Karen Martin

6 days ago | arkansasonline.com | Karen Martin

Let us read it for you. Listen now. Your browser does not support the audio element. NEW YORK --As I took my assigned aisle seat on a recent early-morning flight from Little Rock to New York's LaGuardia, I glanced at the passengers coming down the aisle after me.

1 week ago | arkansasonline.com | Karen Martin

Let us read it for you. Listen now. Your browser does not support the audio element. Build a massive supercomputer housed in a plant powered by methane gas-burning turbines that emit an undisclosed amount of pollutants into a disadvantaged community. Obtain no environmental permits. Ask permission later. That's the approach Elon Musk has taken in the city of Memphis as he rushes to build two massive data centers to provide computing power for his artificial intelligence startup xAI.

1 week ago | arkansasonline.com | Karen Martin

Let us read it for you. Listen now. Your browser does not support the audio element. What happened to the idea of building a weather-resistant shade structure in MacArthur Unleashed, the dog park across from Little Rock's Bowen School of Law? Funny you should ask.

1 week ago | nwaonline.com | Karen Martin

If you have been to an ER lately--or if you've watched the disturbingly accurate TV show "The Pitt"--you've seen scenes that resemble field hospitals more than state-of-the-art medical centers. Waiting rooms have been turned into makeshift care zones. Chairs, cots and cubicles serve as gurneys. Providers eyeball the sick and injured and "shotgun" orders for patients. It feels chaotic and unwelcoming, because it is.

1 month ago | arkansasonline.com | Karen Martin

On the move? Let us read it for you. LISTEN NOW Your browser does not support the audio element. This has happened three times in a month: I run into a friend at Target, Kroger, or a fitness center and immediately notice they've lost weight.