By Andrew DeMillo | Editor-in-Chief
Good morning, Advocate readers! Dozens of projects are receiving more than $54 million in federal funding aimed at helping boost rural healthcare in Arkansas. And the state is trying to avert a financial crisis for the state’s peanut farmers. You can find more Arkansas government and politics news at the Advocate site here.
A man gets a checkup at the Saint Agnes Mobile Health Unit mobile clinic parked at the City Heritage Park in Parlier, Calif., on May 16, 2025. (Photo by Larry Valenzuela, CalMatters/CatchLight Local)
GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS
By Antoinette Grajeda
Arkansas awarded $54.6 million to dozens of recipients through a new federal program to support projects aimed at bolstering rural healthcare, state officials announced Thursday.
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GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS
By Andrew DeMillo
Arkansas is offering a $5 million short-term loan to a Jonesboro peanut processing facility to assist its purchase of this year’s peanut harvest as it works to be acquired by an outside firm, Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders’ office said Thursday.
The Arkansas State Capitol and grounds seen from the southeast on Nov. 11, 2025. (Photo by Sonny Albarado/Arkansas Advocate)
GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS
By Antoinette Grajeda
Four Arkansans filed by Thursday’s deadline to run in the Jan. 5 special election to fill the Senate District 18 vacancy, according to the secretary of state’s office.
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