The Senate stands adjourned until today at 3:00pm. Following any Leader remarks, the Senate will resume consideration of the nomination of Jay Clayton, of New York, to be Member of the Securities and Exchange Commission. At 5:30pm, the Senate will vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the Clayton nomination. House Legislative Activity Today, the House will meet at 12:00pm for morning hour and 2:00pm for legislative business. Votes will be postponed until 6:30pm. The following legislation will ...
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LITTLE ROCK (KATV) — Recent homicides, shootings and other violent crimes have drawn the attention of city leaders. On Sunday, Little Rock Mayor Mark Stodola and the city board of directors held a special meeting to hear from Chief Ken Buckner to address the sudden spike in crime. "We know that we're all in this together," said Stodola. "As a community, together, I know we can solve this problem, or I know we can get a stop or a slow down to the violence that's occurring in the streets." During ...
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Today, Congressman French Hill (AR-02) released the following statement after House Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling introduced the Financial CHOICE Act: “The Financial CHOICE Act will lead to a healthier, safer, and stronger banking industry by ending the one-size-fits-all regulatory approach of Dodd-Frank that is systematically crippling the ability of community banks to succeed. These relationship-driven, locally focused banks historically have played a primary role in pr...
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The Little Rock VA medical center in Arkansas has finally activated its solar panel project — four years behind schedule and $1.5 million past the budget. The solar panels came online Sunday. Officials hope the panels will provide 2.6 million kilowatt hours, which is only enough to power about 12 percent of the medical center’s total energy requirements, Arkansas Online reports. Back in August 2016, Little Rock officials assumed their solar panel system would be up by January, but more delays st...
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Rep. James "French" Hill, an Arkansas Republican, comments on Dodd-Frank regulations and tax reform during an interview with Bloomberg's Kevin Cirilli. (Source: Bloomberg)
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The Veterans Affairs hospital in Little Rock has activated its solar panels, ending a five-year saga of mismanagement and overspending on the project. The U.S. Department of Veterans affairs missed its project deadline by four years and exceeded its budget by $1.5 million, prompting a nationwide review of similar projects at VA facilities nationwide. Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System leaders expect the solar panels, which were activated Sunday, to provide 2.6 million kilowatt hours -- ...
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LITTLE ROCK (KATV) — The solar panel system at Little Rock's Veterans Hospital has finally been turned on four years after the project began. Entergy Arkansas cleared the way Sunday for Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System to power on the solar panels at John L McClellan Memorial Veterans Hospital. “This is an exciting day for CAVHS,” Dr. Margie Scott, Medical Center director, said. “There have been some delays along the way, and a concerted effort by our engineers and contractor along wi...
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LITTLE ROCK, AR (KAIT/KATV) - A four-year-long project to install a solar panel system at the Little Rock Veterans Hospital finally happened earlier this week. According to a story from Little Rock television station KATV, Entergy Arkansas approved the plan for the Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System at the John L. McClellan Memorial Veterans Hospital. At least three of the four panels were working as of Sunday, while a fourth one had a minor issue with officials working to fix the probl...
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Naomi Wolf, author, political journalist and cofounder of DailyClout: ‘Trump didn’t do this. You did this. Your own inaction brought us exactly here’ The first 100 days of President Donald Trump: how has my life changed? First of all, there was the mourning period. Not for me, but for my fellow citizens. I was just mad. And I wasn’t even maddest at the Trump voters. I understood that the critical battle lines now are not left versus right, but the 1% neoliberal globalisers making off with all of...
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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. -- This week on Capitol View, we focus on executions in Arkansas. Attorney General Leslie Rutledge joins the program to break down the legal back-and-forth we experienced throughout the week leading up to the execution of convicted killer Ledell Lee. Rutledge also provides insight into legal proceedings as we approach three scheduled executions in the days ahead. Plus, Jessi Turnure hosts a panel with investigative reporter Marci Manley and Sean Murphy of the Associated Press l...
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