By Antoinette Grajeda | Deputy Editor
Good morning, Advocate readers!
A national pro-democracy organization has announced a campaign to combat potential inference in the midterm elections. And in Arkansas, an investigation shows a police department began working with ICE prior to joining a federal immigration program.
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Voters at Deering High School in Portland cast their ballot in Maine’s June 9, 2026 primary election. (Photo by Jim Neuger/ Maine Morning Star)
GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS
By Jacob Fischler
Voting rights groups and Democratic officials are looking to defend against what they see as possible election interference from the Trump administration ahead of the upcoming midterm elections, now that they’ve won a major battle over mail ballots.
Screenshot from video of an Oct. 10, 2025 traffic stop in Tontitown, Arkansas. (Photo courtesy of Arkansas GRITA)
GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS
By Arkansas GRITA
At least 20 people were detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement after routine traffic stops by Tontitown police before the department formally joined the federal 287(g) immigration enforcement program.
Signage at the official announcement of the Google data center in West Memphis on Oct. 2, 2025. (Photo by Ainsley Platt/Arkansas Advocate)
COMMENTARY
By Andrew DeMillo
Growing concerns about artificial intelligence offer a bipartisan opportunity for Arkansas and other states to check technology before its harms become even more entrenched.
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