Wells Fargo CEO grilled by House panel

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Wells Fargo CEO John Stumpf returned to Capitol Hill Thursday to testify about the bank's sales practices before the House Financial Services Committee on Thursday morning. Scroll down for updates compiled through the day. 2:11 p.m. Hearing wraps. 2:05 p.m. Bruce Poliquin (R-Maine) says "I'm looking at this pattern of you folks ripping off customers, paying a fine and doing the damn…

$5.9M grant to fix LR airport taxiway

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Bill and Hillary Clinton National Airport/Adams Field has been awarded a $5.9 million grant from the Federal Aviation Administration to rehabilitate a taxiway at the state's largest airport, members of Arkansas congressional delegation announced Thursday. Click here to read more. 

Washington news in brief

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U.S. Rep. French Hill on Thursday praised passage of HR5931, the Prohibiting Future Ransom Payments to Iran Act. The measure, which was supported by all four House members from Arkansas, passed 254-163. It would prohibit the U.S. from making cash payments to states that are deemed to be sponsors of terrorism. In a news release, Hill said the legislation makes it clear that the nation…

Hill praises House OK of ransom bill

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U.S. Rep. French Hill on Thursday praised passage of HR5931, the Prohibiting Future Ransom Payments to Iran Act. The measure, which was supported by all four House members from Arkansas, passed 254-163. It would prohibit the U.S. from making cash payments to states that are deemed to be sponsors of terrorism. In a news release, Hill said the legislation makes it clear that the nation…

$5.9M grant to fix LR airport taxiway

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Bill and Hillary Clinton National Airport/Adams Field has been awarded a $5.9 million grant from the Federal Aviation Administration to rehabilitate a taxiway at the state's largest airport, members of Arkansas congressional delegation announced Thursday. The grant money will be used to fund the second phase of a larger project and will improve 2,500 feet of the existing Taxiway A…

Little Rock airport gets $5.9 million federal grant

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LITTLE ROCK — The Federal Aviation Administration has awarded a $5.9 million grant to the Bill and Hillary Clinton National Airport, members of the state’s congressional delegation said Thursday. Sens. John Boozman and Tom Cotton, both R-Ark., and Rep. French Hill, R-Little Rock, said in a joint news release the money will fund rehabilitation of the taxiway at Adams…

News in brief

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Arkansans urge U.S to back disaster aid Arkansas' congressional delegation on Thursday asked the federal government to support a disaster-declaration request for 12 counties hit the hardest by up to two weeks of steady rainfall in August. Click here to read more. 

Arkansans urge U.S to back disaster aid

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Arkansas' congressional delegation on Thursday asked the federal government to support a disaster-declaration request for 12 counties hit the hardest by up to two weeks of steady rainfall in August. Gov. Asa Hutchinson recently asked for the disaster aid. U.S. Sens. John Boozman and Tom Cotton and U.S. Reps. Rick Crawford, French Hill, Steve Womack and Bruce Westerman asked U.S.…

AR Delegation Requests Federal Disaster Assistance After Farms Damaged

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Arkansas lawmakers urged U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack to support Governor Asa Hutchinson's request for major disaster declaration for Arkansas. U.S. Senators John Boozman and Tom Cotton and Congressman Rick Crawford, French Hill, Steve Womack and Bruce Westerman urged the Secretary Visack for disaster assistance regarding flooding doing damage to farms in Arkansas…

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