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Arkansas Advocate: Arkansas lawmakers told helping inmates return to society will ease prison overcrowding (opens the original)
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Arkansas lawmakers and criminal justice reform advocates agreed Wednesday, September 30, 2026 that improving the systems that help inmates return to society after incarceration will alleviate the stateâs prison overcrowding problem. State correctional facilities have 15,362 beds and 16,804 inmates as of September 1, and county jails are often tasked with holding inmates waiting for state prison beds. âWe also need to examine what happens before someone reaches those prison beds,â said Mary
Arkansas Advocate: Arkansas TV announces lineup for state, federal debates next month (opens the original)
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Arkansasâ public television station will host political debates for seven state and federal offices next month, but without Republican U.S. Sen. Tom Cotton. Cottonâs opponents, Democrat Hallie Shoffner and Libertarian Jeff Wadlin, will debate live at Arkansas TV headquarters in Conway at 1:30 p.m. on October 12. The debate will be rebroadcast at 7 p.m. Shoffner and Wadlin will also participate in an October 22 debate at ASU-TV, Arkansas State Universityâs student-led broadcast station in J
Arkansas Advocate: Arkansas judge weighing future of lawsuit challenging state’s abortion ban (opens the original)
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A Pulaski County circuit judge is considering whether to dismiss the constitutional challenge to Arkansasâ abortion ban after hearing arguments from the plaintiffs and the state in a two-hour hearing Monday. Circuit Judge Cara Connors did not say when she expected to rule regarding the lawsuit filed earlier this year by six women and an obstetrician-gynecologist challenging Arkansasâ abortion law. Arkansas has among the nationâs strictest abortion bans, and the challenge against it is the
Arkansas Advocate: South Korean defense contractor will build $2.2 billion factory at Pine Bluff Arsenal (opens the original)
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WHITE HALL â A South Korean company announced Monday, September 21, 2026 it will build its first United States facility that produces artillery ammunition at Arkansasâ Pine Bluff Arsenal, creating about 400 jobs with an average wage of $50 per hour over seven years. Hanwha Defense USAâs $2.2 billion factory âis the kind of transformational investment Jefferson County and the Delta need,â Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders said at Mondayâs news conference and ribbon-cutting ceremony that cel
Arkansas Advocate: Families of Arkansas children with disabilities say more action needed on waitlist (opens the original)
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Families of Arkansas children with disabilities packed the Old Supreme Court room at the state Capitol on Wednesday, September 16, 2026 and urged Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders to take further action toward clearing a waiting list for supportive services. More than 2,400 Arkansas families are waiting for a Medicaid waiver that will help them meet their childrenâs complex medical and non-medical needs. A maximum of 8,233 Arkansans can receive supportive services from the waiver, and many families
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