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With an emphasis on Black teachers, the 7-school charter network is pushing to rejuvenate Arkansas’ once highly-educated Black metropolis.
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Eric E. Harrison joins LRPR's All Things Considered to share upcoming arts and culture events on today's Weekend Entertainment Roundup.
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Sanders signed an executive order to speak out against President Joe Biden's recent Title IX expansions.
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There are crypto mines in DeWitt and in the Bono community near Greenbrier, and an out-of-state entity has attempted to start a crypto mine near Harrison.
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Arkansas’ attorney general is heading up a legal challenge to the Biden Administration’s attempt to close what’s known as the “gun show loophole.”
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U.S. District Judge Lee Rudofsky grilled attorneys for both the state and plaintiffs in a hearing challenging a law dictating how race is discussed in school.
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The panel was made up of Education Secretary Jacob Oliva, Superintendent of Jacksonville-North Pulaski School District Jeremy Owoh, and Director of Arkansas Virtual Academy Amy Johnson.
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Frank O'Mara is an Irish-born runner who ran for the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville and went on to win three Olympic medals. He was diagnosed with Parkinson's in 2010.
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A new lawsuit is challenging the State of Arkansas’ policy shift away from gender-neutral driver’s licenses.
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Lawmakers will consider an emergency rule that permits electronic signatures on voter registration applications only when they’re completed at certain state agencies.
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Arkansas’ 2024 fiscal session is now expected to end May 2 or possibly the following week, House Speaker Matthew Shepherd said Thursday.
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Hear Little Rock Public Radio's Daily Newscast for Tuesday, May 7, 2024.
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We're going on a Go-Show! Join us as we follow poet, musician and multi-media artist Gregory Brownderville into his digital piece, Fire Bones.
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