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Daily Newscast for Thursday, May 8, 2025

Here's the latest local and regional news from the Little Rock Public Radio Newsroom for Thursday, May 8, 2025.

- A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit trying to close the Republican Party of Arkansas' primaries, saying federal court was not the appropriate forum

- Wednesday, May 7, was the deadline for air travelers without a Real ID to avoid additional screening

- Officials at Mills University Studies High School in Pulaski County cut the ribbon for the Lexicon Academy for Advanced Manufacturing and Construction

- Standard Lithium and its partner Equinor are offering property owners a 2.5% royalty rate for permission to extract lithium from their brine wells

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.