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Daily Newscast for Wednesday, March 19, 2025

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

- A bill to change zoning and design guidelines for housing has advanced in the state legislature

- State lawmakers have advanced a bill that would allow family of some patients to revoke their organ donation status

- A fire in western Pulaski County burned over 2,000 acres before it was contained Tuesday afternoon

- Members of an Arkansas House committee pulled a bill concerning gender affirming care for minor's

- The Emergency Commodity Assistance Program, which aims to support farmers, has opened applications today

- Arkansans seeking over-the-counter diet pills may soon have to wait until they are age 18 as a house bill advances to a full vote

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.