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“Gutted” Arkansas bill no longer targets drag performers or LGBTQ community, activists say

By Tess Vrbin - February 3, 2023

Jonesboro High School volleyball coach C.C. Smith

Teachers, students voice support for AP African American Studies course

By Antoinette Grajeda - February 3, 2023

SESSION SNAPSHOT: Arkansas Legislature rolls through Week 4 with ice and amendments

By Hunter Field - February 3, 2023

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DNC delivers blow to New Hampshire, Iowa with overhaul of primary calendar

BY Ethan DeWitt - February 4, 2023

Judge grants request to freeze assets, name receiver for Little Rock apartments

BY Tess Vrbin - February 4, 2023

Former Arkansas legislator Jeremy Hutchinson sentenced to almost 4 years in federal prison

BY Sonny Albarado - February 3, 2023

Chinese surveillance balloon now drifting across the middle of the U.S., Pentagon confirms

BY Ashley Murray - February 3, 2023

State medical cannabis programs failing to make enough progress, advocacy group finds

BY Adam Goldstein - February 3, 2023

Congressional Black Caucus meets with Biden to push for police accountability

BY Ariana Figueroa - February 2, 2023

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High schoolers need exposure to ideas in African American studies

BY Sonny Albarado - February 2, 2023

The assault on diversity, equity and inclusion continues

BY Sonny Albarado - February 1, 2023

International Holocaust Remembrance Day: Still close to home

BY Björn Krondorfer - January 27, 2023

Arkansas’ would-be religious tyrants gather steam with ‘culture-war’ bills

BY Sonny Albarado - January 23, 2023

Arkansas child and family advocacy group names new executive director

BY Advocate Staff - February 2, 2023

Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders will deliver GOP response to Biden State of the Union address

BY Hunter Field - February 2, 2023

Arkansas bill to create Holocaust Education Week headed to House for a vote

BY Tess Vrbin - February 2, 2023

Senate approves bill requiring pornography sites to verify age

BY Antoinette Grajeda - February 1, 2023

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As Southeast states warm, TVA criticized on preparations for dealing with climate hazards

By Adam Goldstein - February 2, 2023

U.S. Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-North Carolina), left, speaks as Rep. Maxine Waters (D-California) listens during a hearing before the House Committee on Rules on Jan. 31, 2023, on a "Denouncing the horrors of socialism resolution.” The House adopted the resolution 328-86 on Thursday, Feb. 2. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

U.S. House condemns ‘the horrors of socialism’ and dictatorships it inspires

By Jennifer Shutt - February 2, 2023

Minnesotat Democratic U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar (center) was removed from the House Foreign Affairs Committee a party-line vote Thursday, Feb. 2, 2023. Shes seen her with Rep. Rashida Tlaib (left), also a Minnesota Democrat and Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-New York) in this 2021 photo. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

U.S. House GOP votes to oust Rep. Omar from foreign affairs panel for past antisemitic remarks