By Andrew DeMillo | Editor-in-Chief
Good morning, Advocate readers! Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin is accusing drugmakers of limiting access to discounts and violating a 2021 state law. The lawsuit filed in state court names some of the largest drug manufacturers as defendants. And a decision regarding crop insurance is being cheered by farmers in several states, including Arkansas. You can find more Arkansas government and politics news on the Advocate site here.
(Photo by Tess Vrbin/Arkansas Advocate)
GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS
By Tess Vrbin
Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin sued multiple major drugmakers Tuesday, alleging they undermined healthcare providers’ access to a federal drug discount program.
A vote on a budget resolution in the U.S. House on July 22, 2026, sets up a confrontation between GOP lawmakers in Congress over exactly how much funding to provide for the war in Iran. Shown is the damaged B1 bridge, a day after it was destroyed by an airstrike, on April 3, 2026 west of Tehran in Karaj, Iran. (Photo by Majid Saeedi/Getty Images)
GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS
By DC Bureau
WASHINGTON — Republicans in the U.S. House on Wednesday approved their outline for the third party-line budget measure of the second Trump administration, though they won’t be able to begin work on that package until they reach agreement with their Senate colleagues on a plan forward.
Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins speaks in Fargo, N.D., on April 22, 2025. She was invited by North Dakota Sen. John Hoeven, left. (Jeff Beach/North Dakota Monitor)
GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS
By North Dakota Monitor
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is reversing course on a change to a federal crop insurance policy to allow farmers to buy more protection if weather or field conditions prevent them from planting a crop.
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