Here's the latest local and regional news from the Little Rock Public Radio Newsroom for Wednesday, December 18, 2024.
-Little Rock City Board members fail to pass a proposed $263 million budget
-Electors formally cast Arkansas' votes for President-elect Donald Trump and Vice President-elect J.D. Vance
-An Arkansas man who pleaded guilty to assaulting police during the January 6 U.S. Capitol riots is denied a delayed sentencing
-State prison officials say they plan to spend more than $5 million in overtime pay over the next six months
-Gov. Sarah Sanders appoints a new head of the state Department of Veterans Affairs
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