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Daily Newscast for Thursday, November 20, 2025

Here's the latest local and regional news from the Little Rock Public Radio Newsroom for Thursday, November 20, 2025.

- A federal judge has blocked the state from enforcing several ballot canvassing laws

- Police are searching for inmate Wayne Schutz, who they say escaped while on a work release assignment

- The North Little Rock Public Library System board has voted unanimously to cease operations of the Innovation Hub at the year's end

- Two Central Arkansas cities voted in local elections on Tuesday

- State Attorney General Tim Griffin announced the arrest of a Northeast Arkansas woman on a felony Medicaid fraud charge

- On Tuesday, LRSD officials previewed the new Pinnacle View High School scheduled to open in Fall 2027

- UAMS says it is expanding its Proactive Postpartum Call Center service for new mothers

- The Little Rock City Board has voted to fund repairs to a damaged bridge protection structure damaged in 2021

Listen to live newscasts from Little Rock Public Radio each weekday during NPR's Morning Edition from 6 to 9 a.m., during All Things Considered from 4 to 6 p.m., and online at littlerockpublicradio.org.

Nathan Treece is a reporter and local host of NPR's Morning Edition for Little Rock Public Radio.