NEW: A federal judge in Miami has ruled that operations at the controversial detention facility Alligator Alcatraz must begin to wind down, ordering state and federal officials to stop transferring detainees there and relocate current detainees within 60 days.

The president credits democracy superfan, Vladimir Putin, with the idea. Yes, really.

Two months after the Supreme Court overruled Roe v. Wade, in June 2022, Idaho’s trigger ban outlawing most abortions—one of the strictest nationwide—took effect. According to a new peer-reviewed paper study, Idaho lost more than a third of its OBs—94 of 268 total—afterwards.

Breaking news: A federal judge has ordered construction to be paused at Florida’s Alligator Alcatraz, the first state-run immigrant detention center in the country, over concerns about environmental harm.

The number of Americans receiving unemployment benefits for at least a week rose to the highest level since late 2021, according to Labor Department data.

Trump has misread his base a few times in the past - he bragged about Warp Speed on vaccines at a couple rallies and got jeered, but he backed off quick & stopped talking about it. But now he is misreading them bigly on Epstein & farm worker visas - which aren’t trivial to them.

David Gergen, Washington Veteran Who Advised Four Presidents, Dies at 83 www.nytimes.com/2025/07/11/u...

Conway interim superintendent gets contract with interesting prohibition arktimes.com/arkansas-blo...

Falling childhood vaccine coverage and a large outbreak that was kindled in an undervaccinated pocket of West Texas have driven the US to a troubling milestone: There have been more measles cases in the US this year than any other since the the disease was declared eliminated a quarter-century ago

Ann Patchett, Amy Bloom, Min Jin Lee and Others on the Books That Bring Them Comfort www.nytimes.com/2020/03/18/b...

He’s pure sleaze.

As the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency reconsiders the ban on asbestos, an Indiana man suffering from asbestosis recovers from Loyola Medicine’s life-saving double lung transplant.

Since 2021, the Arkansas Legislature has passed more laws targeting so-called environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) initiatives than any other state, according to a new report from public policy firm Pleiades Strategy. #arpx #arleg

The Trump administration declined to release nearly $7 billion in school funding that helps pay for after-school programs and other services. https://trib.al/CIBxpaX

Pardoned Jan. 6 Rioter Who Threatened Police Joins Justice Dept. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/01/u...

Fate of Conway school Superintendent Jeff Collum remains in limbo, after school board takes no action on renewing contract. Another meeting set for Sun., the last day before his contract with $241K salary automatically renews. @debrahale.bsky.social reports #Arkansas arktimes.com/arkansas-blo...

A group of male youths traveled to Atlanta before dawn and tore flags at a rainbow crosswalk, the police said. Two of them remain at large as the authorities consider hate crime charges.

A judge has ruled that Randal Worcester, whose brutal 2022 arrest in Mulberry led to two now-former sheriff’s deputies going to prison, is innocent based on mental disease or defect.

A former Dolton village employee is trying to block the village from using taxpayer money to acquire the childhood home of Robert Prevost, now Pope Leo XIV.

CRANKY IN CONWAY: Former teachers, parents press Conway school board not to renew contract of Supt. Jeff Collum, who is getting flack from both sides of the ideological divide that has riven district over past 3 years. @debrahale.bsky.social reports #Arkansas #arpx #arnews

Much has been said and written over the years about controversial malaria research conducted on inmates at Illinois’ Stateville Penitentiary starting in the 1940s. But at least one part of that story has been largely ignored until now: the role of Black prisoners in that research.

Wall Street Journal gives Tom Cotton a platform to indulge his latent authoritarian wet dreams ... #Arkansas #arpx #arnews

2 former teachers, parent urge Conway superintendent's ouster UPDATE arktimes.com/arkansas-blo...

2 former teachers, parent urge Conway superintendent's ouster CORRECTION arktimes.com/arkansas-blo...

Thanks, @arktimes.bsky.social, for reposting my latest @arkansasadvocate.com column. #Arkansas #arpx #arnews arktimes.com/arkansas-blo...

The Conway School Board's unusual and controversial decision to block the hiring of a softball coach is now moot. Recent elections remade the board, ditching the conservative majority. The new board welcomes Coach Sara Flenor. arktimes.com/arkansas-blo...

My latest column in @arkansasadvocate.com: Arkansas Republican congressmen's delight at passage of budget reconciliation bill ignores the threat it poses to Arkansans' health care & food assistance, as well as our state budget & rural hospitals. #arpx #arnews

A writer fell into a coma during childbirth. When she woke up, she couldn't remember her family or her faith.

As the parent of a type-I diabetic, I would like to invite the ignorant piece of shit currently directing the FDA to kiss my ass.

@debrahale.bsky.social weighs in on Arkansas legislators' unconstitutional 10 Commandments mandate for public schools: "The government shouldn’t be preaching the gospel, the Koran, the Torah or the Book of Mormon. The Constitution? Now, that’s OK and more needed than ever."

The singer canceled his summer tour dates and revealed he has a brain condition called normal pressure hydrocephalus. It's treatable but tricky to diagnose, doctors say.

Anyone collating a book of his gaffs? Will be a bestseller!

Conway remakes school board with 'historic' election arktimes.com/arkansas-blo...

@debrahale.bsky.social on Arkansas legislators' escalating war on libraries: "Where does the censorship stop? Should the Bible be banned because it features stories of polygamy, incest and horrific death? I say no. But if the censors are consistent, they will say yes." #arpx buff.ly/NYL3j8a

#OPINION: Arkansas' latest library laws are part of an "escalation in the war against libraries and public school teachers," according to guest commentator @debrahale.bsky.social #arpx #arleg

Sen. Bryan King calls on Gov. Sanders to return $75M diverted to new Franklin Co. mega-prison back to expansion of existing prison at Calico Rock, says new prison site lacks "critical infrastructure." Sanders' spokesman stiff-arms request. #Arkansas #arpx

Former Hot Spring Co. Sheriff Scott Finkbeiner's bond revoked for trying to contact a witness on Signal. Awaiting sentencing on federal charges for interfering in a drug investigation. @debrahale.bsky.social reports in @arktimes.bsky.social #Arkansas #arnews #arpx