Here's the latest local and regional news from the Little Rock Public Radio Newsroom for Thursday, October 23, 2025.
- A circuit court judge in Pulaski County threw out a special election date set by Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders for Arkansas Senate District 26
- Central Arkansas House District 70 is fighting to change an election date, saying the upcoming election is too far away
- State officials say childcare centers have about five more weeks before running out of funds, due to the ongoing federal government shutdown
- Walmart says it has halted hirings of immigrant workers holding H-1B visas
- A challenge to the approval of a new mental health center in southwest Little Rock failed
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