Josie Lenora
Politics/Government ReporterJosie Lenora is the Politics/Government Reporter for Little Rock Public Radio. She covers anything involving city government, the legislature, or the governor's office. She is the occasional fill-in host for Morning Edition or All Things Considered.
She has eight first-place awards from the Arkansas Society of Professional Journalists. Her report on the Arkansas Department of Education's AP African American Studies ban won first place at the National Federation of Press Women contest for 2024. She is also the recipient of The National Press Foundations 2024 Elections Journalism Fellowship.
Her reporting has been featured on NPR's All Things Considered and Morning Edition. This includes the Lawsuit over "Critical Race Theory" in Schools, Arkansas drag bans and the State Monument to the Unborn. She has done freelance audio work for Gimlet's podcast "Crime Show" and Dateline NBC's "Murder in Apartment 12." She is an occasional guest on the Arkansas-PBS weekly news show "Arkansas Week."
Josie has a B.A. degree in English/creative writing from Hendrix College in Conway. When she is not at work, Josie renovates the insides of old dollhouses, works on her annual book quota and listens to as many podcasts as she can fit in a day.
She also loves hearing from listeners. Email: josie@littlerockpublicradio.org
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Arkansans For Limited Government only collected 87,675 signatures, but they may still be allowed a cure period to collect more. -
The suit, brought by Arkansas and several other state attorneys general, aims to block recent expansions of Title IX by the Biden Administration. -
In an expedited lawsuit, the state Supreme Court ordered the Secretary of State to resume counting signatures for a proposed amendment to legalize abortion in Arkansas. -
A local nonprofit is embroiled in a lawsuit with the commission, after the board halted a voter registration project the group was touting. -
The Arkansas secretary of state is facing a suit from Arkansans For Limited Government after he decided to throw out signatures supporting an amendment to the state's abortion laws. -
Josie Lenora from Little Rock Public Radio joins Ozarks at Large's Matthew Moore to get us up to speed on the status of the Arkansas Abortion Amendment. -
Following a FOIA request, the Arkansas Times obtained documents submitted by Arkansans for Limited Government and found evidence the group may have turned in the necessary paperwork. -
The Harmony Grove School District previously rejected an autistic student asking to attend the school. -
The suit claims the Arkansas LEARNS act violated the state constitution while defenders say it doesn't. -
The more than 101,000 signatures the group collected were thrown out on a technicality by the Arkansas Secretary of State.
