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Daily Newscast for Tuesday, February 11, 2025

Here's the latest local and regional news from the Little Rock Public Radio Newsroom for Tuesday, February 11, 2025.

- Hot Spring County Sheriff Scott Finkbeiner has been arrested, marking his third arrest in 16 months

- One person is in custody for allegedly causing $20,000 in damage to the Pine Bluff Public Library over the weekend

- State lawmakers have advanced a bill that would give the attorney general more power over the ballot initiative process to a Senate committee

- Legislation to require local governments to rely on a previous year's budget if a new one is not agreed upon and passed has been signed into law by Governor Sanders

- A motion not to pass a bill requiring schools to screen the film "Meet Baby Olivia' has failed, meaning the bill can be brought before committee again

- State regulators approved a Good Day Farm marijuana dispensary to relocate from Hensley to Bryant

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.