Here's the latest local and regional news from the Little Rock Public Radio Newsroom for Friday, May 29, 2026.
- A year-long moratorium on new data centers in Pulaski County has effectively been struck down
- Arkansas education officials are seeking federal approval to loosen certain requirements
- A federal discrimination lawsuit filed in federal court against a whites-only community in northeast Arkansas has been assigned to a judge, though no date has been set
- AGFC's wildlife biologist says the agency continues to track new cases of Chronic Wasting Disease in deer and elk across the region
- Members of the board overseeing Arkansas’ prison system have rejected a recusal effort for one of its members with ties to the attorney general's office
- Springdale-based Tyson Foods has named a new chief executive officer
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