Here's the latest local and regional news from the KUAR Newsroom for Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2023.
On today's agenda:
-A group hoping to overturn the Arkansas LEARNS Act says it fell short of collecting the necessary number of signatures
-Hundreds of new state laws take effect today
-Economists say the U.S. and Arkansas economies continue to grow despite recent interest rate hikes
-Little Rock's mayor discusses crime in a nationally-televised town hall
Listen to live newscasts from KUAR News each weekday during NPR's Morning Edition from 6 to 9 a.m. on KUAR 89.1 and online at kuar.org.
