Here's the latest local and regional news from the Little Rock Public Radio Newsroom for Thursday, Feb. 8, 2024.
Today's headlines:
-A deadline for a new literacy program under the Arkansas LEARNS Act passes
-A group seeking to loosen restrictions on medical marijuana re-submits their proposal
-Black History comes to the stage at the Arkansas Repertory Theatre
-A jury fails to reach a verdict in the capital murder trial of a Pine Bluff woman
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