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Feds: ICE agents appear to have made untruthful statements about north Minneapolis shooting arkansasadvocate.com/2026/02/13/r...
Feds: ICE agents appear to have made untruthful statements about north Minneapolis shooting | Arkansas Advocate
Two U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents appear to have made untruthful statements under oath in their account of a Jan. 14 car chase that ended with one of the agents shooting a man in the...
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February 13, 2026 at 11:25 PM
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Arkansas public libraries’ state aid delayed after board questions rules for audits, use of funds arkansasadvocate.com/2026/02/13/a...
Arkansas public libraries' state aid delayed after board questions rules for audits, use of funds | Arkansas Advocate
The board’s lack of action stems from two counties' decision to withdraw from the White River Regional Library system, which hasn't been audited in years.
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February 13, 2026 at 11:18 PM
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Trump wields abortion clinic law against church demonstrators, providers still fear violence arkansasadvocate.com/2026/02/13/r...
Trump wields abortion clinic law against church demonstrators, providers still fear violence | Arkansas Advocate
The Trump administration is using a law Congress passed in the 1990s after a wave of deadly violence at abortion clinics to prosecute demonstrators and reporters who were at a immigration-related chur...
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February 13, 2026 at 8:16 PM
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Clock ticks toward Department of Homeland Security shutdown after midnight deadline arkansasadvocate.com/2026/02/13/r...
Clock ticks toward Department of Homeland Security shutdown after midnight deadline | Arkansas Advocate
WASHINGTON — The second partial government shutdown in 2026 was set to begin at 12:01 a.m. Saturday, after lawmakers left the nation’s capital without reaching a deal on changes to immigration enforce...
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February 13, 2026 at 7:35 PM
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Snark and puns are in the air for #ARLegValentines arkansasadvocate.com/2026/02/13/s...
Snark and puns are in the air for #ARLegValentines | Arkansas Advocate
Most people celebrate Valentine’s Day as a time for roses, chocolates and romance. Arkansas legislators, lobbyists and journalists celebrate the day sharing bad jokes about state government on social ...
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February 13, 2026 at 4:40 PM
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Arkansas judge blocks state law increasing signature requirement for ballot measures  #ARLeg #ARpx arkansasadvocate.com/2026/02/13/a...
Arkansas judge blocks state law increasing signature requirement for ballot measures  | Arkansas Advocate
An Arkansas judge on Thursday blocked implementation of a 2023 state  law that increased the signature requirements for measures to qualify for the ballot.
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February 13, 2026 at 4:31 PM
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Two more poultry companies agree to settle Oklahoma pollution lawsuit arkansasadvocate.com/2026/02/12/r...
Two more poultry companies agree to settle Oklahoma pollution lawsuit | Arkansas Advocate
Two more poultry companies have agreed to settle with the state to end a 20-year lawsuit over pollution in the Illinois River Watershed.
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February 12, 2026 at 11:09 PM
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Trump administration completes rollback of Obama-era greenhouse gas regulations arkansasadvocate.com/2026/02/12/r...
Trump administration completes rollback of Obama-era greenhouse gas regulations | Arkansas Advocate
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump and his top environmental policy officer finalized a move Thursday to undo an Environmental Protection Agency regulation that laid the foundation for federal rules ...
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February 12, 2026 at 9:59 PM
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Department of Homeland Security shutdown nears, as US Senate remains stuck on funding arkansasadvocate.com/2026/02/12/r...
Department of Homeland Security shutdown nears, as US Senate remains stuck on funding | Arkansas Advocate
WASHINGTON — Lawmakers on Capitol Hill remained at a stalemate Thursday over bans on face masks and other immigration tactics as a Friday night deadline to fund the Department of Homeland Security qui...
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February 12, 2026 at 9:28 PM
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US senators denounce immigration agents’ use of force in deadly Minneapolis shootings arkansasadvocate.com/2026/02/12/r...
US senators denounce immigration agents’ use of force in deadly Minneapolis shootings | Arkansas Advocate
WASHINGTON — The top leaders of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee showed a play-by-play video leading up to the fatal shooting in Minneapolis of Alex Pretti by Customs an...
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February 12, 2026 at 9:18 PM
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Arkansas judge dismisses part of attorney general’s lawsuit against corrections board arkansasadvocate.com/2026/02/12/a...
Arkansas judge dismisses part of attorney general’s lawsuit against corrections board | Arkansas Advocate
A Pulaski County Circuit judge dismissed part of the lawsuit Attorney General Tim Griffin filed against the Arkansas Board of Corrections over its now-fired private attorney.
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February 12, 2026 at 9:08 PM
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Federal judge blocks Pentagon attempt to demote Sen. Mark Kelly over illegal orders video arkansasadvocate.com/2026/02/12/r...
Federal judge blocks Pentagon attempt to demote Sen. Mark Kelly over illegal orders video | Arkansas Advocate
WASHINGTON — A federal judge issued a preliminary injunction Thursday, blocking the Department of Defense from downgrading Arizona Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly’s rank as a retired Navy captain for appea...
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February 12, 2026 at 7:39 PM
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Border Czar Tom Homan announces end to Operation Metro Surge, claiming success arkansasadvocate.com/2026/02/12/r...
Border Czar Tom Homan announces end to Operation Metro Surge, claiming success | Arkansas Advocate
President Trump’s border czar announced an imminent end to Operation Metro Surge on Thursday, claiming success from the unprecedented federal incursion that brought thousands of immigration officers t...
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February 12, 2026 at 3:33 PM
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Democrats defend ‘the actual existence of the Department of Education’ in forum arkansasadvocate.com/2026/02/11/r...
Democrats defend 'the actual existence of the Department of Education' in forum | Arkansas Advocate
WASHINGTON — U.S. House Democrats on Wednesday rebuked ongoing efforts from President Donald Trump’s administration to dismantle the Department of Education, including moves to shift some of its core ...
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February 12, 2026 at 12:19 AM
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US House approves bill mandating proof of citizenship for voting in federal elections arkansasadvocate.com/2026/02/11/r...
US House approves bill mandating proof of citizenship for voting in federal elections | Arkansas Advocate
WASHINGTON — The U.S. House passed legislation 218-213 Wednesday that would require the public to produce a passport or birth certificate in most cases to register to vote, less than a year out from N...
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February 12, 2026 at 12:14 AM
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Arkansas attorney general opens new Fayetteville office arkansasadvocate.com/2026/02/11/a...
Arkansas attorney general opens new Fayetteville office | Arkansas Advocate
University of Arkansas law school students can work with Attorney General Tim Griffin’s office year-round with the opening of a satellite location in Fayetteville, officials announced Wednesday.
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February 11, 2026 at 11:48 PM
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Arkansas Supreme Court affirms House District 94 candidate’s eligibility for upcoming primary arkansasadvocate.com/briefs/arkan...
Arkansas Supreme Court affirms House District 94 candidate's eligibility for upcoming primary | Arkansas Advocate
The court sided with Missy Wardlaw’s attorney’s argument that bond forfeiture does not constitute a conviction or a guilty plea.
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February 11, 2026 at 11:33 PM
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Shutdown looms for FEMA, Coast Guard, TSA with stalemate over Homeland Security funds arkansasadvocate.com/2026/02/11/r...
Shutdown looms for FEMA, Coast Guard, TSA with stalemate over Homeland Security funds | Arkansas Advocate
WASHINGTON — Leaders from several agencies within the Department of Homeland Security testified before a U.S. House panel Wednesday about how a shutdown would affect the programs they oversee, though ...
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February 11, 2026 at 9:27 PM
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Governors to have ‘business meeting’ with White House, Oklahoma governor confirms arkansasadvocate.com/2026/02/11/r...
Governors to have ‘business meeting’ with White House, Oklahoma governor confirms | Arkansas Advocate
All governors will be invited to meet with President Donald Trump at the White House next week, Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt said Wednesday.
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February 11, 2026 at 9:20 PM
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Democrats decry ‘authoritarian’ Trump attempt to indict them for illegal orders video arkansasadvocate.com/2026/02/11/r...
Democrats decry ‘authoritarian’ Trump attempt to indict them for illegal orders video | Arkansas Advocate
Democratic members of Congress said Wednesday the Trump administration was using the “authoritarian playbook” when it tried to secure a grand jury indictment against them for releasing a video that re...
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February 11, 2026 at 9:18 PM
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Jobs report shows a historic stall in hiring last year arkansasadvocate.com/2026/02/11/r...
Jobs report shows a historic stall in hiring last year | Arkansas Advocate
U.S. jobs increased by 130,000 in January, buoyed by hires in health care, social assistance and construction. But in another sign of anemic hiring last year during President Donald Trump's second ter...
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February 11, 2026 at 9:11 PM
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In rebuke of Trump, US House opens the door to votes against tariffs arkansasadvocate.com/2026/02/11/r...
In rebuke of Trump, US House opens the door to votes against tariffs | Arkansas Advocate
WASHINGTON — A handful of House Republicans tanked a procedural vote Tuesday night that would have kept intact a ban on congressional action against President Donald Trump’s emergency tariffs.
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February 11, 2026 at 3:15 PM
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February 11, 2026 at 1:08 AM
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All Democratic governors bow out of White House dinner after Trump snubs several arkansasadvocate.com/2026/02/10/r...
All Democratic governors bow out of White House dinner after Trump snubs several | Arkansas Advocate
WASHINGTON — Democratic governors headed to an annual bipartisan gathering in the nation’s capital will not participate in a traditional White House black-tie dinner after President Donald Trump disin...
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February 10, 2026 at 9:22 PM
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Oklahoma board rejects Jewish charter school, braces for a court battle arkansasadvocate.com/2026/02/10/r...
Oklahoma board rejects Jewish charter school, braces for a court battle | Arkansas Advocate
The rejection of a Jewish charter school concept will be challenged in federal court, the school's founders say
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February 10, 2026 at 4:09 PM