Here's the latest local and regional news from the Little Rock Public Radio Newsroom for Wednesday, May 6, 2026.
- - The U-S Department of Housing and Urban Development has taken over Little Rock’s public housing authority and dismissed its board
- Eight National Guard members have been hospitalized following an accident at a west Arkansas base on Monday
- Bills reducing both the individual and corporate income tax rates are heading to Gov. Sanders’ desk, who plans to sign them on Wednesday
- An attorney says he may seek Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders’ deposition in an ongoing challenge to the state’s school voucher program
- The fundraising arm of Arkansas’ public television network says it’s guaranteeing funds to keep PBS programming on state airwaves
- The Arkansas Archeological Survey is hosting a public excavation in Central Arkansas at the end of the month
- State lawmakers have agreed to let a popular civics education program use State Capitol facilities
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