By Antoinette Grajeda | Deputy Editor
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Supporters watch live coverage of the Arkansas TV commission meeting held on Thursday, March 12, 2026 in Conway, Arkansas. (Photo by Katie Adkins/Arkansas Advocate)
GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS
By Tess Vrbin
The removal of a PBS news show from Arkansas airwaves and the rescheduling of another has incensed Arkansans after a successful crowdfunding campaign kept PBS programs in the state.
The Arkansas Senate chamber on Aug. 16, 2022. (Photo by Dwain Hebda/Arkansas Advocate)
GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS
By Ainsley Platt
Two Republicans and one Democrat have filed to run in the Senate District 1 special election to replace Republican Ben Gilmore, who resigned to join the Arkansas attorney general’s office.
A variety of raw cannabis flower on display at Natural Relief Dispensary in Sherwood. (Photo by Mary Hennigan/Arkansas Advocate)
GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS
By Antoinette Grajeda
Here’s what Arkansas’ gubernatorial candidates — Democratic state Sen. Fred Love, Republican Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders and Libertarian Colt Shelby — say about legalizing recreational marijuana.
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