Here's the latest local and regional news from the Little Rock Public Radio Newsroom for Friday, June 27, 2025.
- An investigation is underway in the case of a man who died in a West Arkansas jail
- A new grant opportunity provides funding to groups establishing or expanding community gardens
- Members of Arkansas Community Organizations and other advocacy groups are in Washington D.C. to protest cuts proposed in the reconciliation bill proposed by Congressional Republicans
- UAMS Northwest is establishing a school for professional nurse midwives set to open in Fall 2026
- Arkansas will spend $50,000 to gauge the amount of water available at the site of a proposed 3,000 bed prison in Franklin County
- Arkansas will receive $44.5 million from a nationwide settlement with Purdue Pharma and the Sackler family
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