Here's the latest local and regional news from the Little Rock Public Radio Newsroom for Tuesday, April 16, 2024.
- The audit report of Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders' purchase of a $19,000 lectern has been made public
- Members of the Arkansas Senate have approved more funding for the state's Educational Freedom Account program
- Arkansas Secretary of State John Thurston is asking state lawmakers to increase the number of police near the state capitol by more than double
- ARDOT began Work Zone Awareness Week by unveiling a proposed memorial to workers killed while on the job
- State law enforcement have made their second-largest seizure of untaxed cigarettes in their history
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