Here's the latest local and regional news from the Little Rock Public Radio Newsroom for Thursday, August 8, 2024.
- Attorney General Tim Griffin is supporting a lawsuit against Biden administration rules regarding overtime pay
- The newly formed Doula Alliance of Arkansas aims to provide guidance and support to mothers during and after pregnancy
- Infectious disease experts at Arkansas Children's Hospital have received more than $3 million dollars to research a leading cause of death for those with weakened immune systems
- A lecture at Central Arkansas Library System explores Arkansas' first LGBTQ marriage, which happened in May of 1888
- A researcher has created a map of Arkansas' forest canopy that is accurate down to one meter
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