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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… Read more »

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… Read more »

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… Read more »

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… Read more »

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… Read more »

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.  Read more »

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… Read more »

Texas Senator Ted Cruz visited the Laredo Sector of the U.S.-Mexico border and did not contact Border Patrol agents to discuss their needs. According to the agents, Senator Cruz has yet to contact them through his freshman term in the U.S. Senate. The Border Patrol agents reached out to Breitbart Texas and rebuked the Senator for what they say is a pattern of having tough rhetoric while… Read more »

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs for the second straight year is being recognized by an Arkansas congressman for all the wrong reasons. U.S. Rep. French Hill, R-Little Rock, on Wednesday awarded the VA the Golden Fleece Award for what the VA office of inspector general has called mismanagement of an $8 million solar panel project at the John L. McClellan Memorial Veterans Hospital… Read more »

Pediatrics Plus today marked the opening of its newly expanded 40,108-square-foot Conway facility with the help of U.S. Congressman French Hill (AR-2) and Mike Preston, executive director of the Arkansas Economic Development Commission.  The specialized healthcare provider will now serve 400 families and employ 174 in Conway for a total payroll of more than $6… Read more »