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Queen Concordia crowns are on display inside the Tontitown Historical Museum on July 23, 2026. The title is bestowed to the young woman who sells the most raffle tickets for a car as part of the annual Tontitown Grape Festival.
GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS
By Antoinette Grajeda
The local conflict comes amid a national immigration crackdown during President Donald Trump’s second term.
The exterior of Helena Hospital in Helena-West Helena, Arkansas on Tuesday, July 28, 2026 (Photo by Tess Vrbin/Arkansas Advocate)
GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS
By Tess Vrbin
Arkansas’ largest state-funded healthcare institution recently partnered with two rural hospitals in an effort to improve care, a move that health leaders say could provide a model for providers facing financial strain.
A supporter of the Arkansas Abortion Amendment holds up a sign in an Arkansas Capitol hallway where petitions to put the amendment on the November ballot were delivered Friday, July 5, 2024. (Photo by Tess Vrbin/Arkansas Advocate)
GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS
By Ainsley Platt and Antoinette Grajeda
All signatures submitted in favor of putting on the November ballot a proposal to strengthen Arkansas’ initiative and referendum process were tossed because none of them were countable under state law, the secretary of state’s office announced Thursday.
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