Here's the latest local and regional news from the Little Rock Public Radio Newsroom for Friday, September 20, 2024.
-Lawmakers approve a 10-year, $1.6 billion contract with a prison healthcare provider
-Candidates for a northeast Arkansas state Senate seat debate education, maternal health
-A Little Rock teenager arrested for making threats against schools recently purchased handguns online
-Volunteers can begin collecting signatures to put an educational rights amendment on the 2026 ballot
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