Today's headlines from KASU News for Monday, July 8, 2024, feature Arkansans for Limited Government submitting enough signatures for a ballot measure on abortion access, while a measure to hold private schools to higher standards fails. Craighead County leaders tour a jail as they consider a tax for its improvements. An explosion at a defense weapons plant in southern Arkansas results in one death. Other stories include a temporary road closure in Greene County, unusual rulings by the U.S. Supreme Court, and a new committee in the Missouri House investigating crimes by illegal immigrants.
00:30 Arkansans for Limited Government's Abortion Proposal
01:22 Challenges and Future Plans for Arkansas Educational Rights Amendment
02:54 County Jail Tour and Sales Tax Proposal
03:45 Highway 141 Closure and Bridge Deck Replacement
04:59 Supreme Court Overturns Landmark Decisions
06:04 Explosion at Defense Weapons Plant
06:40 Missouri House Committee on Immigrant Crimes