Here's the latest local and regional news from the Little Rock Public Radio Newsroom for Friday, June 7, 2024.
- An investigation into Gov. Sander's purchase of a $19,000 lectern with state funds has finished without findings of criminal conduct.
-The Department of Finance and Administration hear public comments on a proposed rule to ban gender-neutral drivers' licenses and ID's.
- An inmate featured in Netflix's Unlocked: A Jail Experiment has died.
-Arkansas State Police arrest 42 on charges related to child sexual abuse.
- Pride celebration in Northeast Arkansas scheduled for this weekend.
- I-55 bridge connecting Memphis and West Memphis, AR, to close for two weeks.
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