The Department of Veteran's Affairs Inspector General has found the VA wasted millions on solar panel installations that don't work. Evidently, the Veteran's Administration (VA), does not have enough money to hire new doctors or take other actions to reduce wait times and improve treatment for our nation's military veterans, but it does have money to spend installing solar panels at its facilities, according by the VA's Inspector General (IG) detailed by the Washington Free Beacon. While the VA...
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Congressman French Hill (AR-2) has joined Mayor Mark Stodola to celebrate the official announcement of the a $6.185 million TIGER grant awarded by the US Department of Transportation to the Little Rock Port Authority. The funds will be used to support the Little Rock Port Authority Growth Initiative to construct improvements to the existing slackwater harbor area, including a new dock with direct dock-to-rail capability; and add new rail storage. “We are celebrating today because getting a TIGER...
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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (August 15, 2016) – Congressman French Hill (AR-2) joined Mayor Mark Stodola to celebrate the official announcement of the a $6.185M TIGER grant awarded by the US Department of Transportation to the Little Rock Port Authority. The funds will be used to support the Little Rock Port Authority Growth Initiative to construct improvements to the existing slackwater harbor area, including a new dock with direct dock-to-rail capability; and add new rail storage. “We are celebrating to...
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U.S. Rep. French Hill on Monday held what he called a "Community Empowerment Initiative Roundtable" to talk with Arkansas officials about ways to reduce poverty in the state. The Little Rock meeting was the sixth such roundtable he has held since taking office in January 2015. Its theme was "career and technical education and skilled workforce." The three-hour event included about a dozen business, government and education officials. Click here to read entire story.
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Little Rock Port Authority Executive Director Bryan Day sees "limitless potential" for attracting new business to the port once upgrades are made to its slackwater harbor. Day made the comments after an event Monday detailing a $6.2 million U.S. Department of Transportation grant to help fund the harbor upgrades. Port officials, as part of their application for the funding announced Thursday, estimated that as many as a "dozen new customers were lost because existing facilities were inadequate."...
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LITTLE ROCK (KATV) — The Little Rock Port Authority has been given more than $6 million as part of a Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) grant. The TIGER grant will be used for the Little Rock Port Authority Growth Initiative for improvements, including a new dock and a new rail storage. Congressman French Hill (AR-2) and Little Rock Mayor Mark Stodola were out Monday as part of the announcement that they say will help keep the port competitive for years to come and me...
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U.S. Rep. French Hill, R-Ark., joined the Little Rock Port Authority on Monday to mark a $6.2 million federal grant to make improvements to Slackwater Harbor, including a new dock with direct dock-to-rail capability and new rail storage. The project will cost $10 million and be completed in about two years, around the time of the port's 60th anniversary, Port Authority Executive Director Bryan Day told Arkansas Business. "What [the grant] essentially does is allow us to build another dock on Sla...
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The Port of Little Rock will be undergoing a $6.1 million expansion enabling it to more easily move freight between river barges and trains. The project will be funded by a grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation, which Little Rock Mayor Mark Stodola says will greatly expand the port's economic impact. "It's going to provide a new infrastructure for an additional dock with rail access, and it will give us some great opportunities for greater movement of commodities. It takes it off the ...
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U.S. Rep. Bruce Westerman last week promoted a series of proposals put forth by House Republicans. The six-point plan calls for fighting poverty, improving the economy, changing tax law, overhauling health care, strengthening national security and tackling what Republicans portray as government overreach. Click here to read the entire story.
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There were more than 35 startup banks in Arkansas from 1995 to 2008, but no one has the desire to start a new bank now, the commissioner of the Arkansas Bank Department said Thursday. "I don't know that there has been that much interest from investors" about starting a new bank, said Candace Franks, commissioner of the department. There has been an increase in regulatory requirements for more bank capital that would deter investors from putting up money for a bank, Franks said at a meeting of th...
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