Here's the latest local and regional news from the Little Rock Public Radio Newsroom for Wednesday, August 6, 2025.
- A group of Arkansas death row inmates has filed a lawsuit to block a new law allowing executions using nitrogen gas
- A federal judge has temporarily blocked an Arkansas law making changes to the organ donation process
- Arkansas' law requiring Ten Commandments displays in all state-run buildings is on hold following a temporary block by a federal judge
- A newly-remodeled high school has opened in the Pulaski County School District
- Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin has joined a coalition of 50 state attorneys general against illegal offshore gambling
- Arkansas is testing a new plan to reduce recidivism, addressing issues such as lack of housing or employment and substance abuse
- Renewable energy firm Invenergy held a public meeting in Lonoke County highlighting a proposed 6,000-acre solar energy project
- Former head of the Young Democrats of Arkansas Allison Grigsby Sweatman announced she is seeking the Democratic nomination for Arkansas Senate District 13
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