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Daily Newscast for Wednesday, September 2, 2026

Here's the latest local and regional news from the Little Rock Public Radio Newsroom for Wednesday, September 2, 2026.

- Arkansas State Police are investigating the death of a man while he was in the Conway Police Department’s custody

- Arkansas lawmakers heard testimony on Tuesday about efforts to reduce the state’s error rate for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)

- Former Hardy Police Chief Scott Rose has been sentenced to jail time on sexual assault charges

- Tech giant Google is paying an Arkansas electric utility more than half a billion dollars for a new solar plant to help power a massive data center

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.