Via @arkansasadvocate.com: A federal judge on Wednesday issued a preliminary injunction that blocks the enforcement of several direct democracy-related laws against Arkansas groups collecting signatures to qualify proposed ballot measures for the 2026 ballot. #arpx #arleg

Via @arkansasadvocate.com: The State Board of Education voted Thursday to release for public comment amended rules for Arkansas’ school voucher program that include new restrictions on how much funding can be used for extracurriculars. #arpx arkansasadvocate.com/2025/11/13/a...

Via @arkansasadvocate.com: A federal judge on Monday again converted a temporary restraining order to a preliminary injunction in a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of a state law that requires displays of the Ten Commandments in public schools. #arpx arkansasadvocate.com/2025/11/10/t...

Via @arkansasadvocate.com: The Arkansas Department of Education released district level rankings for the first time as part of a redesigned school report card website that launched Thursday. #arpx arkansasadvocate.com/2025/11/06/a...

Via @arkansasadvocate.com: Jimmy Harris is being sworn in Wednesday as the new Arkansas Insurance Commissioner. The governor appointed Harris, who has served as interim commissioner of the Arkansas Insurance Department since August when former commissioner Alan McClain retired. #arpx

Via @arkansasadvocate.com: The attorney general rejected for a second time Tuesday a proposed constitutional amendment to grant Arkansans the right to a clean and healthy environment. The University of Arkansas students behind the proposal say they look forward to revising and resubmitting. #arpx

Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders approved the deployment of about 100 Arkansas Army National Guard soldiers to the nation’s capital to support the D.C. National Guard’s ongoing civil security operations. #arpx Read more at @arkansasadvocate.com arkansasadvocate.com/briefs/arkan...

Via @arkansasadvocate.com: Arkansans seeking elected office in 2026 can begin submitting their candidate paperwork to the secretary of state’s office today. The primary election is scheduled for March 3 and the general election is Nov. 3. #arpx #arleg arkansasadvocate.com/2025/11/03/f...

Today I visited with Congressman Womack and some folks in Arkansas' agriculture community about the impacts of the ongoing government shutdown. Click below to listen to the audio version of the story. 🔈 #arpx #arleg

Addressing barriers to child care licensing in Arkansas, such as regulatory burdens and dependence on federal funding, could lead to greater access to care, particularly in underserved and rural areas of the state, according to a new report. My latest for @arkansasadvocate.com

A University of Arkansas alum is pulling his scholarships and cutting the university out his will after the school hung donated Ten Commandments posters to comply with a new state law. My latest for @arkansasadvocate.com #arpx #arleg arkansasadvocate.com/2025/10/27/t...

Six of the state's 259 public school districts are now involved in the lawsuit — Bentonville, Conway, Lakeside (Garland County), Fayetteville, Siloam Springs and Springdale. #arpx

NEW from @ainsleyplatt.bsky.social: A Pulaski County Circuit judge ruled in favor of a Franklin County resident Wednesday and said a June 2026 special election to fill a vacant state Senate seat unconstitutionally deprives voters of a voice in next year’s legislative session. #arpx #arleg

Via @grajeda.bsky.social: The Democratic Party of Arkansas is suing Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders to set earlier special election dates for the vacant House District 70 seat, weeks after a separate lawsuit challenging identical dates for Senate District 26's special election was filed. #arpx #arleg

Had a lovely chat with these #uark students. Click the link to hear them discuss their project in their own words. 🔈

Teana Bailey of Perryville (50 min. from Little Rock) said she was raised Republican but protests the Trump administration because "right is right and wrong is wrong." #nokings @arkansasadvocate.com

The University of Arkansas Fayetteville is preparing to hang hundreds of donated Ten Commandments displays in its buildings in compliance with a new state law. #arpx #arleg ✍️: @grajeda.bsky.social buff.ly/9534KDu

Via @arkansasadvocate.com: Arkansas’ higher education institutions and the state’s education department have not been immediately impacted by the government shutdown, but officials said they’re preparing to make adjustments as needed. #arpx arkansasadvocate.com/2025/10/07/a...

Via @grajeda.bsky.social: The Democratic Party of Arkansas’ executive committee voted unanimously Monday evening to hold a primary for the House District 70 special election. The special election’s winner will replace Rep. Carlton Wing who vacated his seat last week. #arpx #arleg

Via @arkansasadvocate.com: More than 100 Arkansas National Guard members traveled to the nation’s southern border this weekend to support U.S. Customs and Border Patrol. The 13-month deployment supports a federal requirement and is a routine rotation. arkansasadvocate.com/briefs/arkan...

Via @ainsleyplatt.bsky.social: Federal immigration officials are reportedly considering building a detention facility at the controversial Franklin County state prison site, further frustrating locals who say they’ve been left in the dark by state officials once again. #arpx

Via @grajeda.bsky.social: The institute is an independent unit of the UA System that focuses on education and training programs for law enforcement professionals.

Via @arkansasadvocate.com: Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families on Wednesday called on the state’s education department to delay changes to a child care assistance program the nonprofit argues will decrease access for families in need. arkansasadvocate.com/2025/09/24/a...

Via @grajeda.bsky.social: The goal of the revised formula, which still assigns schools a rating of A-F, is “to provide a clearer and more meaningful picture” of student achievement, year-to-year growth and postsecondary readiness, according to a news release. #arpx

Via @arkansasadvocate.com: Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin said the city of Fayetteville is in compliance with the state’s “sanctuary policy” law Thursday, just one day after saying the municipality violated the statute. #arpx arkansasadvocate.com/2025/09/19/a...

Via @arkansasadvocate.com: The city of Fayetteville is violating a law prohibiting “sanctuary policy” and is therefore ineligible to receive discretionary funding administered by the state, according to an opinion released by the Arkansas attorney general. #arpx arkansasadvocate.com/2025/09/17/a...

Via @grajeda.bsky.social: The One State One Vote initiative creates a partnership between Arkansas and neighboring states to ensure citizens aren’t registered to vote in more than one state, according to a news release. #arpx

Via @grajeda.bsky.social: A federal judge converted a temporary restraining order into a preliminary injunction Wednesday in a case challenging the constitutionality of a new state law requiring Ten Commandments displays in Arkansas public schools. #arpx

Via @grajeda.bsky.social: The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences formally began its national search for a new chancellor Monday by releasing a leadership profile and beginning to accept inquiries about the post, according to a news release.

Collaboration was key to providing affordable housing to around 300 people in west Fayetteville, according to community leaders who attended a ribbon cutting ceremony Friday for a new 89-unit development. #arpx #arleg

Former state Sen. Linda Pondexter Chesterfield will be inducted into the Arkansas Black Hall of Fame in October. #arpx #arleg

Via @grajeda.bsky.social: A Rogers public school that recently reopened after being damaged by severe weather last year received a $20,000 grant Thursday to restock the library’s Spanish-language books lost in the storm.

From @grajeda.bsky.social: Arkansas lawmakers continued to express concern Tuesday about a newly effective law that prohibits students who don’t meet the state’s third-grade reading standard from being promoted to fourth grade. #arpx

Via @grajeda.bsky.social: Implementation of a new state law requiring Ten Commandments displays in public school classrooms varies across Arkansas as some district superintendents await the results of a lawsuit challenging the legislation. #arpx

From @sonnyalbarado.bsky.social and @grajeda.bsky.social: Sen. Gary Stubblefield, a Branch Republican who served a dozen years in the Arkansas Senate, died Tuesday at the age of 74. #arpx

University of Arkansas officials dedicated a new architecture building in south Fayetteville Friday that will, among other things, serve as a center for developing solutions to affordable housing.

Via @arkansasadvocate.com: A federal judge Thursday evening ordered the Conway School District to remove Ten Commandments posters from classrooms and libraries, less than 24 hours after the district was added to a lawsuit challenging a state law requiring the displays. #arpx #arleg

Via @grajeda.bsky.social: The Arkansas Department of Agriculture and Northwest Arkansas Council will conduct a comprehensive water reclamation study to inform the state’s water plan and guide future wastewater infrastructure projects in Northwest Arkansas, the governor’s office announced Wednesday.

ISSUE 2 REDUX: Federal judge dismisses legal challenge to constitutional amendment passed by Arkansas voters in 2024 that stopped new casino in Pope Co., says Cherokee Nation Entertainment took a "calculated business risk" in buying land to build casino. @grajeda.bsky.social reports.

After swimming in data for weeks, here's what I learned: 🟠 Average 25-26 tuition — around $8,800 (more than the roughly $7,000 the state will provide per student) 🟠 Average tuition increase among the 93 schools that participated in all three years — about $1,400 #arpx #arleg

More prison beds will be needed as a result of recent legislation, further exacerbating current overcrowding issues in state and county facilities, according to a forecast presented to Arkansas lawmakers Wednesday. ✍️: @grajeda.bsky.social

The Arkansas State Board of Education granted permission to the Blytheville School District to enter into the state’s second transformation contract during a special meeting Wednesday. ✍️: @grajeda.bsky.social

Arkansas Mobile ID app now being accepted at TSA airport checkpoints instead of showing physical ID and a boarding pass. Anyone with an Arkansas driver's license can download & use app on their smartphone. @grajeda.bsky.social reports in @arkansasadvocate.com #arpx #arnews

More than 230 Arkansas National Guardsmen and law enforcement officers completed biennial civil disturbance training Saturday at North Little Rock’s Burns Park, according to a press release. ✍️: @grajeda.bsky.social

Arkansas education officials anticipate completing this fall a handful of outstanding rules related to the LEARNS Act of 2023, which overhauled the state’s K-12 education system. ✍️: @grajeda.bsky.social

Ten Arkansas death row prisoners filed a lawsuit Tuesday asking a judge to block a new state law that authorizes execution by nitrogen gas, which they argue is unconstitutional. ✍️: @grajeda.bsky.social

A federal judge on Monday night temporarily blocked implementation of a new state law requiring schools to post the Ten Commandments in classrooms that was set to take effect Tuesday. Details from @arkansasadvocate.com #arpx #arleg arkansasadvocate.com/2025/08/04/c...

The state income tax filing deadline is being extended to Dec. 3 for Arkansans who submit proper paperwork, the Department of Finance and Administration announced Tuesday.

The state’s Democrats and Legislative Black Caucus on Thursday condemned a “Whites Only” community in Northeast Arkansas and urged the attorney general to investigate. ✍️: @grajeda.bsky.social

Six new laws addressing human trafficking, a legislative priority for lawmakers and Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders, that Arkansas legislators approved this spring become effective next week. ✍️: Antoinette Grajeda | @grajeda.bsky.social buff.ly/ihlZfu2