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Arkansas Advocate @arkansasadvocate.com · 17h
Gov. Kay Ivey dismisses five members of Alabama Public Television governing board arkansasadvocate.com/2026/10/04/r...
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Gov. Kay Ivey dismisses five members of Alabama Public Television governing board | Arkansas Advocate
The move to dismiss the members came days after a survey conducted by the board showed support for APT continuing its relationship with PBS.
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After botched execution of Christa Pike, Tennessee correction chief steps down arkansasadvocate.com/2026/10/04/r...
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After botched execution of Christa Pike, Tennessee correction chief steps down | Arkansas Advocate
Tennessee Department of Corrections Commissioner Frank Strada will step down three days after the botched execution attempt of Christa Pike.
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Arkansas Advocate @arkansasadvocate.com · 17h
From @missouriindependent.com: Congress passes bill to make Missouri’s Churchill Museum a National Historic Landmark arkansasadvocate.com/2026/10/03/r...
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Congress passes bill to make Missouri's Churchill Museum a National Historic Landmark | Arkansas Advocate
The U.S. Senate passed legislation Tuesday to make America’s National Churchill Museum a National Historic Landmark, sending the bill to President Donald Trump for his signature.
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Arkansas Advocate @arkansasadvocate.com · 17h
District attorney elections linked to more prison admissions during ‘tough on crime’ era arkansasadvocate.com/2026/10/03/r...
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District attorney elections linked to more prison admissions during ‘tough on crime’ era | Arkansas Advocate
District attorneys sent more people to state prison during election years than in other years during the height of the nation’s “tough on crime” era, according to a new study from Northwestern Univers...
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Arkansas Advocate @arkansasadvocate.com · 17h
Gen Z isn't choosing a side. They're choosing issues. arkansasadvocate.com/2026/10/03/r...
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Gen Z isn't choosing a side. They're choosing issues. | Arkansas Advocate
Generation Z voters still skeptical of major parties and still divided, but are finding common ground on some issues as mid-term elections near
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Arkansas Advocate @arkansasadvocate.com · 17h
From @19thnews.org: Republicans can’t stop talking about banning trans athletes arkansasadvocate.com/2026/10/04/r...
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Republicans can’t stop talking about banning trans athletes | Arkansas Advocate
In governors races across the country, Republican candidates have rallied against inclusive sports policies — even in states where limitations on trans athletes have been in place for years.
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Arkansas Advocate @arkansasadvocate.com · 17h
Community groups lose HIV-prevention money as feds redirect dollars to states arkansasadvocate.com/2026/10/03/r...
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Community groups lose HIV-prevention money as feds redirect dollars to states | Arkansas Advocate
Nearly 100 community-based organizations have lost their federal HIV-prevention grants this week as the Trump administration redirects dollars to state and local health departments.
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Arkansas Advocate @arkansasadvocate.com · 17h
After states sue, Trump administration walks away from disability rights enforcement arkansasadvocate.com/2026/10/04/r...
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After states sue, Trump administration walks away from disability rights enforcement | Arkansas Advocate
A court battle that began when conservative-led states sued to block protections for transgender people has ended in a rollback of protections for people with disabilities — a result disability advoca...
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Arkansas Advocate @arkansasadvocate.com · 18h
Federal funds for local police enforcement accelerated Trump immigration crackdown arkansasadvocate.com/2026/10/04/r...
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Federal funds for local police enforcement accelerated Trump immigration crackdown | Arkansas Advocate
WASHINGTON — This summer, arrests of immigrants in the United States soared to the highest levels since President Donald Trump returned to office.
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Arkansas Advocate @arkansasadvocate.com · 02/10/2026
Families of Arkansans with disabilities urge lawmakers for faster work on clearing waitlist arkansasadvocate.com/2026/10/02/f...
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Families of Arkansans with disabilities urge lawmakers for faster work on clearing waitlist | Arkansas Advocate
The Department of Human Services expects to spend $745.7 million on supportive living services for disabled Arkansans in 2027.
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Arkansas Advocate @arkansasadvocate.com · 02/10/2026
Arkansas to receive at least $32M through settlement with Monsanto in contamination case arkansasadvocate.com/2026/10/02/a...
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Arkansas to receive at least $32M through settlement with Monsanto in contamination case | Arkansas Advocate
Arkansas is set to receive between $32 million and $80 million to resolve claims that now-banned industrial chemicals known as PCBs manufactured by Monsanto Company caused environmental contamination,...
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Arkansas Advocate @arkansasadvocate.com · 02/10/2026
Arkansas education leaders celebrate groundbreaking of STEM-focused university at former Walmart HQ arkansasadvocate.com/2026/10/02/a...
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Arkansas education leaders celebrate groundbreaking of STEM-focused university at former Walmart HQ | Arkansas Advocate
A new STEM-focused university being built on the site of Walmart’s former headquarters in Bentonville aims to create a new model of higher education, officials announced during a groundbreaking ceremo...
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Arkansas Advocate @arkansasadvocate.com · 02/10/2026
Hiring slows in September with job growth of 29K arkansasadvocate.com/2026/10/02/r...
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Hiring slows in September with job growth of 29K | Arkansas Advocate
Jobs across the United States rose by 29,000 in September, a disappointing result as recent growth was also revised down in Friday’s monthly jobs report, the last one before midterm elections.
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Arkansas Advocate @arkansasadvocate.com · 02/10/2026
Democratic governors call for more time to implement new Medicaid rules arkansasadvocate.com/2026/10/02/r...
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Democratic governors call for more time to implement new Medicaid rules | Arkansas Advocate
Gov. Kotek led a group of four other governors in calling on the federal government to delay new Medicaid rules set to go into effect Jan. 1.
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Arkansas Advocate @arkansasadvocate.com · 02/10/2026
Voters to weigh different approaches to housing affordability in November arkansasadvocate.com/2026/10/02/r...
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Voters to weigh different approaches to housing affordability in November | Arkansas Advocate
Voters in four states will decide housing-related ballot measures in November, providing testing grounds for different strategies to boost affordable homes. The six measures across California, Hawaii,...
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Arkansas Advocate @arkansasadvocate.com · 02/10/2026
Trump midterm rally draws thousands of supporters to Oklahoma town arkansasadvocate.com/2026/10/02/r...
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Trump midterm rally draws thousands of supporters to Oklahoma town | Arkansas Advocate
President Donald Trump rallied Thursday evening in Oklahoma, telling Oklahomans to vote like he was on the ballot.
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Arkansas Advocate @arkansasadvocate.com · 02/10/2026
COMMENTARY: AI companies could learn safety lessons from the history of nuclear weapons (from @theconversation.com) arkansasadvocate.com/2026/10/02/a...
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Commentary: AI companies could learn safety lessons from the history of nuclear weapons | Arkansas Advocate
An AI model built by US tech company OpenAI has hacked into the Australian government healthcare portal, Medicare. The news, which emerged on Sept. 23, follows a string of similar incidents reported o...
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Arkansas Advocate @arkansasadvocate.com · 02/10/2026
Kentucky governor rallies Arkansas Democrats, says party can compete and win in South arkansasadvocate.com/2026/10/01/k...
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Kentucky governor rallies Arkansas Democrats, says party can compete and win in South | Arkansas Advocate
Arkansas Democrats have expressed hope they can pull off an upset in November but face an uphill battle in a state long controlled by Republicans.
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Arkansas Advocate @arkansasadvocate.com · 01/10/2026
Outraged over ‘illegal’ wetlands rule, a GOP senator blocks dozens of Trump nominees arkansasadvocate.com/2026/10/01/r...
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Outraged over 'illegal' wetlands rule, a GOP senator blocks dozens of Trump nominees | Arkansas Advocate
Dozens of President Donald Trump's nominees remain held up amid Sen. Kevin Cramer’s outrage over a Biden-era rule dealing with U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service wetland easements that Cramer says harm hi...
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Arkansas Advocate @arkansasadvocate.com · 01/10/2026
Supreme Court will consider Trump’s mandatory immigrant detention policy arkansasadvocate.com/2026/10/01/r...
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Supreme Court will consider Trump’s mandatory immigrant detention policy | Arkansas Advocate
The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to hear a case challenging a Trump administration policy that threatens millions of immigrants with mandatory and indefinite detention while fighting their co...
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Arkansas Advocate @arkansasadvocate.com · 01/10/2026
Arkansas, Kentucky each awarded $10M grants for maternal health efforts arkansasadvocate.com/2026/10/01/a...
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Arkansas, Kentucky each awarded $10M grants for maternal health efforts | Arkansas Advocate
A nonprofit founded by philanthropist Olivia Walton announced Thursday it is awarding $10 million grants to Arkansas and Kentucky to improve maternal health in rural communities.
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Arkansas Advocate @arkansasadvocate.com · 01/10/2026
Judge blocks federal prosecutors from refiling charges in Reflecting Pool case arkansasadvocate.com/2026/10/01/r...
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Judge blocks federal prosecutors from refiling charges in Reflecting Pool case | Arkansas Advocate
A D.C. Superior Court judge ruled Thursday that prosecutors cannot, for a second time, charge former Olympic canoeist David Hearn with damaging the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.
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Antoinette Grajeda @grajeda.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Monday is the deadline for Arkansans to register to vote in the Nov. 3 general election. Still need to register? Click for details on how to sign up. #arpx
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Arkansas Advocate @arkansasadvocate.com · 01/10/2026
Tennessee governor orders third-party review, pause all executions for the rest of the year arkansasadvocate.com/2026/10/01/r...
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Tennessee governor orders third-party review, pause all executions for the rest of the year | Arkansas Advocate
​Gov. Bill Lee has ordered a third-party review of the botched execution of Christa Pike and put a hold on state executions for the rest of the year.
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Arkansas Advocate @arkansasadvocate.com · 01/10/2026
US Senate leaves nation’s capital in advance of midterms with much still undone arkansasadvocate.com/2026/10/01/r...
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US Senate leaves nation’s capital in advance of midterms with much still undone | Arkansas Advocate
The U.S. Senate adjourned Wednesday night and won’t return until Nov. 9 for the five-week lame-duck session, when party leaders will have to decide which bills they want to negotiate during what could...
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Arkansas Advocate @arkansasadvocate.com · 01/10/2026
Feds provide guidance on new federal K-12 scholarship tax credit program arkansasadvocate.com/2026/10/01/r...
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Feds provide guidance on new federal K-12 scholarship tax credit program | Arkansas Advocate
Created through President Donald Trump’s massive tax and spending law in 2025, the Education Freedom Tax Credit program allows individuals to claim a dollar-for-dollar federal tax credit of up to $1,7...
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Arkansas Advocate @arkansasadvocate.com · 01/10/2026
From @tennesseelookout.com: Tennessee death row inmate Christa Pike receiving medical care after failed execution arkansasadvocate.com/2026/10/01/r...
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Tennessee death row inmate Christa Pike receiving medical care after failed execution | Arkansas Advocate
A three-judge panel of the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals temporarily blocked the execution of Christa Pike in Tennessee on Wednesday.
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Arkansas Advocate @arkansasadvocate.com · 01/10/2026
Trump launches campaign tour in GOP-friendly states ahead of midterms arkansasadvocate.com/2026/10/01/r...
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Trump launches campaign tour in GOP-friendly states ahead of midterms | Arkansas Advocate
President Donald Trump is scheduled to kick off a month-long blitz of campaign stops in advance of the midterm elections with a Thursday rally in deep-red Oklahoma before heading to other states with ...
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Antoinette Grajeda @grajeda.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
“The American spirit means to me that we don’t wait on our government to deliver for us, that we deliver for one another. I think the highest form of democracy is actually individual citizens delivering for individual citizens.” — former U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice
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Arkansas Advocate @arkansasadvocate.com · 01/10/2026
Arkansas lawmakers told helping inmates return to society will ease prison overcrowding arkansasadvocate.com/2026/09/30/a...
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Arkansas lawmakers told helping inmates return to society will ease prison overcrowding | Arkansas Advocate
The state is looking at alternatives after Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders’ plan to build a 3,000-bed prison was put on hold because of legislative resistance.
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Arkansas Advocate @arkansasadvocate.com · 30/09/2026
US Senate Dems block bill curbing congressional stock trading, calling it too weak arkansasadvocate.com/2026/09/30/r...
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US Senate Dems block bill curbing congressional stock trading, calling it too weak | Arkansas Advocate
U.S. Senate Republicans did not gain any support Wednesday from Democrats as they attempted to advance a bill that mashed together two hot-button midterm issues: requiring voter ID in federal election...
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Arkansas Advocate @arkansasadvocate.com · 30/09/2026
Former US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says humility key to democracy   arkansasadvocate.com/2026/09/30/f...
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Former US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says humility key to democracy   | Arkansas Advocate
Humility, listening and serving others are important pieces of democracy, former U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Wednesday during a lecture at Bentonville's Crystal Bridges Museum of Ame...
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Arkansas Advocate @arkansasadvocate.com · 30/09/2026
Schumer: Democratic US Senate may block Trump nominees for Supreme Court, lower courts arkansasadvocate.com/2026/09/30/r...
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Schumer: Democratic US Senate may block Trump nominees for Supreme Court, lower courts | Arkansas Advocate
U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer indicated Wednesday that should Democrats regain control of the chamber following the elections, they plan to block judicial nominees sent up by President Don...
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Arkansas Advocate @arkansasadvocate.com · 30/09/2026
Justice Department indicts 10 noncitizens in quest to prove Trump claims of election fraud arkansasadvocate.com/2026/09/30/r...
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Justice Department indicts 10 noncitizens in quest to prove Trump claims of election fraud | Arkansas Advocate
A federal grand jury indicted 10 noncitizens for unlawfully voting in Minnesota, U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche said Wednesday, highlighting President Donald Trump's effort to keep election securi...
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Arkansas Advocate @arkansasadvocate.com · 30/09/2026
Arkansas, Alabama and Louisiana sue states with shield laws protecting abortion-pill providers arkansasadvocate.com/2026/09/30/r...
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Arkansas, Alabama and Louisiana sue states with shield laws protecting abortion-pill providers | Arkansas Advocate
AG Liz Murrill is suing three Democratic-led states over laws that grant immunity to doctors who prescribe abortion-inducing medication
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Arkansas Advocate @arkansasadvocate.com · 30/09/2026
Arkansas governor’s ad on Medicaid work requirements draws flak from NAACP, right-wing commentators arkansasadvocate.com/2026/09/30/a...
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Arkansas governor’s ad on Medicaid work requirements draws flak from NAACP, right-wing commentators | Arkansas Advocate
A campaign ad from Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders portraying a Medicaid recipient playing video games and eating junk food instead of working has prompted backlash from the right and left, but f...
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Arkansas Advocate @arkansasadvocate.com · 30/09/2026
Anti-abortion groups worry Hyde Amendment’s 50-year run could end with new congressional majority arkansasadvocate.com/2026/09/30/r...
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Anti-abortion groups worry Hyde Amendment’s 50-year run could end with new congressional majority | Arkansas Advocate
As more polls and strategists indicate Democrats could take over congressional majorities in the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate in January, some anti-abortion advocates fear a serio...
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Arkansas Advocate @arkansasadvocate.com · 30/09/2026
Arkansas Explained: How to register to vote in the midterms arkansasadvocate.com/2026/09/30/a...
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Arkansas Explained: How to register to vote in the midterms | Arkansas Advocate
Oct. 5 is the deadline for Arkansans to register to vote in the Nov. 3 general election.
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Arkansas Advocate @arkansasadvocate.com · 30/09/2026
Arkansas governor hopefuls focus on health, education, prisons arkansasadvocate.com/2026/09/30/a...
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Arkansas governor hopefuls focus on health, education, prisons | Arkansas Advocate
Republican Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders, Democratic state Sen. Fred Love and Libertarian Colt Shelby said they would address affordability, healthcare, education and the state’s prison system if electe...
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Arkansas Advocate @arkansasadvocate.com · 29/09/2026
US Supreme Court allows Trump to resume deportations outside immigrants’ home countries arkansasadvocate.com/2026/09/29/r...
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US Supreme Court allows Trump to resume deportations outside immigrants’ home countries | Arkansas Advocate
The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday granted, for now, the Trump administration’s request to continue rapid third-country deportation of immigrants to countries not their own.
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Arkansas Advocate @arkansasadvocate.com · 29/09/2026
Congressional watchdog says Trump administration can’t defy lawmakers to revoke $810M arkansasadvocate.com/2026/09/29/r...
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Congressional watchdog says Trump administration can’t defy lawmakers to revoke $810M | Arkansas Advocate
The Trump administration must spend the $810 million that it said last week it planned to cancel, according to a report released Tuesday by the nonpartisan Government Accountability Office.
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Arkansas Advocate @arkansasadvocate.com · 29/09/2026
Appeals court poised to allow contempt probe of DHS deportation flights to El Salvador arkansasadvocate.com/2026/09/29/r...
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Appeals court poised to allow contempt probe of DHS deportation flights to El Salvador | Arkansas Advocate
Most judges on a federal appeals court seemed inclined during oral arguments Tuesday to allow a federal judge to continue investigating Trump officials for possible criminal contempt-of-court charges ...
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Arkansas Advocate @arkansasadvocate.com · 29/09/2026
GOP senator bungles accusation against former special counsel Jack Smith in heated hearing arkansasadvocate.com/2026/09/29/r...
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GOP senator bungles accusation against former special counsel Jack Smith in heated hearing | Arkansas Advocate
Former special counsel Jack Smith on Tuesday defended before a U.S. Senate panel his past investigations of President Donald Trump’s possession of classified documents and alleged role in attempts to ...
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Arkansas Advocate @arkansasadvocate.com · 29/09/2026
News orgs banned from White House accuse Trump of First Amendment violation arkansasadvocate.com/2026/09/29/r...
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News orgs banned from White House accuse Trump of First Amendment violation | Arkansas Advocate
CNN, MS Now and Politico asked a federal judge to extend an order allowing them to access the White House after President Trump tried to ban their reporters.
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Arkansas Advocate @arkansasadvocate.com · 29/09/2026
Major bill to set standards for college athletes’ pay passes US Senate arkansasadvocate.com/2026/09/29/r...
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Major bill to set standards for college athletes’ pay passes US Senate | Arkansas Advocate
WASHINGTON — A bipartisan measure to overhaul the college sports landscape got a step closer to becoming law Monday after passing the U.S. Senate.
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Arkansas Advocate @arkansasadvocate.com · 28/09/2026
Trump used impossible foreign labor standards as tariff workaround, small businesses say arkansasadvocate.com/2026/09/28/r...
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Trump used impossible foreign labor standards as tariff workaround, small businesses say | Arkansas Advocate
WASHINGTON — Small businesses will once again challenge President Donald Trump’s tariffs in federal court this week as they continue to feel the squeeze of the administration’s roller coaster policy o...
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Arkansas Advocate @arkansasadvocate.com · 28/09/2026
Arkansas judge weighing future of lawsuit challenging state’s abortion ban arkansasadvocate.com/2026/09/28/a...
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Arkansas judge weighing future of lawsuit challenging state’s abortion ban | Arkansas Advocate
The seven plaintiffs have asked the judge to block enforcement of the law, which would require a separate hearing.
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Arkansas Advocate @arkansasadvocate.com · 28/09/2026
Trump thwarted in hunt for rare noncitizen voters as midterms near arkansasadvocate.com/2026/09/28/r...
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Trump thwarted in hunt for rare noncitizen voters as midterms near | Arkansas Advocate
Five weeks before Election Day, President Donald Trump’s sprawling effort to identify and remove noncitizen voters hasn’t produced the kind of large purges that could meaningfully affect the midterm e...
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Arkansas Advocate @arkansasadvocate.com · 28/09/2026
‘Dumbfounds us all’: Congress struggles with policies rippling from AI development arkansasadvocate.com/2026/09/28/r...
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‘Dumbfounds us all’: Congress struggles with policies rippling from AI development | Arkansas Advocate
The challenges and dire threats surrounding the unchecked growth of artificial intelligence appear unlikely to move Congress or President Donald Trump to act as the U.S. Senate enters its last week be...
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Arkansas Advocate @arkansasadvocate.com · 28/09/2026
Arkansas State University appoints its first African-American chancellor  arkansasadvocate.com/2026/09/28/a...
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Arkansas State University appoints its first African-American chancellor  | Arkansas Advocate
Calvin White Jr. became Arkansas State University’s first African-American chancellor when the board of trustees approved a recommendation to appoint him to the post Monday.
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