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Members of Congress Urge Insurers to Cover COVID Business Interruptions Carrier Management 03/20/2020 A bipartisan group of U.S. House members has asked insurers to retroactively recognize financial losses relating to COVID-19 under commercial business interruption coverage for policyholders. Eighteen House members made their case in a March 18 letter addressed to the leaders… Read more »

Aid to American workers a must, U.S. Sen. John Boozman says Arkansas Democrat Gazette 03/18/2020 WASHINGTON -- Congress will move swiftly to aid American workers, a move aimed at averting coronavirus-related economic calamity, Sen. John Boozman said Tuesday. "The effort is is to try and get money into people's hands as quickly as possible," the Republican from Rogers… Read more »

'We're trying to do what we can': Rock Town Distillery makes hand sanitizer amid coronavirus Arkansas Democrat Gazette 03/18/2020 It took about 24 hours for Rock Town Distillery to create its own hand sanitizer but only 10 minutes to run out when it offered the first two gallons for free to the public Wednesday afternoon. About 100 more gallons are now on the way, manager Macie… Read more »

State's virus total rises to 22; schools now closed Arkansas Democrat Gazette 03/17/2020 FAYETTEVILLE -- Gov. Asa Hutchinson on Monday announced six new cases of covid-19 in Arkansas, bringing the total to 22. The disease also has spread to a fifth Arkansas county: Cleburne. Cleburne County is in north central Arkansas and doesn't adjoin the other four counties where the virus… Read more »

Stefanik introduces bipartisan bill to promote use of native plant materials The Ripon Advance 03/17/2020 U.S. Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) recently introduced a bipartisan proposal to establish a federal pilot program for native plant species in National Parks. “Promoting the use of native species is beneficial for wildlife, humans and the environment, and our national parks will… Read more »

How the Fed slashing rates to near zero will influence the market in the coming weeks and months Yahoo Finance 03/17/2020 The Federal Reserve slashed interest rates to near zero late Sunday night, but some investors are concerned the Central Bank played its ace in the hole. Arkansas Congressman French Hill to discuss on On the Move. Read more »

Poultry state congressmen pressure trade talks to get American chicken into U.K. Before it's news 03/16/2020 America’s poultry industry says it does not use chlorine to bath slaughtered chickens “that much anymore,” but it is still lobbying hard on the issue that has kept American poultry out of Britain for more than two decades. U.S. Rep. Steve Womack, co-chair of the… Read more »

Poultry state congressmen pressure trade talks to get American chicken into U.K. Food Safety News 03/16/2020 America’s poultry industry says it does not use chlorine to bath slaughtered chickens “that much anymore,” but it is still lobbying hard on the issue that has kept American poultry out of Britain for more than two decades. U.S. Rep. Steve Womack, co-chair of the… Read more »

WASHINGTON NEWS IN BRIEF: Little Rock resident able to get Capitol tour; Lighthizer urged to talk up poultry Arkansas Democrat Gazette 03/15/2020 Little Rock resident able to get Capitol tour WASHINGTON -- Linda Murphy of Little Rock was one of the last Americans to get a tour of the U.S. Capitol last week. Staff members for U.S. Rep. French Hill, a Republican from Little Rock,… Read more »

REX NELSON: Much more than books Arkansas Democrat Gazette 03/14/2020 In Fayetteville, a $50 million library expansion nears completion. Construction of a building that doubles the size of the city's main library is more than 90 percent complete. New facilities will include a 700-seat auditorium, a children's library expansion, space for genealogy research, a robotics lab, video… Read more »