Arkansas Week - Q&A With Governor Hutchison and Legislative Review

Governor Asa Hutchinson shares his assessment of the legislative session, the COVID immunization rate, and the Republican Party with Host Steve Barnes. As the regular session nears it’s deadline for a recess, members of the Arkansas General Assembly share their thoughts on various bills and amendments. Guests include Sen. Joyce Elliott (D) – Little Rock and Rep. Mary Bentley (R) - Perryville.

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.