Here's the latest local and regional news from the Little Rock Public Radio Newsroom for Thursday, November 12, 2026.
- With about seven months left for the program, Arkansas DHS' executive director told lawmakers Tuesday that finding insurance coverage for the state’s roughly 209-thousand Medicaid expansion recipients will take anywhere between one and two years
- Former congressional candidate Chris Jones will have a new position in Pulaski County’s government
- The Crawford County Library Board on Tuesday considered challenges to two children’s books on the shelves of the Van Buren Public Library
- The Pulaski County Special School District will soon install audio recording devices in their locker rooms
- U.S. District Judge Lee Rudofsky on Tuesday denied a request from Pulaski County for additional time to respond to AVAIO Digital Partners in an ongoing lawsuit
- President Donald Trump has rescinded U.S. District Judge Lee Rudofsky’s nomination to a federal circuit court
- Candidate for Sherwood mayor, Mike Willingham, is requesting a recount
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