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Health care notebook 11/26/2019 Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Osteopathic college starts Delta project The New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine-Arkansas has launched a program dedicated to improving health outcomes in the state's Delta region. The Delta Population Health Institute will administer rural health initiatives, operate a mobile health unit,… Read more »

Bryant police find hope in new nationwide animal cruelty law 11/26/2019 THV11 BRYANT, Ark. — Animal activists are a voice for the voiceless and after years of fighting, they finally see a step in the right direction. President Donald Trump signed a bill Monday making animal cruelty a federal crime. Arkansas has seen failed bills when it comes to protecting animals, so police… Read more »

Washington News in Brief 11/24/2019 Arkansas Democrat-Gazette EPA event makes recycling a focus WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency celebrated America Recycles Day earlier this month by organizing what it called a Recycling Summit. EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler, a participant in the event, emphasized the need to "create a more sustainable recycling… Read more »

House Republicans Fight Back Against GOP Decline in Suburbs 11/21/19 The Washington Free Beacon House Republicans have launched task forces aimed at regaining the party's eroding support in the suburbs with new policies that directly cater to the needs of suburban voters. Rep. Ann Wagner (R., Mo.), whose suburban St. Louis district narrowly elected her to a fourth term in 2018,… Read more »

Group of House Republicans restarts Suburban Caucus 11/21/2019 ABC4 WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) – A group of House Republicans announced their plan Wednesday to improve the quality of life for the bulk of the people they represent, those who live in suburban areas. This group wants to take what’s working at the local and state levels and implement them at the federal level. “Going… Read more »

GOP plan for suburbs includes bills focused on child care, health costs 11/20/19 Roll Call Leaders of a group formed by House Republicans after Democrats routed GOP candidates in suburbs around the country in the 2018 midterms said Wednesday that they would roll out dozens of bills in the coming months to show the party can appeal to voters beyond rural areas. The product of a… Read more »

The Suburban Caucus: Solutions for America's suburbs 11/20/19 The Hill  The Republican Party’s representation in our nation’s suburbs has changed in recent times, but each of us proudly represents suburban areas in diverse states and have seen how our party can best advocate for policies that help suburban Americans. We believe that the next decade of American exceptionalism… Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. — This week, on the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, the Washington Examiner published Congressman French Hill’s (AR-02) op-ed highlighting his experiences in socialist East Germany as an envoy of the Treasury Department.  Congressman Hill argues that the sharp divide in economic prosperity and well-being of the citizens of East and… Read more »

Markers Honor 12 Men Falsely Convicted Of Murder In 1919 Racial Uprising KUAR 11/05/19 Twelve African-American men wrongly accused of murder during the 1919 Elaine Massacre and later exonerated were inducted into the Arkansas Civil Rights Heritage Trail. Each man has a trail marker dedicated in his honor. U.S. Rep. French Hill, the Chancellor of the University of Arkansas at Little… Read more »

1919's Elaine 12 to get heritage trail markers ADG 11/02/19 The Elaine 12 will become a permanent part of the Arkansas Civil Rights Heritage Trail on Tuesday. The Elaine 12 were a group of black sharecroppers in Phillips County who were wrongfully convicted of murder and sentenced to death by all-white juries after the Elaine Massacre of 1919. Eventually, all of the men were… Read more »