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 ten 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 Communications Contest for 2024, in the radio category. She is also the recipient of The National Press Foundations 2024 Elections Journalism Fellowship. She is also a board member for the Arkansas Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists.
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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A judge threw out a proposal that would have majorly cut funding for the library. -
The brawl represents escalating tensions in the party which recently lost their meeting space. -
Having been given a 30-day cure period, the group backing the amendment brought 38,000 more signatures to the secretary of state's office Friday. -
One wing of the party is suing another amid disagreements over rule implementation and ideology. -
A group attempting to mandate hand-counting in Arkansas elections is suing to put their initiative on local ballots. -
Ballot draws are the process by which counties decide where names go on the ballot. -
A rule change approved by Arkansas lawmakers Friday bans gender-neutral driver's licenses, while another bans electronic signatures on voter registration forms. -
Board members met Thursday amid ongoing tension with Superintendent Jermall Wright, who hinted he may stay in the job. -
An Arkansas court blocked an effort to let voters decide on whether the state should legalize abortion - meaning the state's ban remains in place.
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In a 4-3 decision, the court ruled that an abortion rights group failed to satisfy statutory requirements.
