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Moderated by Steve Barnes, U.S Senate candidates for Arkansas Jeff Wadlin (L), and Hallie Shoffner (D), debate in the Arkansas TV studios in Conway, Arkansas on Monday, Oct. 12, 2026. (Photo by Katie Adkins/Arkansas Advocate)
GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS
By Ainsley Platt
Republican U.S. Sen. Tom Cotton was not in the room as his Democratic and Libertarian challengers debated Monday, but criticism of the Arkansas lawmaker’s record and his absence from the debate took center stage.
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GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS
By Andrew DeMillo
Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin filed a lawsuit against OpenAI Wednesday, accusing the company of misleading consumers about the safety of ChatGPT.
Attorney General Tim Griffin (center) at a Sept. 5, 2025 press conference with Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders (far left), Department of Corrections Secretary Lindsay Wallace (right) and U.S. Sen. Tom Cotton (center right). (Photo by Ainsley Platt/Arkansas Advocate)
GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS
By Ainsley Platt
Arkansas is appealing a circuit court ruling that kept in place an injunction blocking two laws that gave Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders the authority to fire top corrections officials.
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