Andrew DeMillo

Some exciting professional news. I’ve been blessed to work with my amazing colleagues at AP over the past 20 years. I’m thrilled about this next chapter leading Arkansas Advocate’s incredibly talented newsroom. statesnewsroom.com/press-releases…

Chuck Norris legitimately might have won Mike Huckabee the Iowa caucus in 2008. This was the biggest ad of the primaries.

Congress could soon be asked by Trump to come up with $200 billion for his Iran war arkansasadvocate.com/2026/03/19/rep…

Panel will consider five proposed ‘monument to the unborn’ designs for Arkansas Capitol arkansasadvocate.com/2026/03/18/pan…

UCA will host Pulitzer Prize finalist Jerry Mitchell, whose investigative reporting put several white supremacists in prison for some of the most infamous murders of the Civil Rights era, at the end of March as an artist in residence. buff.ly/mUxrbTf

I went on a journey to get Trump's personal cell phone number. It took me about five minutes. My piece on the media's new favorite Trump gimmick, and how the White House feels about the endless stream of "exclusive" 30 second phone interviews w/Trump semafor.com/article/03/15/…

Enjoyed being on KUAF today to talk about the importance of Arkansas' FOI law as we mark Sunshine Week. kuaf.com/show/ozarks-at…

US Senate Republicans launch debate on SAVE Act requiring photo ID to vote arkansasadvocate.com/2026/03/17/rep…

Artist re-submits proposed ‘monument to the unborn’ design for Arkansas Capitol arkansasadvocate.com/2026/03/17/art…

NEWS: Axios is cutting 11 people across national, local, news desk visuals and social:

Great reporting by @MikeWickline delving into legislators' expenses: arkansasonline.com/news/2026/mar/…

In bid for voter data, Trump’s DOJ lays groundwork to undermine confidence in midterms arkansasadvocate.com/2026/03/15/rep…

In honor of Sunshine Week, my commentary looks at how Arkansas can honor its Freedom of Information Act as its 60th anniversary approaches next year. arkansasadvocate.com/2026/03/15/ark…

FCC Chair @BrendanCarr Threatens to Revoke Broadcasters’ Licenses Over War Coverage Notably neither outlet cited here has a broadcast license. But their owner does (WSJ/Murdoch via Fox) or their prospective owner does (CNN/Ellisons via CBS) nytimes.com/2026/03/14/wor… via @NYTimes

We updated our story to include new details from the 👀 court filings (a cooperator recorded conversations about cash payments to force the pardon recipient's son “into a car with masked men”) & to pull back the lens a little to reveal what this says about the clemency trade.

NEW: White House officials have heard President Trump’s personal iPhone number is being sold to CEOs. Crypto bros are trying to trade for it. Journalists are bartering. Inside the hunt for the most important 10 digits in DC. W/ @AshleyRParker theatlantic.com/politics/2026/…

A new wrinkle in the Joseph Schwartz pardon story… nytimes.com/2026/03/14/us/… via @NYTimes

Good morning, Little Rock

Breaking News: John F. Burns, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist for The New York Times best known for his work in Iraq, died at 81. nyti.ms/4lp2qq6

Some early #sunshineweek news…

Arkansas public television commission pauses state plan to break off from PBS. Stay tuned for more updates and photos from today's meeting. arkansasadvocate.com/2026/03/12/ark…