Here's the latest local and regional news from the Little Rock Public Radio Newsroom for Friday, February 6, 2026.

-The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences names a new chancellor

-A Fort Smith city official launches her mayoral campaign

-A Central Arkansas physician faces a second sexual assault allegation

-A former attorney for the state Board of Corrections says he's still owed back pay

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Here's the latest local and regional news from the Little Rock Public Radio Newsroom for Thursday, February 5, 2026.

- A former member of the North Little Rock First Assembly of God is suing the church and its lead pastor, accusing him of sexual abuse.

- Candidates in federal races submitted campaign finance reports last week

- Arkansas’ flu-related death toll has risen by eight over the past week-and-a-half

- A new exhibit highlights the history of public education for Black students in the Jim Crow South

- Arkansas State University is planning an expansion of its College of Nursing and Health Professions after receiving $9 million in federal funding for the project

- The University of Arkansas at Little Rock has received a $50,000 grant to boost paid student internships

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Here's the latest local and regional news from the Little Rock Public Radio Newsroom for Wednesday, February 4, 2026.

- In Tuesday's primary runoff election for Senate District 26, Brad Simon of Paris took the Republican nomination over Wade Dunn of Greenwood

- A group of four Arkansas parolees filed a suit in federal court Monday, alleging Arkansas’ parole system denies inmates of their right to an attorney

- Lawmakers reviewed the state’s 2026 Educational Adequacy study at a joint committee meeting Tuesday morning

- The Port of Little Rock is getting a $10 million infusion of federal funds to help fund infrastructure improvements

- Trustees of the Arkansas Teacher Retirement System voted Monday to terminate its relationship with New York-based Trian Fund Management

- On Tuesday, the US Senate confirmed David Clay Fowlkes to serve as a judge for the U-S District Court for Arkansas’ Western District

- Arkansas’ state revenue beat forecasters’ expectations last month

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Here's the latest local and regional news from the Little Rock Public Radio Newsroom for Tuesday, February 3, 2026.

- State education officials say they’re working to fill unused slots in the Arkansas Better Chance program, as around 2,000 families remain on the waitlist

- The head of UA Little Rock’s history department is stepping down over the university’s decision to cancel two lectures focusing on racism and the criminal justice system

- Residential customers of the Southwestern Electric Power Company in Arkansas will see their rates increase beginning this month.

- West Arkansas voters are heading to the polls today in a runoff primary election for state Senate District 26

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Here's the latest local and regional news from the Little Rock Public Radio Newsroom for Monday, February 2, 2026.

- FBI Director Kash Patel met with Arkansas officials for a 'law enforcement roundtable' over the weekend

- A ban on shipping books directly to incarcerated people in Arkansas was suspended before its planned implementation on Sunday

- Medical marijuana sales in Arkansas hit another record high in 2025

- A new study by the Milken Institute ranks Northwest Arkansas as the best-performing large metro area in the U.S.

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Here's the latest local and regional news from the Little Rock Public Radio Newsroom for Friday, January 30, 2026.

- A new legal challenge seeks to strike down Arkansas’ near-total ban on abortion

- Virginia-based Hanwha Defense USA says it’s investing $1.3 billion dollars in the Pine Bluff Arsenal facility

- The University of Arkansas at Little Rock is rolling out a new bachelor’s degree program in artificial intelligence, as well as in cybersecurity and early childhood education

- Alicia Corder was named director of the University of Arkansas System’s Criminal Justice Institute in a Wednesday meeting of trustees

- Trash collection remains impacted for many in Central Arkansas due to winter weather

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Here's the latest local and regional news from the Little Rock Public Radio Newsroom for Thursday, January 29, 2026.

- Both of Arkansas’ U.S. senators say they support an investigation into the recent killing of a Minneapolis ICU nurse by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents

- An advocacy group in Arkansas is raising awareness of two ballot initiatives they hope to bring before voters in the November midterm elections

- Northwest Arkansas' Onyx Coffee Lab is one of 20 semifinalists for the James Beard 2026 Restaurant and Chef Awards

- Sun and warmer temperatures throughout Thursday should continue to melt the lingering ice accumulation across Arkansas

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Here's the latest local and regional news from the Little Rock Public Radio Newsroom for Wednesday, January 28, 2026.

- The Arkansas National Guard has been reassigned to support the state department of health after initially being deployed to assist with winter weather recovery efforts

- The Arkansas Crisis Center is planning a new outreach effort focused on teens

- Arkansas’ unemployment rate rose in December, according to the latest report

- Temperatures are expected to climb above freezing in the morning hours on Wednesday, though icy conditions continue to blanket much of Arkansas

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Here's the latest local and regional news from the Little Rock Public Radio Newsroom for Tuesday, January 27, 2026.

- Travel remains hazardous Tuesday morning, as temperatures should once again get above freezing this afternoon

- Arkansas State Police say a 9-year-old was among the passengers in a car that was mistakenly rammed by a now-fired state trooper during a pursuit

- Little Rock Mayor Frank Scott, Jr. has set a goal of raising $30 million by 2030 to support and expand the city's parks system

- At Friday's Department of Corrections board meeting, members voted to appoint Jamie Barker to serve as board chair and voted to fire the board’s attorney

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