By Andrew DeMillo | Editor-in-Chief
Good morning, Advocate readers! Arkansas is being given more flexibility in how it spends federal education funding. U.S. Education Secretary Linda McMahon visited the state to make the announcement with Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders. You can find more Arkansas government and politics news on the Advocate site here.
Arkansas Education Secretary Jacob Oliva, U.S. Sen. Tom Cotton, Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders and U.S. Education Secretary Linda McMahon tout the reduction of red tape for Arkansas schools via federal waivers at the Hot Springs Junior Academy charter school on July 7, 2026. (Photo by Tess Vrbin/Arkansas Advocate)
GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS
By Tess Vrbin
HOT SPRINGS — The U.S. Department of Education on Tuesday approved Arkansas’ requests to consolidate federal funding and reduce the amount of paperwork and red tape required of school administrators.
A resident sits on a bench at Make the Road New York, a community center in Corona, Queens, in New York City. An appeals court ruling against mandatory detention applies to states where many New York immigrants are transferred after arrest. (Photo by Tim Henderson/Stateline)
GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS
By Stateline
A new appeals court ruling is another blow to the Trump administration’s mandatory detention policy that threatens millions of immigrants with unlimited incarceration without bond if they ever crossed a border illegally.
Maria “Maer” Malinowski, whose husband Bryan was killed in a 2024 raid at his Little Rock home by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, speaks at a news conference at the Arkansas state Capitol on Monday, April 27, 2026 as state Sen. Mark Johnson looks on. A bipartisan group of 30 state senators asked the Trump administration to investigate the death of Bryan Malinowski, who was director of Little Rock’s airport. (Photo by Andrew DeMillo/Arkansas Advocate)
GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS
By Andrew DeMillo
A federal judge has dismissed Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives agents from a lawsuit over the 2024 shooting death of the Little Rock airport director during a raid at his home.
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