Here's the latest local and regional news from the Little Rock Public Radio Newsroom for Friday, August 21, 2026.
- The City of Fayetteville is strengthening its regulations on data centers, voting unanimously on Tuesday to approve changes to an ordinance it adopted in June
- A proposal to enshrine direct democracy into the Arkansas Constitution will not appear on the November ballot
- Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders on Wednesday tapped Cory Cox to serve on the state Supreme Court until Associate Justice Barbara Webb returns from medical leave
- A Republican state senator is urging the state to sell an 815-acre parcel of land bought for a now-canceled prison project
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