Week of July 7, 2024

Episode 25 July 07, 2024 00:07:38
Week of July 7, 2024
Arkies in the Beltway
Week of July 7, 2024

Jul 07 2024 | 00:07:38

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Show Notes

This is "Arkies in the Beltway" for the week of July 7, 2024. I'm Alex Thomas, Washington Correspondent for the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, and in a change of pace, we are not spending time this week focusing on national politics and the Arkansans influencing those discussions.

Rather, we're taking a break from our usual coverage to discuss this year's Congressional Art Competition.

Since 1982, more than 650,000 high school students have participated in the nationwide contest, submitting portraits, illustrations, photographs and other media in hopes of representing their state in a rotating exhibit located below the U.S. Capitol.

Winners from each U.S. House of Representatives district are recognized in the year-long display.

The Democrat-Gazette spoke with the four Arkansas teenagers represented in this year's exhibit and discussed the inspiration behind their submissions.

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