Week-In-Review: 2016 Candidates, Trade Mission, Same-Sex Marriage, Executions & Robinson Renovatons

KUAR | By Michael Hibblen,

Michael Hibblen, Jacob Kauffman, Sarah Whites-Koditschek, Chris Hickey

Published November 15, 2015 at 3:50 PM CST

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On this week's podcast:

The filing period for candidates running in 2016 elections closes, with Republicans outnumbering Democrats two-to-one.
Senator Tom Cotton of Arkansas proposes changes to Social Security’s disability program.
Governor Asa Hutchinson prepares to depart this weekend for a trade mission to China and Japan.
We now know more about the Arkansas Supreme Court’ not making a ruling in the controversial same-sex marriage case.
As the Arkansas Department of Veterans Affairs begins instituting policy reforms, Veterans Day was marked in the state.
A group of lawmakers and other officials pay a visit to Arkansas’ Death Row, with an effort to resume executions underway.
And the Arkansas Symphony makes an announcement as final work is underway in the nearly $70 million renovation of Little Rock's historic Robinson Center Music Hall.

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Michael Hibblen

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Michael Hibblen

As News Director, Michael Hibblen oversees daily news coverage for KUAR. He handles assignments for the news staff, helps develop story ideas and edits copy. Michael isresponsible for starting a news-sharing partnership between public radio stations in Arkansas in 2009 which laid the foundation for what became Arkansas Public Media. He is also a regular panelist and fill-in host on AETN's Arkansas Week, where journalists discuss issues in the news.

Jacob Kauffman

Jacob Kauffman is a reporter and anchor for KUAR. He primarily covers the state legislature and politics beat while juggling anchoring Morning Edition Monday through Friday.

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Sarah Whites-Koditschek

Sarah Whites-Koditschek is a Little Rock-based reporter for Arkansas Public Media covering education, healthcare, state politics, and criminal justice issues. Formerly she worked as a reporter and producer for WHYY in Philadelphia, and was an intern and editorial assistant for Morning Edition at National Public Radio in Los Angeles and Washington D.C.

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Chris Hickey

Chris Hickey was born and raised in Houston, Texas, spending his teenage years in Camden, Ohio. He graduated from Hendrix College in Conway, Arkansas, majoring in English. He got his start in public radio working as a board operator at WMUB in Oxford, Ohio during his summer and winter breaks from school. Since graduating, he has made Little Rock home. He joined KUAR in September 2011 as a production intern and has since enjoyed producing, anchoring and reporting for the station. He is the composer of KUAR's Week-In-Review Podcast theme music and the associate producer of Arts & Letters.

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