Here's the latest local and regional news from the Little Rock Public Radio Newsroom for Thursday, July 30, 2026.
- On Tuesday, the Pulaski County Quorum Court declined to pass an emergency ordinance that would impose a one-year moratorium on the development of future data centers
- Many third-grade students in the Pulaski County Special School District who failed to read at grade level will still graduate to fourth grade, despite a new state law requiring they be held back
- The man responsible for damaging a Little Rock pedestrian bridge earlier this month has turned himself in to the police
- Little Rock-based cannabis company Good Day Farms has filed a motion to dismiss a lawsuit brought by a customer
- Amazon has overtaken Walmart for the top spot on Fortune’s Global 500 list
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