Arkansas State Police Director Col. Mike Hagar cited 939 documented uses of force during more than 1.026 million contacts while criticizing unnamed publishers following scrutiny of recent arrest videos. LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Arkansas State Police Director Col. Mike Hagar accused unnamed media outlets and “for-profit streamers” of sensationalizing and [read more…]
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — The Arkansas State Police (ASP), working alongside state, federal, and local partners, safely recovered or located eight missing and endangered children during Operation HOPE, a multi-day coordinated effort centered on children reported missing from foster care and other high-risk circumstances. The operation began Tuesday, Aug. 18, [read more…]
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Hallie Shoffner holds a narrow lead over Republican U.S. Sen. Tom Cotton in a new statewide poll, although the difference falls within the survey’s margin of error. The Talk Business & Politics-Hendrix College Poll found Shoffner with 47.4% support and Cotton with [read more…]
Arkansas officials confident people on Medicaid expansion will retain health coverage by Tess Vrbin, Arkansas Advocate Arkansas Secretary of Human Services Janet Mann said Monday that she expects the more than 215,000 people on the state’s Medicaid expansion to retain some form of health coverage, despite the Trump administration’s moves [read more…]
by Ainsley Platt, Arkansas Advocate August 18, 2026 The Arkansas Department of Education launched a universal application system Tuesday for colleges and universities in the state. The portal launched a little over a year after Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders signed the Arkansas ACCESS Act, which directed the department to create [read more…]
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — State and local law enforcement agencies across Arkansas will increase impaired-driving enforcement beginning Friday, Aug. 21, and continuing through Labor Day. The enforcement effort is part of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over campaign, which runs through Monday, Sept. 7. [read more…]
Officials cited privacy, public trust, cost and underuse, even as several acknowledged the cameras had assisted criminal investigations. LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Six or more Arkansas cities have ended, moved to end or suspended their use of Flock Safety license plate-reading cameras in less than three weeks amid concerns about [read more…]
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — The Arkansas Scholarship Lottery (ASL) will host a check presentation with the Arkansas Department of Higher Education (ADHE) on Aug. 17, to commemorate $114.3 million raised for in-state student scholarships. The event will be held at 10 a.m. in front of the ASL Claim Center at [read more…]
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin joined 49 other attorneys general in urging the Federal Communications Commission to strengthen requirements intended to prevent scammers from using U.S. communications networks for illegal robocalls. The coalition wants the FCC to strengthen its “Know Your Customer” rules, which require phone [read more…]
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Arkansas has recorded 47 fewer roadway deaths so far this year compared with the same period in 2025, according to preliminary data released by Arkansas State Police. As of Wednesday, July 29, 245 people had died on Arkansas roadways in 2026. At the same point last [read more…]
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