Here's the latest local and regional news from the Little Rock Public Radio Newsroom for Friday, January 9, 2026.
- Sen. Tom Cotton is proposing a bill to allow data centers to produce their own electricity
- Arkansas DHS has pulled proposed changes to how Medicaid eligibility is determined following pushback from lawmakers
- Employees at the Starbucks at Cantrell & Riverfront have voted 15 to 5 to unionize
- State prison officials have named an inmate who was killed late last month as Kip Tate
- A new report from the University of Minnesota on rural obstetric services found just 35% of rural Arkansas counties have adequate care
- The Little Rock Zoo has temporarily closed its tropical bird house following an uptick in state avian flu cases
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