Here's the latest local and regional news from the KUAR Newsroom for Wednesday, May 17, 2023.
On today's agenda:
-Arkansas’ governor visits American Red Cross personnel continuing the cleanup from last March’s tornado
-Little Rock City Directors consider dedicating more federal funding for disaster relief
-The state’s budget director steps down
-A group seeking to overturn the Arkansas LEARNS Act tries for a third time to get a ballot title approved by the attorney general
-A new $1 million grant from the National Science Foundation goes toward boosting health outcomes, access to fresh food in the state’s Delta region
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