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Daily Newscast for Tuesday, October 8, 2024

Here's the latest local and regional news from the Little Rock Public Radio Newsroom for Tuesday, October 8, 2024.

- The Arkansas Legislature is continuing discussions about further weakening firearm regulations

- Today is the second day of a cybersecurity summit at the Statehouse Convention Center

- Arkansas Tech University is utilizing a $730,000 federal grant to purchase new equipment for agricultural students

- A nationwide ranking of college campuses has dropped the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville out of the top 100

- A rural hospital in southern Arkansas was briefly owned by a private equity firm following a national health care provider declaring bankruptcy

Listen to live newscasts from Little Rock Public Radio each weekday during NPR's Morning Edition from 6 to 9 a.m., during All Things Considered from 4 to 6 p.m., and online at littlerockpublicradio.org.

Nathan Treece is a reporter and local host of NPR's Morning Edition for Little Rock Public Radio.