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Sep 23, 2026
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  1. Article · Sep 23, 2026 · Ainsley Platt / Arkansas Advocate

    MAP: Arkansas’ most populous county passes data center regulations (opens the original)

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    Pulaski County’s top elected official has seven days to decide whether to veto new regulations on data centers approved by the county’s quorum court. The majority-Democrat panel in Arkansas’ most populous county voted 11-4 Tuesday night in favor of the new rules. County Judge Barry Hyde, a Democrat, has seven days to veto it. The measure was written by Wendell Griffen, a former circuit and appeals court judge and current Democratic nominee for county judge, and sponsored by Justice of the Peace

  2. Article · Sep 18, 2026 · Ainsley Platt / Arkansas Advocate

    Arkansas reports fewer failing schools and school districts in 2025-2026 (opens the original)

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    The percentage of Arkansas schools and districts receiving failing or low grades from the state for their performance has decreased, according to data released by the state Department of Education Thursday. Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders and education officials touted the numbers as validation for her signature 2023 education law, the LEARNS Act. Education Secretary Jacob Oliva told reporters Thursday that “the improvements that we’ve made by building out this blueprint and this system are

  3. Article · Sep 2, 2026 · Ainsley Platt / Arkansas Advocate

    Judge weighing whether to block Arkansas news outlets from publishing data center pact details (opens the original)

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    A federal judge is considering whether to block the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette and Arkansas Times from publishing details of an agreement regarding a West Memphis data center, a move that free speech advocates say would violate the First Amendment. U.S. District Judge Lee Rudofsky did not immediately rule after hearing three and a half hours of testimony and arguments Tuesday on Entergy Arkansas’ request for an order that would prevent the news outlets from disclosing details about Entergy’s agre

  4. Article · Aug 12, 2026 · Ainsley Platt / Arkansas Advocate

    Outside of Little Rock, Arkansas counties and cities move ahead on data center moratoriums (opens the original)

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    Little Rock and Pulaski County haven’t paused approvals of data centers — despite months of trying — even as they’ve faced community pushback over two major facilities planned in the area. But across Arkansas, other cities and counties aren’t having the same problem. Independence County’s quorum court unanimously passed a five-year moratorium on Monday, the latest — and longest — adopted in the state. Russellville passed a six-month pause on approving the facilities last month. Union and Carroll

  5. Article · Jul 20, 2026 · Ainsley Platt / Arkansas Advocate

    Mixed opinions, limited information about $6.6 billion data center in Arkansas River Valley (opens the original)

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    CLARKSVILLE, Ark. — Karen Fawley first recalls learning of plans to construct a data center near the Johnson Regional Medical Center when a friend mentioned the project in passing two years ago. Fawley said she wasn’t following the project closely. Then, in January, she watched the razing of a tree-covered hillside through her mother’s hospital room window. “It was really a surprise,” Fawley said. “We knew that it was gonna happen, or we at least thought it was gonna happen, but we didn’t know w

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