Here's the latest local and regional news from the Little Rock Public Radio Newsroom for Thursday, April 3, 2025.
- An early assessment from the Arkansas Division of Emergency Management says 22 counties have reported damage from Thursday storms; four people injured
- A proposal to enact harsher penalties on undocumented people convicted of crimes has passed a vote in the Arkansas Senate
- Lawmakers advanced two bills targeting Arkansas' high rate of recidivism
- An effort to ban foreign funding of state ballot measures in Arkansas has advanced in the state legislature
- Miller County Judge Cathy Hardin Harrison has announced she is running for the Republican nomination for Secretary of State
- The city of Little Rock will continue a contract with surveillance tool company Shotspotter
- All public schools would be required to display a copy of the Ten Commandments under a bill progressing through the state Legislature
- The Arkansas Senate has voted down a bill to fund a new prison in Charleston for the second day in a row
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