Here's the latest local and regional news from the Little Rock Public Radio Newsroom for Friday, April 17, 2026.
- A central Arkansas city is now without an emergency department
- The Arkansas Supreme Court has denied death row inmate Zachary Holly’s effort to overturn his conviction.
- The former chief public defender of a central Arkansas county has been arrested on felony drug charges
- The Arkansas House of Representatives advanced a resolution to increase the homestead property tax credit
- Several non-appropriation bills failed to be introduced in the Arkansas Legislature’s ongoing fiscal session on Wednesday
- Young people from across Arkansas met with state lawmakers on Thursday to lobby for Asset-Limited, Income-Constrained and Employed, or ALICE, Arkansans
- An Arkansas Congressman has introduced a bill to increase federal funding opportunities for historically Black colleges and universities
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