Here's the latest local and regional news from the KUAR Newsroom for Thursday, July 6, 2023.
On today's agenda:
-Arkansas ends the year with a more than $1 billion surplus
-Arkansas' attorney general says the state will continue implementing the Arkansas LEARNS Act despite a judge's ruling
-Arkansas Treasurer Mark Lowery is hospitalized after suffering a second stroke in three months
-Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders names a nursing home owner and outdoor enthusiast to the state Game and Fish Commission
-The new dean of the UA Little Rock Bowen School of Law begins his tenure
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