By Antoinette Grajeda | Deputy Editor
Good morning, Advocate readers! Arkansas is accusing Snapchat of being addictive to minors in a lawsuit filed by the state’s attorney general. And the U.S. Supreme Court threw out a $1.25 million verdict a court awarded to a man who said use of the weedkiller Roundup caused his cancer. You can find more Arkansas politics and government news on the Advocate site here.
Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin speaks during a press conference announcing a lawsuit against the parent company of the social media platform Snapchat on June 25, 2026. (Photo by Ainsley Platt/Arkansas Advocate)
GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS
By Ainsley Platt
Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin on Thursday announced his office filed a lawsuit against Snap, Inc., Snapchat’s parent company, that claims the California-based company’s social media platform was deceptively designed to addict minors who used it.
The U.S. Supreme Court on Oct. 29, 2024. (Photo by Jane Norman/States Newsroom)
GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS
By DC Bureau
State courts cannot find liability for labeling shortcomings in pesticides and similar products because such products are covered by federal law, the U.S. Supreme Court said Thursday in a decision backing agricultural giant Monsanto.
William J. Samford Hall at Auburn University in in Auburn, Alabama. (Photo by Anna Barrett/Alabama Reflector)
GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS
By Stateline
Supporters of such measures frame them as efforts to hold taxpayer-funded public colleges and universities accountable at a time when many Americans are questioning the value of increasingly expensive college degrees. Many conservative lawmakers also say they are taking aim at liberal bias on university campuses..
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