Here's the latest local and regional news from the Little Rock Public Radio Newsroom for Thursday, January 30, 2025.
- A bill to ban state-supported affirmative action programs has passed the Arkansas Senate
- The Jefferson County coroner has moved human remains to private funeral homes ahead of a possible loss of power due to a lack of a budget and funding from the county quorum court
- A bill to allow for runoffs in general elections for House and Senate seats failed to pass a House legislative committee
- A bill to loosen regulations on raw milk sales passed through committee heading to the Arkansas House floor
- A bill that would allow automatic payments to certain Arkansas with unclaimed property has passed aa senate committee
- A measure to rename the Gulf of Mexico on official state documents failed to a pass legislative committee
- Central Arkansas' public transit service says it's planning to reconnect the Clinton Presidential Center to the Little Rock streetcar system
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