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Daily Newscast for Wednesday, June 17, 2026

Here's the latest local and regional news from the Little Rock Public Radio
Newsroom for Wednesday, June 17, 2026.

- State lawmakers have endorsed new changes to Arkansas’ school voucher program, including restrictions on athletics expenditures and year-to-year carryover

- The American Civil Liberties Union of Arkansas is urging the state to walk back newly proposed rules regarding library funding

- A lawsuit against central Arkansas marijuana company, Good Day Farms, has been moved to federal court

- The largest teacher’s union in the US is helping to fund an Arkansas grassroots amendment initiative to enshrine the direct democracy process in the state Constitution

- The Bill and Hillary Clinton Airport’s new executive director, Suzanne Peyton, spoke about the current state of the airport at a meeting of the Rotary Club of Little Rock on Tuesday

- A new grant aims to help train a new generation of clinician-scientists in Arkansas

Listen to live newscasts from Little Rock Public Radio each weekday during NPR's Morning Edition from 6 to 9 a.m., during All Things Considered from 4 to 6 p.m., and online at littlerockpublicradio.org.

Nathan Treece is a reporter and local host of NPR's Morning Edition for Little Rock Public Radio.