Here's the latest local and regional news from the Little Rock Public Radio Newsroom for Wednesday, March 12, 2025.
- Lawmakers advanced a bill to make "coerced criminal abortion by means of fraud" a felony offense.
- A bill to allow the state to execute death row inmates using nitrogen gas heads to Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders for final approval.
- Arkansas senators advanced a bill to fund Arkansas PBS amid ongoing tension between legislators and the television network.
- Lawmakers advanced bill to allow voters to determine local water fluoridation.
- Effort to allow drivers to run red lights when no traffic is around stalled in legislative committee.
- Arkansas is sending $4.5 million to help train more doctors in Northwest Arkansas.
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