Here's the latest local and regional news from the Little Rock Public Radio Newsroom for Thursday, February 13, 2025.
- Arkansas Senators approved several bills aimed at changing the petition process on Wednesday
- Several bills advanced through the Senate Judiciary Committee including a proposal to strike meritorious furlough for those convicted of second-degree murder
- A bill to remove racial and gender quotas on state oversight boards failed in an Arkansas House committee Wednesday, but may return to committee at a later date
- Lawmakers have given final approval to a bill doing away with all state-sponsored affirmative action program, sending it to the governor's desk
- A bill to do away with Arkansas' mandatory water fluoridation program has failed
- Lawmakers advanced legislation prohibiting the sale of human body parts that are intended to be cremated or buried
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