Here's the latest local and regional news from the Little Rock Public Radio Newsroom for Friday, May 23, 2025.
- Two Arkansas counties, Pulaski and Izard, will undergo election integrity reviews
- Arkansas Researchers say potential $4.7-billion budget cuts to the National Science Foundation could be disastrous to colleges and universities
- A trial is underway on the 2020 removal of a Confederate statue at a Little Rock park
- State officials have dedicated new funding to investigate PFAS pollution in water
- Researchers at the University of Arkansas have received new funding for a statewide behavioral health crisis hub
- Members of the Carroll County Quorum Court passed a moratorium on wind and solar energy facilities for five years, while an exemption was granted to an existing wind project near Green Forest
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