With new tactics, ICE reaches new high in monthly arrests | Arkansas Advocate

Federal immigration agents are employing new tactics — from arresting academics at airports to setting up a checkpoint at a popular creek in a National Forest — to boost their arrest numbers, leading ...

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Watermelons and politics collide in Hope, Arkansas festival | Arkansas Advocate

The southwest Arkansas town of Hope is known for growing two things: governors and watermelons.

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Trump urges shift in childhood vaccine recommendations, calls for splitting up MMR vaccine | Arkansas Advocate

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Monday signed a sweeping executive order that aims to reshape guidance surrounding childhood vaccines, standing alongside Health and Human Services Secretary Rob...

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Anti-abortion groups urge attorney general to halt mailing of abortion pills | Arkansas Advocate

A group of leading anti-abortion organizations sent a letter to newly confirmed U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche urging him to review the U.S. Department of Justice’s authority to use a 150-year-old...

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New drug-resistant fungal disease increases among vulnerable patients | Arkansas Advocate

Twenty-eight states this year have reported over 3,500 cases of patients sick with the drug-resistant yeast candida auris, which can cause severe illness and is often reported in healthcare facilities...

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Arkansas governor to appoint temporary Supreme Court justice to fill in for Webb | Arkansas Advocate

Arkansas Supreme CourtArkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders will appoint a temporary special justice to fill in for Barbara Webb, who has been recovering from a fall at her home, the governor’s office ...

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Todd Blanche sworn in as attorney general after contentious Senate confirmation | Arkansas Advocate

WASHINGTON — Todd Blanche took the oath of office as U.S. attorney general at a brief ceremony in the Oval Office Monday, following the Senate’s narrow vote to approve his nomination as the nation’s t...

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As Trump pushes for a massive $1.5T in defense spending, a few states brace for a windfall | Arkansas Advocate

WASHINGTON — Congress is considering a hike of hundreds of billions in dollars in defense spending, which would represent a surge in military funding not seen since World War II.

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Medicaid Work Rule Leaves Homeless People in the Cold | Arkansas Advocate

The Trump administration decided that being homeless isn't a medical condition and can’t count as an automatic out from having to meet the new requirements.

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Medicaid expansion in Arkansas: A timeline of the first-in-the-nation hybrid model | Arkansas Advocate

Here's a timeline of Arkansas' first-in-the-nation hybrid Medicaid expansion, which faces an uncertain future.

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Arkansas librarians grapple with enforcing book restriction law after court ruling | Arkansas Advocate

The court hasn't yet ordered its ruling to take effect, but the Independence County Library already banned minors from checking out certain books.

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Arkansas’ Medicaid expansion is endangered. Again. | Arkansas Advocate

COMMENTARY: Arkansas’ expansion has gone through multiple names and governors, but the recurring theme of its 13-year history is improbability.

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As Trump pushes for a massive $1.5T in defense spending, a few states brace for a windfall | Arkansas Advocate

WASHINGTON — Congress is considering a hike of hundreds of billions in dollars in defense spending, which would represent a surge in military funding not seen since World War II.

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Todd Blanche confirmed by the US Senate as attorney general; Collins, Murkowski vote no | Arkansas Advocate

WASHINGTON — Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche appeared ready to win U.S. Senate approval to take the role permanently after Sen. Bill Cassidy of Louisiana said Friday morning he would vote for the...

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‘The Bird-Watchers’ of Memphis: tracking ICE flights and documenting detainees in shackles | Arkansas Advocate

A group of mostly retired Memphians has been tracking flights of immigrant detainees transferred from Memphis at Wilson Air.

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Some data centers are building their own power plants. In Oklahoma, most want to plug into the grid | Arkansas Advocate

Oklahoma passed a law last year allowing energy-hungry facilities to build their own power. But as data center announcements sprout up across Oklahoma, most include plans to work with local utilities.

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US Senate struggles to wrap up work before August recess | Arkansas Advocate

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate continued work Friday night without an indication as to when senators would vote on several key legislative priorities.

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US Senate confirms FEMA administrator alongside dozens of nominees | Arkansas Advocate

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate on Friday approved Cameron Hamilton to lead the Federal Emergency Management Agency, giving the agency its first administrator since President Donald Trump took office las...

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Education Department hands more states flexibility with federal dollars | Arkansas Advocate

The Trump administration is increasing its efforts to turn more control of federal education money to the states as it continues working to dismantle the Education Department. Six states have received...

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US employers shed 23K jobs in July | Arkansas Advocate

US employers shed 23,000 jobs in July, and the employment count for earlier months was revised downward by 103,000 jobs as labor shortages begin to weigh on hiring, according to new statistics release...

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US Sen Bill Cassidy says he will cast decisive vote for Trump’s pick for attorney general | Arkansas Advocate

WASHINGTON — Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche appeared ready to win U.S. Senate approval to take the role permanently after Sen. Bill Cassidy of Louisiana said Friday morning he would vote for the...

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Blanche nomination for AG in doubt after Alaska’s Murkowski says she’s opposed | Arkansas Advocate

WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, an Alaska Republican, said early Friday she will vote against the confirmation of acting Attorney General Todd Blanche to permanently lead the Department of Just...

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Trump again tries to curb birthright citizenship, following Supreme Court loss | Arkansas Advocate

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Thursday signed two executive orders in his second attempt to deny citizenship to babies born to noncitizens, following the Supreme Court’s defeat this summer of...

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Arkansas seeks 2-year reprieve for state’s hybrid Medicaid expansion | Arkansas Advocate

Human Services Secretary Janet Mann asked the federal government to give the state time to create and implement a new Medicaid program.

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Farm bill proposal fails in US Senate ag committee over SNAP error rate issue | Arkansas Advocate

Farm bill progress stalled as the Senate Agriculture Committee failed to move forward the bill due to conflict over SNAP error rates.

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New nuclear reactors feasible in Arkansas but government support needed, panel told | Arkansas Advocate

Building new nuclear reactors in Arkansas is both “feasible and advisable,” a consultant hired by a legislative panel said Thursday, but state assistance with preparation and financing may be required...

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McConnell says he has been discharged from rehab | Arkansas Advocate

U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell says he has been discharged from a rehabilitation program after a seven-week absence from the Senate.

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US Senate panel votes to hold Fauci in contempt for declining to answer COVID questions | Arkansas Advocate

WASHINGTON — Republicans on a U.S. Senate panel voted Thursday to hold Dr. Anthony Fauci in contempt of Congress after he declined to answer any questions at a hearing last week about the origins of t...

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