Here's the latest local and regional news from the Little Rock Public Radio Newsroom for Thursday, March 13, 2025.
- A bill that would prohibit antisemitism in Arkansas schools has advanced out of its first committee hearing
- An effort to end Arkansas' observance of daylight saving time has failed in the state legislature
- Two additional bills changing the direct democracy process in Arkansas have advanced in the state legislature
- Lawmakers may soon discuss an overhaul of the state's employee pay plan
- Officials with Arkansas State University broke ground Wednesday on the state's first public school of veterinary medicine
- Lawmakers have advanced two bills to help define what constitutes a 'public meeting' in state law
- Former White House staffer Judd Deere has been appointed to the University of Arkansas System Board of Trustees
- Lawmakers have rejected a bill that would allow Arkansas students to make up time lost due to inclement weather through virtual learning
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