By Andrew DeMillo| Editor-in-Chief
Good morning, Advocate readers! A new federal audit is raising questions about Arkansas’ handling of child abuse and neglect cases. And an election next year could change the makeup of schools in a district recently released from a decades-long desegregation case. You can find more Arkansas government and politics news on the Advocate site here.
The Arkansas Department of Human Services building on Main Street in downtown Little Rock. (Photo by John Sykes/Arkansas Advocate)
GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS
By Tess Vrbin
A federal audit found Arkansas mishandled thousands of reports of child abuse and neglect, including allegations of rape and video surveillance in children’s bedrooms.
U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee shakes hands at the Arkansas Capitol prior to a commemoration of the third anniversary of the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks on Oct. 7, 2026. (Photo by Ainsley Platt/Arkansas Advocate)
GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS
By Ainsley Platt
Arkansas elected officials, faith leaders and U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee decried what they described as a rewriting of the history surrounding the deadly 2023 Hamas-led attacks on Israel as they marked the third anniversary Wednesday.
GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS
By Antoinette Grajeda
The Arkansas State Board of Education on Wednesday authorized an election allowing some Pulaski County voters to decide whether to establish a new Sherwood School District.
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