Here's the latest local and regional news from the Little Rock Public Radio Newsroom for Wednesday, April 15, 2026.
- State lawmakers have okayed settling two sexual harassment suits against the Arkansas Department of Corrections
- Arkansas lawmakers have advanced several appropriations bills in the ongoing fiscal legislative session
- A bill to fund pilot cellphone-blocking technology for two Arkansas prisons cleared an initial hurdle Tuesday
- The Arkansas Supreme Court will hear arguments next month in two cases regarding special elections
- Members of a Congressional committee are calling for an investigation into Little Rock’s public housing authority
- A new report finds fewer than one in four Arkansans have access to paid family leave through their employer
- A University of Arkansas professor is filing a federal civil rights lawsuit against the school after being recommended for termination
- Members of the Arkansas Board of Corrections have given the go-ahead for a new member to work for the Secretary of State’s office at the same time
- A federal judge has dismissed a complaint from a former east Arkansas mayor who said his civil rights were violated after being removed from office
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