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Exterior of the Richard Sheppard Arnold Federal Courthouse in downtown Little Rock. (Photo by John Sykes/Arkansas Advocate)
GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS
By Andrew DeMillo
A federal judge rejected an effort Wednesday to block two Arkansas news outlets from publishing details about an agreement regarding a West Memphis data center, in a case that alarmed free speech groups who say restricting publication would have undermined the First Amendment.
Brittany Robinson (right) sits on the couch with her daughter Tessleigh (left) in the North Little Rock house their family of six rents on Aug. 18, 2026. (Photo by Tess Vrbin/Arkansas Advocate)
GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS
By Tess Vrbin
While the future of the rental aid programs has been in limbo, landlords and property management companies still needed and expected rent payments the programs’ tenants can’t afford to pay in full.
Rep. Tracy Steele, a North Little Rock Democrat, speaks at the Arkansas Legislative Black Caucus meeting on Tuesday, August 25, 2026 at the Arkansas State Capitol in Little Rock, Arkansas. (Photo by Katie Adkins/Arkansas Advocate)
GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS
By Antoinette Grajeda
The Democratic Party of Arkansas and the NAACP Arkansas State Conference are calling for a review of state police’s use-of-force policy after a video released over the weekend showed an officer pulling a man by his dreadlocks and punching him through a car’s broken backseat window.
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