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
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