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LITTLE ROCK — Former state Sen. Stanley Russ of Conway died Thursday at the age of 86, about three weeks after being diagnosed with leukemia. State Sen. Jason Rapert, R-Conway, said Thursday night in a post on Twitter, “Our community grieves this evening over the loss of Sen. Stanley Russ — one of the best men I ever knew. He was a man God only made one… Read more »

LITTLE ROCK - Former state Sen. Stanley Russ of Conway died Thursday at the age of 86, about three weeks after being diagnosed with leukemia. State Sen. Jason Rapert, R-Conway, said Thursday night in a post on Twitter, "Our community grieves this evening over the loss of Sen. Stanley Russ - one of the best men I ever knew. He was a man God only made one time." U.S. Rep. French Hill,… Read more »

The new leadership of House Financial Services subcommittees, announced Friday by Chairman U.S. Rep. Jeb Hensarling (R-Texas), includes several legislators supporting reforms that benefit the credit and collection industry as well as former speakers at ACA International’s Washington Insights Conference. Hensarling is serving a third term as chairman of the House Financial Services… Read more »

Officials are mourning the loss of a former Arkansas legislator, Sen. Stanley Russ. Republican Rep. French Hill said in a statement that he and his wife, Martha, were saddened to learn about the lawmaker’s passing. For two decades, Russ was a “friend and sound advisor,” Hill said. “Our state and the Faulkner County community will miss Stanley's smile, enthusiasm… Read more »

Two days after swearing to defend and uphold the U.S. Constitution, lawmakers Thursday morning read nearly the entire document aloud on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives. It took roughly 67 minutes to get from the opening words -- "We the People" -- to the final words of the 27th Amendment, which limits the ability of Congress to raise its own pay. The public reading of the… Read more »

The House Financial Services Committee will see a shuffling of deck chairs among the leadership of its subcommittees in the new Congress as it also welcomes 10 new Republican members. The shake-up on the GOP side is largely due to eight committee members from the previous Congress either retiring or losing elections, including Rep. Randy Neugebauer, R-Texas, who led the financial… Read more »

Officials are mourning the loss of a former Arkansas legislator, Sen. Stanley Russ. Republican Rep. French Hill said in a statement that he and his wife, Martha, were saddened to learn about the lawmaker’s passing. For two decades, Russ was a “friend and sound advisor,” Hill said. To read more, click here.  Read more »

ouse Republicans reversed course Tuesday on a controversial rules change that would have replaced the independent Office of Congressional Ethics with a new office under the oversight of the House Ethics Committee. The rules change had been passed in a closed-door meeting of the House Republican Conference Monday. According to press reports, the vote was 119-74 for the amendment by Rep.… Read more »

With family members looking on, five newly re-elected members of the Arkansas delegation were sworn into office on Tuesday, the first day of the 115th United States Congress. The five Republicans each took an oath to "support and defend the Constitution of the United States" and promised to "well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter. So help me… Read more »

Three of the four U.S. House members from Arkansas say they opposed rule changes that would have constrained the activities of the Office of Congressional Ethics. They sided with House Speaker Paul Ryan and House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, who had urged their colleagues to steer clear of the matter. U.S. Rep. Steve Womack of Rogers and U.S. Rep. French Hill of Little Rock attended… Read more »