Here's the latest local and regional news from the Little Rock Public Radio Newsroom for Friday, March 21, 2025.
- Members of the Arkansas legislature have advanced plans to build a controversial prison in Northwest Arkansas
- Advocates for members of Arkansas' deaf community have filed a lawsuit to block a proposed merger of the School for the Deaf and the Arkansas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired
- Arkansas lawmakers have advanced a bill banning lobbying on behalf of Russian or Chinese business interests
- Governor Sarah Sanders signed multiple bills into law on Thursday
- The Division of Arkansas Heritage awarded nearly $80,000 in grants to 17 community-based small museums and public art projects
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