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http://https//riponadvance.com/featured/u-s-senate-receives-katko-proposal-end-synthetic-drug-trafficking/ The U.S. House of Representatives on June 15 approved bipartisan legislation introduced by U.S. Rep. John Katko (R-NY) aimed at ending the nationwide influx of heroin and synthetic drugs. “The threats synthetic drugs pose to our communities and law enforcement must be stopped,”… Read more »

http://http//www.arkansasonline.com/news/2018/jun/20/end-policy-state-bishop-congress-member/ WASHINGTON -- It's immoral for hard-hearted officials to separate children from their parents, Catholic Bishop Anthony B. Taylor said Tuesday. Arkansans should urge members of the state's congressional delegation to oppose the policy, he added. "This latest action of our government in… Read more »

http://https//www.thv11.com/article/news/local/sen-cotton-calls-democratic-bill-to-stop-family-separations-child-trafficking-encouragement-act/91-565685676 By: Michael Buckner Senator Tom Cotton had harsh words for a Senate Democrat bill on Twitter Tuesday morning, saying the "Keep Families Together Act" is "better called the Child Trafficking Encouragement Act." In two tweets,… Read more »

http://http//katv.com/news/local/state-drug-director-on-opioid-crisis-what-we-have-been-doing-is-not-working By Talk Business & Politics LITTLE ROCK, ARK. (Talk Business & Politics)- State Drug Director Kirk Lane says the state and nation aren’t doing enough to combat the nation’s opioid epidemic, while the U.S. House of Representatives is passing a flurry of bills to combat… Read more »

http://http//www.investmentnews.com/article/20180618/FREE/180619925/small-broker-dealers-seek-legislative-relief-from-annual-audits By Mark Schoeff Jr.  Small broker-dealers are hoping bills introduced in the House and Senate will ease some of the costs of required annual audits. Under the legislation, small brokers would not have to hire an auditing firm registered… Read more »

http://https//www.prweb.com/releases/2018/06/prweb15569833.htm Coptic Solidarity’s 9th Annual Conference in Washington, D.C. on June 21-22, 2018 will focus on Egypt’s Copts: Faces of Persecution. This leading policy event brings together top legislators, academics, and policy experts to share their views and recommendations for the Egyptian government to provide greater… Read more »

http://http//www.fox16.com/news/local-news/rep-french-hill-holds-summit-on-opioid-crisis/1247798684 LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - Congressman French Hill in the Capital City today to talk about the fight against the opioid epidemic.  Hill sat alongside the Arkansas Drug Czar, the Regional Director of the Substance Abuse, and Mental Health Services Administration and more.  The group… Read more »

http://http//katv.com/news/local/arkansas-gov-asa-hutchinson-says-plan-to-support-border-control-unchanged LITTLE ROCK (KATV) — Rep. French Hill, R-Little Rock, and Republican Gov. Asa Hutchinson spoke Monday (June 18) about the growing controversies over illegal immigration, with Hill saying families should stay together and Hutchinson committed to sending troops to the U.S.… Read more »

http://http//www.arkansasonline.com/news/2018/jun/17/va-therapist-yanked-from-clinic-in-conw/ By Debra Hale-Shelton Larry Hay's Army tour in Vietnam was a half century ago, long before he married Margaret, his wife of 34 years. The war has long ended; the trauma lingers. "When he goes to bed at night, he goes back to hell. He goes back to Vietnam every night, and so do I,"… Read more »

http://https//riponadvance.com/featured/bishop-introduces-tougher-version-bipartisan-bill-halt-overseas-mail-shipments-opioids/ By Ripon Advance News Service   A bipartisan agreement on the Synthetics Trafficking and Overdose Prevention (STOP) Act has been reached by lawmakers in both chambers of Congress who want to halt mail shipments of synthetic opioids into the… Read more »