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Andrew DeMillo
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Arkansas Advocate Editor-in-Chief. Former @AP Capitol Correspondent. Avid runner. Rabid UGA fan. Hopeless book worm.
Little Rock, AR
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    Andrew DeMillo
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    Nov 18, 2025
    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.
    Andrew DeMillo named top editor of Arkansas Advocate by States Newsroom • States Newsroom
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    Andrew DeMillo
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    Aug 22, 2024
    Re: Clinton’s joke about McDonald’s. This plaque is on the downtown Little Rock McD’s.
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    Andrew DeMillo
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    Jul 16, 2020
    LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas governor orders people to wear face masks in public, reversing course during a surge in coronavirus cases.
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    Andrew DeMillo
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    Mar 13, 2020
    Mayor Pete actually makes a pretty good late night host.
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    Andrew DeMillo
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    Oct 10, 2023
    Scrutiny of Arkansas governor's $19,000 lectern deepens after new records are released
    FILE - The $19,029.25 lectern purchased by the Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders administration in June 2023 sits in a corner in the Governor's Conference Room at the state Capitol, Sept. 26, 2023, in Little Rock, Ark. After Arkansas Republicans reimbursed the state in September for a $19,000 lectern bought for Sanders, the words “to be reimbursed” were added to the original invoice for the June purchase, records released...
    Scrutiny of Arkansas governor's $19,000 lectern deepens after new records are released
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    Andrew DeMillo
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    Jul 15, 2021
    Sarah Sanders raises another $4.2 million her bid to be Arkansas' next governor. #ARpx #ARleg
    FILE - In this Nov. 2020, file photo, former White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders speaks during a Make America Great Again rally at Stoney Creek Hotel and Conference Center in Rothschild, Wis. Sanders has raised another $4.2 million for her bid to become Arkansas' next governor. Sanders' campaign on Thursday, July 15, 2021, said the latest figures mean she has raised $9 million total since launching...
    Sarah Sanders raises $4.2M for Arkansas governor bid
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    Andrew DeMillo
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    Apr 15, 2024
    Audit cites potential legal violations in purchase of $19,000 lectern for Arkansas governor
    FILE - The lectern purchased by the Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders administration in June 2023 sits in a corner in the Governor's Conference Room at the state Capitol, Sept. 26, 2023, in Little Rock, Ark. Sanders' office potentially violated state laws on purchasing state property and government records when it purchased a $19,000 lectern for the Republican governor that's prompted nationwide scrutiny, an...
    Audit says Arkansas governor's office potentially violated laws with $19,000 lectern purchase
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    Andrew DeMillo
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    May 25, 2022
    WASHINGTON (AP) — Chris Jones wins Democratic nomination for governor in Arkansas primary election.
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    Andrew DeMillo
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    Oct 28, 2023
    Arkansas governor's $19,000 lectern remains out of sight, but not out of mind with audit underway
    FILE - Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders speaks at a newss conference to announce the opening of a new $33 million missile production facility on Thursday, Oct. 26, 2023 at the State Capitol in Little Rock, Ark. Huckabee Sanders is trying to move past an unusual controversy over a $19,000 lectern that she doesn't even want to use right now. An audit is underway over the purchase of the lectern that's prompted...
    Arkansas governor's $19,000 lectern remains out of sight, but not out of mind with audit underway
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    Andrew DeMillo
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    Aug 19, 2022
    YOU CAN’T UNILATERALLY DECLARE SOMETHING OFF THE RECORD. THAT’S AN AGREEMENT THAT HAS TO BE MADE WITH A REPORTER BEFOREHAND PLUS YOU HAVE TO AGREE ON WHAT OFF THE RECORD OR ON BACKGROUND MEANS AND DON’T SEND SOMETHING WITH AN EMBARGO WITHOUT AN AGREEMENT
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    Andrew DeMillo
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    Sep 11, 2023
    The Arkansas FOIA Task Force voted this morning to strongly oppose the effort to scale back the state's open records law (HB1003 and SB7) #ARleg #ARpx
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    Andrew DeMillo
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    May 30, 2024
    The former and current Arkansas governors on today’s verdict.
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    Andrew DeMillo
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    Aug 6, 2021
    LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas judge blocks state from enforcing law banning mask mandates by schools and other governmental bodies. #ARpx #ARleg
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    Andrew DeMillo
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    Mar 17, 2017
    LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas lawmakers vote to remove Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee from holiday honoring Martin Luther King Jr.