Ann Kenda
ReporterAnn Kenda joined Arkansas Public Media in January 2017 from Sudbury, Massachusetts. She is a graduate of Syracuse University and previously worked in public radio, commercial radio and newspaper in Massachusetts and Rhode Island. She focuses on health, justice, education and energy as part of the Arkansas Public Media team. Her stories can be found on the airwaves, ArkansasPublicMedia.org and social media.
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One hundred utility workers and contractors from Arkansas hit the road Tuesday for the East Coast to help out the states expected to be hit hard by…
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The row may be the new paddy in the nation’s number-one rice producing state.Agronomists, scientists and farmers at a recent field day in Mississippi…
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University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences researcher Dr. Arny Ferrando has received a $2.1 million grant from the Department of Defense for a program to…
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An unwelcome guest has moved into many of Arkansas’s soybean fields, prompting some concern about this year’s soybean yield.“They’ve made Arkansas home,”…
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The Arkansas State Plant Board welcomes a new director on Monday. Butch Calhoun will lead the 101-year-old agency that regulates agricultural policies in…
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As they wait for aid from Washington, Arkansas farmers are already looking ahead to other markets where they can sell their soybeans now that the Chinese…
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Arkansas charities are speculating about whether the recent near-doubling of the standard deduction, very welcomed by taxpayers, will have an unintended…
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The U.S. Senate easily passed its version of the 2018 Farm Bill on Thursday with a vote of 86 to 11. The stage is now set for a negotiation with the House…
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The annual Kids Count report released Wednesday offers mixed news about life for Arkansas’s very youngest residents. The state’s overall child well-being…
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After hearing about a dozen complaints from farmers, growers and applicators around the state, the Arkansas Agriculture Department has issued a statement…