Here's the latest local and regional news from the Little Rock Public Radio Newsroom for Thursday, September 4, 2025.
- Funeral Services for late Arkansas State Sen. Gary Stubblefield have been set
- Arkansas lawmakers say as many as 10,000 students could be held back a grade because of new literacy requirements
- An Arkansas judge is deliberating the constitutionality of a 2023 law that increased the number of required counties from which ballot petitioners must collect signatures from 15 to 50
- The Arkansas Department of Corrections will enter into a settlement for not providing accessible facilities for inmates
- Pop-up space for queer women, Hairpins, is holding a sexual education collaboration "Pillow Talk" Thursday evening in Little Rock
- The state of Arkansas is reporting an influx of cash from higher-than-average tax collections
- The Little Rock Zoo celebrated 'International Vulture Awareness Day' on Wednesday
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