Arkansas Advocate reporter Tess Vrbin.

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A video explainer I did for The Associated Press in April 2024 about the appeals case over Arkansas' ban on gender affirming care for minors.

Just a few days into the fiscal session of the Arkansas Legislature, reporters who have been covering proceedings at the Capitol join us to discuss what’s happening and what’s expected in the weeks ahead. The Associated Press’ Andrew DeMillo, Arkansas Advocate’s Antoinette Grajeda, and Little Rock Public Radio’s Josie Lenora talk with host Steve Barnes about funding for education, state employee salaries and the state prison system.

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A video I recorded for the AP about former Gov. Asa Hutchinson's presidential campaign.

In December 2022, I sat down with then-Gov. Asa Hutchinson for an AP interview about his political future as he prepared to leave office and run for president.

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We take a look at the political atmosphere with a legislative wrap-up, Asa Hutchinson’s presidential run, and Governor Huckabee Sanders' first 100 days in office. Guests are Grant Tennille – Chair of the Democratic Party of Arkansas, Republican party analyst Jeremy Gillam, and Associated Press reporter Andrew DeMillo.

On "Good Roots," we visit a family in Harriet, Arkansas that has opened their farm to the community to experience “extreme homesteading”.

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This week on "Arkansas Week," review the 2021 Arkansas Legislative Session from the typical — with budgets and healthcare suspending — to the surprising — from hot-button social issues to demands from the Arkansas Republican Party for a larger voice. Associated Press Capitol Correspondent Andrew DeMillo, Democratic Consultant Michael Cook and Republican Consultant Bill Vickery join Host Steve Barnes for the political roundtable. Learn more at https://myarpbs.org/arkansasweek​​.

About Arkansas Week:

"Arkansas Week" highlights a dedicated, distinguished group of Arkansas journalists and political scientists who discuss issues in the news. "Arkansas Week" is hosted by Steve Barnes. Barnes has been on the air in the Natural State since 1968 when he started as a copy boy on weekends at KTHV-TV Channel 11 in Little Rock. His adept hand at leading journalists and others in a discussion of current events complements his encyclopedic knowledge of the state, its players and its past. Barnes has not only become one of the most recognizable and respected people within Arkansas, but has connected with a national audience through work published in the New York Times, fed to the Reuters news service and shown on networks ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN and PBS. He has been a recipient of the University of Arkansas' journalist of the year award, as well as receiving first prize for television documentary awarded by the Society of Professional Journalists.

In 2019, I spoke with CBSN about efforts by some Republican lawmakers making harder for citizens to crate ballot initiatives.

I appeared on MSNBC in 2015 to talk about an Arkansas law preventing local governments from enacting civil rights protections for LGBTQ people.

In January 2021, I appeared on KARK's Capitol View to discuss 2020's top political news and the legislative session.

AP Capitol Correspondent Andrew DeMillo sizes up next week's legislative runoff races and the Presidential bids for Gov. Asa Hutchinson and Sen. Tom Cotton.

Andrew DeMillo of the Associated Press discusses his recent national profile of Gov. Asa Hutchinson and the future of the Arkansas GOP.