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U.S. House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, who faced scrutiny from conservatives over policy issues, announced his resignation Friday during a Republican conference meeting. A flurry of reports hit the newswire when Rep. Bill Huizenga, R-Michigan, tweeted: “Speaker Boehner just announced in Conference that he will resign as Speaker and from Congress at the end of October” on… Read more »

LITTLE ROCK — The U.S. House on Thursday approved and sent to the president’s desk legislation to rename the Helena-West Helena federal building in honor of an Arkansas man who was the nation’s first Jewish federal judge. All six members of Arkansas’ congressional delegation supported the measure to rename the building after Jacob Trieber. The Senate approved the… Read more »

Monsignor Lawrence Frederick wouldn't say what grade U.S. Rep. French Hill, R-Ark., received in his class years ago, but the freshman congressman probably earned some extra credit by inviting his former teacher to hear Pope Francis speak Thursday. Pope Francis on Thursday became the first pontiff to address Congress, speaking to a packed room of lawmakers, dignitaries and their guests… Read more »

Gov. Asa Hutchinson has formed a 10-member Military Affairs Steering Committee in a public-private partnership to work on protecting and expanding the state's military installations and missions, Hutchinson said Monday. The Republican governor said he's devoting $400,000 from his discretionary General Improvement Fund to establish the statewide initiative in the Arkansas Economic… Read more »

In an Arkansas National Guard hanger filled with military personnel and a phalanx of government and legislative officials at North Little Rock’s Camp Robinson, Gov. Asa Hutchinson on Monday (Sept. 21) unveiled a public-private partnership aimed at supporting and boosting the economic fortunes of the state’s military installations. The new statewide initiative, according to… Read more »

LITTLE ROCK (KATV) — A Catholic High School physics teacher will head to Washington this week to see the Pope address Congress on Thursday. Father Lawrence Frederick has been molding the young minds that walk the halls of Catholic High School since 1966. Little did he know at the time, but Father Frederick must have left a lasting impression on now Congressman French Hill because… Read more »

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (KTHV) - With the constant threat of budget cuts hanging over today's military, Governor Asa Hutchinson is looking to help keep the state's bases as strong economic engines for their community by being proactive. There is no imminent threat economically to Arkansas military installations, but Representative French Hill urged the governor to get out front early. At a… Read more »

IRAN VOTE A pair of votes Thursday on the Iran deal had the approval of the state’s two United States Senators, but was a few votes shy of approval. Senators voted 56-42 on a bill against a nuclear deal with Iran; and 53-45 on a bill to “prohibit the President from waiving, suspending, reducing, providing relief from, or otherwise limiting the application of sanctions… Read more »

LITTLE ROCK — A bill to block federal funding for Planned Parenthood for one year passed in the U.S. House on Friday with the support of all four members from Arkansas. The bill, which is not expected to clear the Senate, passed in a 241-187 vote, with nearly all the votes for the bill coming from Republicans and nearly all the votes against it coming from Democrats. The bill is… Read more »

A divided House voted Friday to block Planned Parenthood's federal funds for a year, as Republican leaders tried to keep GOP opposition to abortion from spiraling into an impasse with President Barack Obama and causing a government shutdown. Click here to read more. Read more »