Here's the latest local and regional news from the Little Rock Public Radio Newsroom for Tuesday, June 11, 2024.
- The 2024 Kids Count Data report from the Annie E. Casey Foundation ranks Arkansas 45th in the nation for overall child well-being, using four key metrics.
- Arkansas nonprofit, the 100 Families Initiative, is expanding to other states and into Canada
- Arkansas is slated to receive nearly $1.7 million in federal funding to clean up pollution from abandoned coal mines
- The Republican Party of Arkansas has voted to close its primaries
- The Arkansas Department of Human Services has named Jenifer Daniel Brezée as its new director of the Division of Developmental Disabilities Services
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