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Afternoon Newscast for Friday, March 28, 2025

Here's the latest local and regional news from the Little Rock Public Radio Newsroom for Friday, March 28, 2025.

- Grants to support Farm to School programs cut in response to executive order from Trump Administration.

- Arkansas' Department of Health and Human Services submits request federal government to add a work requirement to the state’s Medicaid expansion program.

- State unemployment rate continues to hold steady at 3.6%.

- The National Weather Service says severe weather will be possible over most of the state on Sunday.

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.

Maggie Ryan is the Contributing Editor at Little Rock Public Radio.
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