Here's the latest local and regional news from the KUAR Newsroom for Wednesday, Aug. 2, 2023.
On today's agenda:
-The City of Little Rock opens up $400,000 in tornado relief funds
-Little Rock Mayor Frank Scott Jr. sets a series of public meetings to discuss a potential sales tax increase
-The group seeking to overturn the Arkansas LEARNS education law says they could possibly have enough signatures for a ballot measure
-Lawmakers debate crypto mining in a committee hearing
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