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Alabama GOP passes extreme “gag order” to ban diversity discussions in universities | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

Marchers carry a rainbow flag to the Alabama Capital during the 2019 Pride March and Rally Photo: Mickey Welsh / Advertiser/IMAGN Alabama Republicans have passed a bill that would limit instruction on so-called “divisive concepts” at state universities while also banning diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs and barring transgender students from using bathrooms that […]

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Alabama Republican Senator Tommy Tuberville says Ukraine CAN’T win the war because they are a ‘junior high team playing a college team’ | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

By Morgan Phillips, U.S. Political Reporter For Dailymail.Com Updated: 18:27 08 Aug 2023 ‘At the end of the day, it’s a junior high team playing a college team,’ the Alabama Republican told Fox News’ Laura Ingraham Comments come as a funding battle is brewing between Congress and President Biden as the White House prepares to […]

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Alabama Farmers Fed Joins WOTUS Worries and More Skilled Work in Rural America | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

Alabama Farmers Fed Joins WOTUS Worries and More Skilled Work in Rural America From the Ag Information Network, I’m Bob Larson with your Agribusiness Update. **A clear, concise definition of navigable waters is set to be replaced with more confusing terminology, released in an EPA ruling December 30. Alabama Farmers Federation has joined ag organizations […]

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Arkansas

TCU to Hire Offensive Coordinator Kendal Briles From Arkansas, per Reports

After former offensive coordinator and reigning Broyles Award winner Garrett Riley left for Clemson, TCU appears to have found his replacement. The Horned Frogs reportedly are hiring Arkansas offensive coordinator Kendal Briles to the same position, according to Steven Johnson of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram and Chris Low of ESPN. The move is expected to be finalized later this week. Briles, 40, […]

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New York VC fund set to invest in University of Arkansas intel

Illustration: Maura Losch/Axios An East Coast venture fund is looking to jump-start food and agricultural businesses using technology developed at the University of Arkansas. State of play: Big Idea Ventures’ Generation Food Rural Partners fund closed on $38.5 million of its targeted $125 million in December, according to documents filed with the Securities and Exchange […]

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Mizzou basketball plays Arkansas in a matchup of top-20 programs

A matchup of two top-20 programs is set for Wednesday night as the University of Missouri takes on the University of Arkansas in men’s basketball.No. 20 Missouri will be headed to face No. 13 Arkansas on the road in Fayetteville. On Monday, the Tigers entered the Ap Top 25 for the first time in the […]

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Kansas-Arkansas Liberty Bowl odds, lines, spread and betting preview

Kansas and Arkansas will see one another for the first time this century in the Liberty Bowl. Promising starts for the Jayhawks and Razorbacks ended up going sideways in the second half of the season. Still, Kansas qualified for its first bowl game since 2009 and Arkansas is going bowling for the second year in a row. The […]

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Arkansas Governor Hutchinson breaks ground on a new facility at North Arkansas College

HARRISON, Ark. (KY3) – North Arkansas College (NAC) held a public ceremony to signify the groundbreaking of the new Center for Robotics & Manufacturing Innovation (CRMI). Governor Asa Hutchinson, one of the project’s lead supporters, was in attendance Monday as the featured speaker. “This is a culmination of what we dreamed of and what we […]

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Northwest Arkansas outdoor startups get leg up from GORP

Illustration: Maura Losch/Axios Seven entrepreneurs graduated from University of Arkansas’ Greenhouse Outdoor Recreation Program (GORP) business incubator last Thursday. What happened: About 60 people gathered at The Collaborative, the University of Arkansas’ campus in Bentonville, to see presentations from the founder-graduates and, in some cases, check out prototype products. Why it matters: The outdoor recreation […]

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University of Arkansas selects Charles Robinson as chancellor

Charles Robinson. Photo: Courtesy of University of Arkansas The University of Arkansas Board of Trustees voted unanimously Wednesday to give interim chancellor Charles Robinson the official job. Why it matters: This is the top leadership position at the state’s flagship higher-ed institution. Yes, and: Robinson is the first Black person to be in the role. […]

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