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Daily Newscast for Thursday, October 15, 2026

Here's the latest local and regional news from the Little Rock Public Radio Newsroom for Thursday, October 15, 2026.

- The Little Rock School Board is set to make a decision this Thursday about upcoming school closures

- A planned debate between two Arkansas U.S. Senate candidates has been canceled

- Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin filed a lawsuit against OpenAI on Wednesday, along with similar suits by eight other attorneys general

- A proposed moratorium on data centers will come before the Little Rock Board of Directors next week

- Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders faced her two opponents in her re-election bid in their first public debate on Tuesday

Listen to live newscasts from Little Rock Public Radio each weekday during NPR's 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.