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Hill introduces bipartisan bill to correct VA’s benefits processing for veterans The Ripon Advance 9/23/19 U.S. Rep. French Hill (R-AR) on Sept. 17 introduced bipartisan legislation to improve the processing of veterans benefits by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). “Too many veterans in my home state of Arkansas have suffered financially because of payment mistakes… Read more »

Medication-aided opioid care slow to catch on in state Arkansas Democrat Gazette 9/23/19 Months of preparations had gone into the medication-assisted treatment program housed at a decades-old community health center in Clarendon. Signs were posted. Four providers at Mid-Delta Health Systems acquired credentials necessary to prescribe drugs used to treat opioid addiction. Clinic… Read more »

Florida Congressman Wants to Give Community, Midsized Banks More Ability to Offer Loans Florida Daily 9/20/19 This week, a Florida congressman introduced a new bill to increase the abilities of community and midsized banks to offer more small business loans and mortgages. On Wednesday, U.S. Rep. Charlie Crist, D-Fla., brought out the “Community Bank Deposit Access Act.” U.S.… Read more »

Booker, Lee, Cleaver, Hill Re-Introduce Bipartisan Bill To Protect Consumers From Predatory Debt Collection Practices Insider NJ 9/19/19 WASHINGTON, D.C.—U.S. Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Mike Lee (R-UT), along with Representatives Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) and French Hill (R-AR), today introduced the Stop Debt Collection Abuse Act of 2019. The bill would help safeguard… Read more »

Hill offers House bill aimed at helping Americans gain credit worthiness The Ripon Advance 9/10/19 U.S. Rep. French Hill (R-AR) on Sept. 6 sponsored legislation that would expand credit reporting agencies’ access to American’s payment data. Rep. Hill introduced the Credit Access and Inclusion Act of 2019, H.R. 4231, which he said would level “the playing field by allowing for… Read more »

Congressmen Kim and Hill Introduce Bill to Protect Veterans from VA Errors Insider NJ 9/18/19 WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Andy Kim (NJ-03) and Congressman French Hill (AR-02) introduced H.R. 4360, the VA Overpayment Accountability Act, that would help veterans who have been unfairly targeted by debt collection agencies due to errors by the Department of Veterans… Read more »

Hill offers bipartisan legislation to help criminal offenders re-enter society The Ripon Advance 9/17/19 U.S. Rep. French Hill (R-AR) on Sept. 9 sponsored a bipartisan bill to establish a pilot grant program at historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) that would provide educational programs to offenders reentering society following their incarceration. “Education… Read more »

State Senate's leader unveils e-cigarette bill; tax rise, curbs on public use proposed Arkansas Democrat Gazette 9/17/19 Arkansas' Senate leader on Monday publicized a draft bill that would raise taxes on electronic cigarettes and bar their use in places where traditional cigarettes are prohibited. Senate President Pro Tempore Jim Hendren, R-Sulphur Springs, said he drafted the… Read more »

Little Rock to tackle crime with $1.2M in grants Arkansas Democrat Gazette 9/17/19 Little Rock plans to use more than $1.2 million in grant funding to expand its gun crimes, victims' advocacy and domestic violence units, the city announced Monday. Money from the grants will allow the Little Rock Police Department to implement an in-house ballistics information system, add six… Read more »

State looking into dumping of wastewater; hauler for Bethel Heights, watershed land under probe Arkansas Democrat Gazette  9/17/19 SPRINGDALE -- The state is investigating a report that a firm hired to haul an estimated 117,000 gallons of wastewater from Bethel Heights applied it to land east of Springdale without a permit, officials confirmed Monday. Arkansas Department of… Read more »