Here's the latest local and regional news from the Little Rock Public Radio Newsroom for Monday, February 17, 2025.
- A bill to create criminal penalties for trafficking dead bodies passed unanimously in the Arkansas Senate Monday
- A bill to give the Arkansas Department of Education oversight over the state's libraries and public television network passed the full senate Monday heading to a House committee
- A bill requiring schools to teach 'the failure of communist and autocratic systems' has advanced to the senate for a final vote
- Arkansas Secretary of State unveiled the results of an election security assessment Monday
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