On today's show, a tribute to the women of the Arkansas Legislature, and the pioneers who made their service possible. Plus the VA is combatting loneliness, free books for young readers, and much more.

Friday's news wrap features reporting on the final day of testimony in the trial challenging Arkansas' ban on gender-confirming care for transgender youth. The third case of avian influenza is confirmed in a backyard hobby flock. State officials and EducationSuperHighway are developing programs to address broadband affordability.

Twitter quietly released that they would no longer be enforcing their COVID-19 misinformation guidelines on the platform. This has left many public health officials, include Dr. Joe Thompson from Arkansas Center for Health Improvement, to advise people to stop trusting medial information published on Twitter.

The 10th annual KUAF Season-of-Giving Fundraiser begins Monday. General Manager Leigh Wood explains why the annual event started and why it is important as 2022 ends.

The Compassionate Contact Corps, a new "social prescription" program deployed by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, matches Veterans experiencing loneliness or social isolation with volunteers trained to ease such conditions. We attend a national media roundtable hosted by USDVA to learn more.

After 86 years of statehood, women were finally allowed to serve in the state legislature in Arkansas. 100 years later, authors Lindsley and Stephen Smith celebrate the nearly 150 women who have led their constituents.

The Springdale Rotary Club is hosting the first Santa Claus Used Book Fare at the Jones Center tomorrow. There will be more than 6,000 used books for ages 0-12 and people can select two per child, for free.

Becca Martin Brown, the features editor with the Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, can't list every holiday-related event taking place in the next few days. She tries, though.

On today's show, Hillary Clinton, former first lady Arkansas and secretary of state, spoke at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art. Paul Gating, editor of the Northwest Arkansas Business Journal, interviews Charles Robinson, the newly appointed chancellor of the University of Arkansas. Plus, a fundraising dance competition, tunes for the weekend and more.

Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art continued its programing connected to the "We the People: The Radical Notion of Democracy" exhibit last night with a conversation between Hillary Clinton and Angie Maxwell.