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Daily Newscast for Friday, May 2, 2025

Here's the latest local and regional news from the Little Rock Public Radio Newsroom for Friday, May 2, 2025.

- Little Rock School officials are asking for donations to help pay off school lunch debt

- About 270 AmeriCorps workers in Arkansas are now out of a job due to cuts from the Trump administration

- The Arkansas Humanities Council has lost $2.4 million following federal funding cuts

- The Arkansas Department of Human Services and Health Department hosted a 'Month of May' National Women's Health Month event at the state capitol on Thursday

- Norwegian food packaging company Elopak has opened its first US manufacturing plant at the Port of Little Rock

- A Minnesota man has found a 3.81-carat diamond at Arkansas' Crater of Diamonds State Park

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.

Nathan Treece is a reporter and local host of NPR's Morning Edition for Little Rock Public Radio.