Here's the latest local and regional news from the Little Rock Public Radio Newsroom for Friday, March 14, 2025.
- Online applicants for Arkansas school vouchers were asked if they were seeking 'a different racial mix of students' before the option was pulled from a multiple choice response
- A report on a human resources investigation into Arkansas Supreme Court Chief Justice Karen Baker says she violated anti-harassment rules
- Motions by former State Rep. Jason Rapert to further regulate libraries failed for a fifth time
- Arkansas lawmakers are considering a bill to give people convicted of certain non-violent felonies a path to restoring their right to own firearms
- A bill to prohibit antisemitism in Arkansas schools is advancing through state legislature
- A bill to allow Arkansans to purchase Ivermectin over-the-counter has advanced through a legislative committee
- State Dept. of Education Secretary Jacob Oliva spoke in favor of a bill pausing school letter grades through the 2025 school year
- Lawmakers have advanced bills to regulate social media companies' interactions with minors
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