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Daily Newscast for Wednesday, February 19, 2025

Here's the latest local and regional news from the Little Rock Public Radio Newsroom for Wednesday, February 19, 2025.

- Ice and snow covered much of Arkansas this Wednesday, while temperatures are forecast to remain below 30 degrees through Friday.

- The Arkansas Senate passed two bills making changes to the ballot initiative process

- Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders has signed a bill eliminating affirmative action programs in state-run agencies into law

- A bill changing the education requirements for state librarians has cleared a first hurdle heading to the state senate

- The Late former Arkansas Governor Jim Guy Tucker will lie in state at the capitol rotunda on Friday from 9 AM to 4 PM

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.