By Andrew DeMillo | Editor-in-Chief
Good morning, Advocate readers! A federal judge who blocked Arkansas’ new restrictions on the initiative process has already called the limits unconstitutional. Now he’s weighing whether to permanently block those laws. And outside, Arkansans are trying to adjust to this sweltering heat. You can find more Arkansas government and politics news on the Advocate site here.
Bill Dollar (center back) and his wife Marla (back right) speak with visitors to the downtown Fayetteville Square on May 14, 2026 as they collect signatures for ballot initiatives. (Photo by Antoinette Grajeda/Arkansas Advocate)
GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS
By Antoinette Grajeda
A federal judge who prevented Arkansas from enforcing new limits on the initiative and referendum process heard testimony Tuesday as he weighs whether to permanently block the restrictions.
Campers and counselors at the Lake Nixon Summer Day Camp in Little Rock take refuge from the heat under a tree in this undated 2026 photo. (Photo courtesy of the Lake Nixon Summer Day Camp)
GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS
By Ainsley Platt
With Arkansas temperatures hitting triple digits again Tuesday, football practices and summer camps are changing plans to avoid the worst of the heat.
A bipartisan U.S. Senate bill would create a panel to advise Congress on artificial intelligence policy. (Photo illustration by Getty Images)
GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS
By DC Bureau
WASHINGTON — A proposed federal commission on artificial intelligence ethics could help address moral questions associated with the rapidly developing technology, but there are still some areas in which they believe the proposal falls short, experts say.
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