Here's the latest local and regional news from the Little Rock Public Radio Newsroom for Monday, Sept. 18, 2023.
On today's agenda:
-Lawmakers, activists react to a new Arkansas law restricting the Freedom of Information Act
-A former lawmaker says he's forming a group to propose a constitutional amendment enshrining protections for the Freedom of Information Act
-State education officials vote to return the Pine Bluff School District to local control
-School officials dispute the state's claim they've violated an executive order prohibiting "indoctrination"
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