BENTON, Ark. (May 2, 2016) -- A record amount of prescription medications were collected at the Benton Police Department booths during Operation Medicine Cabinet XII on Saturday, April 30. The event was part of the 12th Statewide Drug Take Back day, which is now a nationwide on-going DEA prescription medicine take back initiative. Of the 1,755 pounds of prescription medications collected in Saline County during the event, 1,245 was collected at the two Benton locations - Ferguson’s Furniture and...
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A physician who temporarily headed the Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System for more than a year was named Friday as its first permanent director since 2014 in a move one congressman called "a first step" toward the health system regaining the public's trust. Dr. Margie Scott, 60, will assume the position Monday, system spokesman Debby Meece said. Scott was named interim director when the previous permanent director, Michael Winn, retired Oct. 3, 2014. She served in that job until Aug. 29...
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Dow Brantley, chairman of USA Rice and the Arkansas Rice Federation, used the editorial pages of an influential Capitol Hill newspaper Tuesday to call for an end to Cold War-era restrictions on trade with Cuba. The Hill published Brantley's guest editorial in which he praised Gov. Asa Hutchinson, U.S. Sen. John Boozman and U.S Rep. Rick Crawford for supporting "expanded trade opportunities for businesses and industries like [his]." "However, we need additional champions in Congress to continue t...
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The House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved a bill this week that would allow wider distribution of research reports about exchange-traded funds...
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A new congressional bill, dubbed the Preserving Access to CRE Capital Act of 2016, would ease the heavy CMBS risk retention regulations set to take effect in December 2016 under Dodd-Frank...
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New York’s real estate industry is keeping a close eye on Capitol Hill – and not just because the U.S. Senate is debating the future of the EB-5 visa program. In March, the House financial services committee quietly passed a bill that could have a big impact on commercial real estate lending...
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I was glad to read that Congressman French Hill was part of planting a tree for Sen. J. William Fulbright's contribution to world peace through the Fulbright International Exchange Program. Education is a powerful tool and can change individual lives and even the future of a whole country. While the United States is spending billions on the military, only a tiny amount is allocated for education here and abroad. War has not only involved the annihilation of human life, but also environmental des...
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BENTON (KATV) — U.S. Senator John Boozman (R) and U.S. Rep. French Hill (R) are set to join the Benton Police Department for "Operation Medicine Cabinet XII," a DEA prescription pill take back initiative...
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WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate handed lopsided victories last week to its first major energy bill in nearly a decade and a Federal Aviation Administration measure to enhance safety, promote drone technology and offer additional consumer protections to the flying public...
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Arkansas has 101 elected Republican legislators, constitutional officers and members of Congress, and 100 of them have declined, thus far, to publicly support businessman Donald Trump in his bid for the presidency...
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