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The Little Rock Veterans Affairs office has been found to have changed the dates on disability and other claims, making them appear more recent and leading to delays in processing that in some cases were more than a decade old... Read more »

President Barack Obama on Tuesday vetoed legislation to permit construction of the Keystone XL pipeline without further administrative approval saying the bill attempted to circumvent “longstanding and proven processes” for determining if such a cross-border pipeline serves the national interest... Read more »

President Barack Obama issued the third veto of his presidency Tuesday to reject legislation that would allow the Keystone XL oil pipeline to be built, escalating a battle over the project between the White House and Republicans in Congress... Read more »

The veto of a bill to build a nearly 3,000 mile pipeline from Canada through the United States drew a stinging rebuke from the state’s congressional delegation Tuesday. Read more »

Geraldean Johnson, 87, stared at the flag-draped casket holding the remains of Cpl. C.G. Bolden, her former husband, as a U.S. Army honor guard fired a 12-gun salute Saturday, giving him a final send-off... Read more »

On Wednesday, U.S. Rep. French Hill, a Republican from Little Rock, visited the Arkansas Rice Depot and the Arkansas Foodbank and had an open house in Conway for constituents. Thursday he held an open house at his Little Rock office... Read more »

Rep. French Hill toured the Metropolitan Career and Technical Center on Thursday where the former banker-turned-politician told a local group of young entrepreneurs that learning how to operate a business will be a great boost to their futures... Read more »

About 160 new jobs are on the way to southwest Little Rock, where FedEx of Memphis is planning to build a 300,000 square-foot distribution center... Read more »

Today, the House will pass S. 1, the Keystone XL Pipeline Approval Act. This is a significant accomplishment that highlights the common sense solutions that this Congress is focused on achieving. Because of the overwhelming bipartisan and bicameral support, the President’s signing this into law should be a foregone conclusion, capping a long and drawn out six-year… Read more »