Here's the latest local and regional news from the Little Rock Public Radio Newsroom for Thursday, April 9, 2026.
- In her annual address to the state legislature on Wednesday, Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders presented her budget priorities
- Gov. Sanders’ Democratic opponent in the November election gave a response to her State of the State address on Wednesday
- A Northeast Arkansas police chief is under fire after being seen slapping a man in a wheelchair in a video making the rounds on social media
- Arkansas’ civilian labor force reached an all-time high earlier this year
- City officials have given the green light to proceed with construction at the site of the former Little Rock Police headquarters downtown
- The U-S Army Corps of Engineers says a proposed data center in Little Rock will likely draw more than 100 megawatts of power
- A central Arkansas judge says there’s no reason for her to intervene in a case about the leadership of a small east Arkansas airport
- A candidate for Arkansas Secretary of State says he won’t accept the results of a ballot recount in Saline County
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