Fourth District U.S. Rep. Bruce Westerman is a charter member of a new bipartisan Capitol Hill body, the Working Forests Caucus, that unites congressmen from key lumber and wood products states.
First District U.S. Rep. Rick Crawford is on the steering committee of the recently formed Cuba Working Group, a collection of lawmakers from both parties who want to roll back Cold War… Read more »
Members of the Clarksville High School band traveled to the nation’s capital last week, taking their instruments and stacks of patriotic sheet music with them.
The 60 young musicians provided a free mini-concert in front of the nation’s World War II memorial Thursday morning, playing the national anthem, “Veterans’ Salute,” “America the… Read more »
Every day, we are hearing and reading about how Congress is stalled, stagnant and doing nothing to earn respect of American voters. I have learned that the opposite is true of the Arkansans we have sent to Washington, despite the wrangling and disagreements they face each day, as well as constant pounding in the media.
In past years, the tax incentives for conservation easements to… Read more »
Nearly two dozen lawmakers sent a letter urging the Commerce Department to keep sanctions on Chinese company ZTE for allegedly doing business with Iran.
The Commerce Department announced in March that it would sanction ZTE Corporation, a telecommunications manufacturer, for allegedly violating export control laws restricting the sale of technological items to entities in Iran.… Read more »
It took more than 65 years for Edsel Smith to receive a Purple Heart for a gunshot wound suffered in the Korean War, and he blames the delay on bacon and eggs.
At some point during a firefight with Chinese soldiers in the Chosin Reservoir in the winter of 1950 -- Smith of Bryant isn't sure exactly when -- a bullet pierced his left leg. The former Marine noticed the wound after the… Read more »
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - An Arkansan who served with the U.S. Marine Corps in the Korean War has received a Purple Heart 65 years later.
Before the ceremony inside the State Capitol began Tuesday, tears were already streaming from Edsel Smith's face.
The 91-year-old veteran shared photos of his graduation and the planes that he worked on, but says it's a time that is difficult to… Read more »
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - A 91-year-old U.S. Marine who served in World War II and Korea is finally receiving his Purple Heart.
U.S. Rep. French Hill will present the medal to Edsel Smith in a ceremony Tuesday at the state Capitol.
Smith was wounded in Korea during the Chosin Reservoir campaign. He was shot in the leg but didn't realize he was bleeding until later that night… Read more »
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… Read more »
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… Read more »
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… Read more »
