Here's the latest local and regional news from the Little Rock Public Radio Newsroom for Thursday, Sept. 28, 2023.
On today's agenda:
-Federal courts in Arkansas will stay open despite a possible government shutdown
-Pine Bluff's mayor designates a day in honor of the founder of the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff
-Central Arkansas' annual book festival is in full swing
-The Pulaski County Quorum Court declares a vacancy after a Justice of the Peace was removed for a hot check conviction
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