By Andrew DeMillo | Editor-in-Chief
Good morning, Advocate readers! There’s another twist in the long-running pollution lawsuit that includes poultry companies from Arkansas. Our colleagues from the Oklahoma Voice have the latest update. You can find more Arkansas government and politics news on the Advocate site here.
And, in case you missed it, check out Advocate Deputy Editor Antoinette Grajeda’s appearance on Talk Business & Politics discussing her coverage of the school voucher program.
Pasture-raised chickens are pictured at a poultry farm near Stilwell, Oklahoma, on Monday, Feb. 9, 2026. (Photo by Janelle Stecklein/ Oklahoma Voice)
GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS
By Oklahoma Voice
OKLAHOMA CITY — Oklahoma’s attorney general on Monday unveiled a new attempt to settle a decades-old case with six poultry companies who have been court-ordered to clean up eastern Oklahoma waterways.
Clint O’Neal, executive director of the Arkansas Economic Development Commission, addresses an audience during a press conference announcing $10 million in grant funding for site development projects on Dec. 11, 2024. (Photo by Mary Hennigan/Arkansas Advocate)
GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS
By Antoinette Grajeda
Arkansas cities, counties and communities are receiving more than $12.5 million in grant funding to support public facility and infrastructure projects, state officials announced Monday.
President Donald Trump attends a bilateral meeting with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi on the sidelines of the G7 Summit on June 17, 2026 in Evian-les-Bains, France. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS
By DC Bureau
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump “acted in bad faith” when he swiftly dropped his tax return lawsuit and directed his Cabinet members to establish a $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization” fund, a federal judge in Florida ruled Monday.
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