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Signs promote Democratic candidates on the November ballot outside a cabin at Mount Nebo State Park during the park’s annual chicken fry on Aug. 29, 2026. (Photo by Tess Vrbin/Arkansas Advocate)
GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS
By Tess Vrbin
With less than two months before Election Day, Democrats are trying to capitalize on what could be the most favorable political environment they’ve seen in years.
Debbie Miller, a journalism instructor at NorthWest Arkansas Community College in Bentonville, discusses a 9/11 assignment with her students on Sept. 3, 2026. (Photo by Antoinette Grajeda/Arkansas Advocate)
GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS
By Antoinette Grajeda
Arkansas history, journalism and political science teachers with vivid memories of that day are using oral histories to better explain its significance to students who weren’t alive in 2001.
From left: Arkansas TV Commission Chairman Gary Newton, Commissioner Cynthia Nance, and Arkansas TV Education Director Sajni Kumpuris listen as Arkansas TV Foundation interim CEO Pamela Owen updates the commission on the public television station’s donor base at its Conway headquarters on Sept. 10, 2026. (Photo by Tess Vrbin/Arkansas Advocate)
GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS
By Tess Vrbin
Arkansas’ public television station hopes to regain lost donors and shore up new sources of financial support following the backlash over an attempt to cut ties with PBS, the interim CEO of the Arkansas TV Foundation said Thursday.
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