Here's the latest local and regional news from the Little Rock Public Radio Newsroom for Thursday, April 17, 2025.
- The Arkansas senate closed its business for the 2025 legislative session on Wednesday
- Arkansas lawmakers approved a bill restricting the bathroom usage of transgender people on Wednesday
- Lawmakers rejected a bill that would have allowed the state legislature to change citizen-led initiatives if it has a vote of at least two-thirds majority
- Lawmakers rejected a bill that would require more documentation for minors who work in the state
- Arkansas' Board of Corrections has chosen Cromwell Architects Engineers and HDR Inc. to build a new prison in Franklin County, despite having no clear way to fund the project
- State lawmakers sent a bill to repeal Arkansas' grocery tac to the governor for a signature
- Activists held a rally in Little Rock on Wednesday to speak against extensions of tax cuts enacted by the first Trump administration in 2017
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