Veterans

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators John Boozman and Tom Cotton, along with U.S. Representatives Rick Crawford, French Hill, Steve Womack and Bruce Westerman, released the following statement after the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) announced misconduct by a former VA pathologist at the Fayetteville Veterans Affairs Medical Center. “This alleged gross negligence by a physician charged with… Read more »

A solar panel project at Little Rock's veterans hospital is four years behind schedule and expected to go $1.5 million over budget, an agency watchdog entity reported Wednesday. Included in unplanned costs is a $906,000 charge to disassemble and reassemble nonfunctional panels to make way for a parking garage at John L. McClellan Memorial Veterans Hospital in Little Rock. About… Read more »

A physician who temporarily headed the Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System for more than a year was named Friday as its first permanent director since 2014 in a move one congressman called "a first step" toward the health system regaining the public's trust. Dr. Margie Scott, 60, will assume the position Monday, system spokesman Debby Meece said. Scott was named… Read more »

A man in thin-framed glasses walked gingerly to his seat on the end of an empty row, positioning the stage on the side of his good ear.... Read more »

Arkansas will receive a $15 million grant from the Department of Veterans Affairs to help fund construction of a new veterans home in North Little Rock, U.S. Sens. John Boozman and Tom Cotton, both R-Ark., and U.S. Rep. French Hill, R-Little Rock, announced Wednesday... Read more »

The Senate voted last week for a six-year extension of federal programs for highways, mass transit and infrastructure while acknowledging it needs to come up with more money to pay for the entire bill. Senators voted 65-34 for the highway bill, setting the stage for a debate in the fall with the House over infrastructure needs and how to pay for them. The six-year Senate bill would… Read more »

Arkansans sent out messages of condolence Friday for the family of Staff Sgt. David Wyatt, a Marine with ties to Russellville who was killed in a shooting rampage Thursday at military facilities in Tennessee.... Read more »