Here's the latest local and regional news from the Little Rock Public Radio Newsroom for Tuesday, August 18, 2026.
- A controversial plan to build a new 3,000-bed state prison in Franklin County has officially been canceled
- Arkansas Department of Human Services officials say they are exploring multiple options to keep the state’s Medicaid expansion program online
- The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission has received a $2.1 million grant from the U-S-D-A’s Natural Resources Conservation Service
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