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Arkansans sent out messages of condolence Friday for the family of Staff Sgt. David Wyatt, a Marine with ties to Russellville who was killed in a shooting rampage Thursday at military facilities in Tennessee.... Read more »

A short-term funding bill that will authorize appropriations for federal-aid highway, highway safety and public transportation programs passed overwhelmingly in the U.S. House Wednesday... Read more »

A day after the Department of Energy’s (DOE) comment period ended for the controversial $2.4 billion Clean Line wind-power transmission project, Arkansas’ congressional delegation introduced a states’ rights bill to approve or reject grid transmission projects prior to the federal government’s execution of eminent domain authority... Read more »

The Quapaw Tribe of Oklahoma's chairman is willing to sign an agreement stating that the tribe will not build a casino on the property it owns in Pulaski County if it's taken into federal trust, he wrote in a letter to the Bureau of Indian Affairs this week... Read more »

U.S. Rep. French Hill, R-Ark., met with Dave Elswick's Patriot Tour Group on Tuesday. He went to the Arkansas' Day Dinner at the National Guard Association of the United States Building and met with Arkansas State 4-H on Wednesday. On Thursday, he spoke about International Religious Freedom on the House floor. Read more »

U.S. Senators John Boozman and Tom Cotton along with Congressmen Rick Crawford, French Hill, Steve Womack and Bruce Westerman introduced legislation to rename the Helena-West Helena Federal building in honor of Jewish Judge Jacob Trieber. Read more »

The House approved a bill last week to rewrite the No Child Left Behind law intended to give states more flexibility in testing student achievement... Read more »

Governor Hutchinson, along with other Arkansas delegates are writing to Washington to deny a federal land trust for the Quapaw Indian Tribe. The tribe, based in Oklahoma, is trying to take their 160 acres near the airport and have it federally protected. Read more »

Two Army soldiers who were shot outside a Little Rock recruiting center six years ago were awarded Purple Hearts on Wednesday, one of them posthumously. It took an act of Congress to allow the medals to be awarded to Pvt. Quinton Ezeagwula of Jacksonville and the late Pvt. William Andrew “Andy” Long of Conway. Army officials presented the medals to Ezeagwula and Long’s… Read more »

Two U.S. Army privates who were attacked outside of a Little Rock recruiting center in 2009 were awarded with Purple Hearts Wednesday. Military personnel, members of Arkansas's congressional delegation, families and other dignitaries gathered in the State Capitol Rotunda to honor them. Read more »