Here's the latest local and regional news from the Little Rock Public Radio Newsroom for Friday, April 11, 2025.
- The Arkansas Department of Health has identified two cases of measles in Arkansas, the first reported since 2018
- A bill to enact harsher punishments against undocumented migrants charged with crimes has advanced in the state legislature
- A state legislative panel has advanced a bill to fire the state library board and replace them with new appointees by Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders
- Arkansas Lawmakers advanced a bill to prohibit ranked choice voting in the state
- A bill that would have allowed the state legislature to amend or override constitutional amendments passed by voters has been rejected by the state Senate
- Members of an Arkansas legislative committee advanced a bill to prohibit foreign entities from contributing to ballot measure campaigns
- Attorney General Tim Griffin announced the arrest of a Conway County couple accused of a retail gift card scheme totaling an estimated $2 million dollars
- Arkansas lawmakers approved a bill naming the Labrador Retriever the official state dog
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