Here's the latest local and regional news from the Little Rock Public Radio Newsroom for Wednesday, April 24, 2024.
- The State Board of Election Commissioners has voted to halt electronic signatures for voter registrations
- Arkansas lawmakers have advanced two bills putting new regulations on Cryptocurrency mining operations in the state
- State lawmakers have approved funding for the state's first certified nurse midwife program, pulling half-a-million dollars from ACHI
- Lawmakers voted to forward an investigation of potential rule violations by the Arkansas Board of Corrections to a legislative committee.
- Healthcare experts gathered for the biennial Minority Healthcare Summit in North Little Rock on Tuesday.
- Advocates for Alzheimer's disease research and caregivers me at the Arkansas state capitol Tuesday
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