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Parents, community leaders, business professionals, and all of us need to play a key role in making sure the next generation of Arkansans can lead full and meaningful lives. While it is easy to find the enthusiasm to provide sound guidance, love, and support for our own children, there are too many others who are left without the kind of parental relationship that children require. There… Read more »

The Arkansas Guardsmen will be responsible for providing a variety of services to the Army's deployed Black Hawk Helicopters. Arkansas' Governor, Asa Hutchinson, Congressman French Hill, and the Adjutant General of the Arkansas National Guard, Maj. Gen. Mark H. Berry, were all in attendance at the deployment ceremony. Interview: Staff Sgt. James Hall - Black Hawk Crew Chief, 77th Combat… Read more »

U.S. Rep. French Hill last week reintroduced legislation that would help historically black colleges and universities to assist inmates as they near the end of their terms. The Shift Back to Society Act calls for $5 million per year to be used on a pilot program. The money would come from existing Department of Justice appropriations. Hill originally introduced the bill in July and is… Read more »

It's clear evidence of local widespread shock and disgust at the actions of President Trump in his first 10 days in office that in less than 24 hours, and just a day after people rallied at the state Capitol in support of reproductive rights, nearly a thousand people showed up again Sunday for a spur-of-the moment protest of his immigration ban. Trump's executive order banning entry into… Read more »

More than 100 people protested Wednesday outside the Springdale office of U.S. Sen. Tom Cotton, objecting to Republican policies and their lack of access to the state's junior senator. Members of Ozark Indivisible say they had visited the offices of the D.C. representatives from their area, and Cotton's representatives were the only ones who refused to hear their concerns. "We have gone… Read more »

THE ISSUE: President Trump’s suspension of travel for immigrants from several Middle Eastern nations. LOCAL IMPACT: The University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff, Southeast Arkansas College and the Jefferson Regional Medical Center, which admit foreign students and employ a number of foreign employees, respectively, are monitoring the situation to see what, if any effect it will have… Read more »

A group of 10 students banded together during a peaceful, symbolic demonstration Tuesday at Congressman French Hill’s headquarters in Conway to voice their disapproval of President Donald Trump’s executive actions Jan. 24 to advance the Keystone XL Pipeline. The group spoke out against Hill’s approval of the continuance of the project, despite the damage caused by the… Read more »

President Donald Trump fired acting Attorney General Sally Yates on Monday night, hours after Yates ordered Justice Department lawyers not to defend his immigration order temporarily banning entry into the United States for citizens of seven Muslim-majority countries and refugees from around the world. In a news release, the White House said Yates had "betrayed the Department of Justice… Read more »

President Donald Trump is looking at an Arkansas congressman for money-related posts, according to recent press accounts. U.S. Rep. French Hill, a Republican from Little Rock, is being considered for a spot on the board of governors of the Federal Reserve System, Bloomberg and Reuters reported this month. Two other media outlets, Dow Jones and American Banker, say Hill is one of the… Read more »

Sheridan High School senior Sean Fitzgerald recently accepted an appointment to the U.S. Naval Academy. He is the son of Dennis and Lee Anne Fitzgerald. “With an acceptance rate comparable to those of Ivy League schools like Yale and Princeton — the U.S. Naval Academy is ranked one of the most challenging institutions of higher learning to get into,” a spokesman said… Read more »