WASHINGTON, D.C. —This week, Congressman French Hill (AR-02) and Congressman Andy Kim (NJ-03) introduced H.R. 4360, the VA Overpayment Accountability Act, bipartisan legislation that would help veterans who have been unfairly targeted by debt collection agencies due to errors by the Department of Veterans Affairs.
“Too many veterans in my home state of Arkansas have suffered… 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 »
Arkansas Tourism Ticker: Tourism tax revenue up 5.7% in first six months of 2019
Talk Business & Politics
9/16/19
There is no recession in Arkansas’ travel and tourism industry. The sector continues to see gains in growth, with the state’s 2% tourism tax revenue between January and June up 5.7% compared with the same period in 2018.
January-June hospitality tax collections… Read more »
Brawner: Why one ex-con is ‘proud of the man that I have become’
Times Record
9/15/19
Less than a year ago, Terrance Knowlton was in a Wrightsville prison for dealing drugs. Now, he says, “I’m proud of the man that I have become today.”
How did he get from there to here? Partly thanks to Shorter College.
Knowlton, 30, made bad choices in life and ended up selling drugs out… Read more »
