Here's the latest local and regional news from the Little Rock Public Radio Newsroom for Thursday, December 12, 2024.
- A new report says incarcerated people have a more than 400 times greater risk of suicide when in solitary confinement
- State officials have approved a lease for land to build a new 3,000-bed prison in western Arkansas
- City officials in Fort Smith have voted to fire their city administrator
- Governor Sarah Sanders is calling on federal officials to remove 'junk food' from food assistance programs
- An Arkansas lawmaker has filed a bill to allow anyone over the age of 65 to vote using an absentee ballot
- $10 million in grants have been distributed to greenfield sites across Arkansas to develop them into 'shovel-ready' industrial sites
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