Here's the latest local and regional news from the Little Rock Public Radio Newsroom for Monday, August 17, 2026.
- Rice farmers in Arkansas are facing high input costs, low market prices and large rice stocks, contributing to the state’s lowest planted acreage in about 50 years
- Arkansas State Police celebrated the opening of its new training lodge during its August commission meeting
- Three state lawmakers gathered at the Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts Friday for a bipartisan discussion of increasing tax incentives for locally-produced films
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