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The Library of Congress gained at least 20 new contributors to its Veterans History Project after a training session Saturday morning in Little Rock. The Veterans History Project, which began in 2000, aims to preserve history by recruiting volunteers to interview peace and wartime veterans. The interviews are recorded to create an oral history for the Library of Congress. U.S. Rep.… Read more »

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – Congressman French Hill (AR-02) will tour the Arkansas Lighthouse for the Blind in Little Rock at 9:00 AM CT on Monday, August 29, 2016. The Arkansas Lighthouse for the Blind is a local company that employs primarily blind or visually impaired workers. Congressman Hill is the Co-Chair of the Congressional Investment in America’s Skilled Workforce Caucus, a… Read more »

Arkansas and financial-technology company FIS have agreed to give $1 million apiece to aid in funding the FinTech Accelerator program in 2017 and 2018, Gov. Asa Hutchinson and company CEO Gary Norcross said Wednesday. The two spoke at the presentations of the 10 startup companies that participated in the FinTech program that started in May. The event, held at the Clinton Presidential… Read more »

Congressman French Hill (AR-02) made the following statement after yesterday’s comments from the Department of State confirming that the $400 million cash payment to the Iranian Government was contingent on the release of four American hostages: “Yesterday’s comments from the State Department confirm what many of my colleagues and I previously asserted:  the $400… Read more »

It was wholly a pleasure--wait, that's somebody else's lede. Let's say it was quite satisfying to see the story in Tuesday's paper about French Hill's latest meeting. Yes, meeting. They're not all bad. The congressman from central Arkansas knows something about economics and business. Somebody told us he had a bit of a background in both. So when he talks on… Read more »

The Department of Veteran's Affairs Inspector General has found the VA wasted millions on solar panel installations that don't work. Evidently, the Veteran's Administration (VA), does not have enough money to hire new doctors or take other actions to reduce wait times and improve treatment for our nation's military veterans, but it does have money to spend… Read more »

Congressman French Hill (AR-2) has joined Mayor Mark Stodola to celebrate the official announcement of the a $6.185 million TIGER grant awarded by the US Department of Transportation to the Little Rock Port Authority. The funds will be used to support the Little Rock Port Authority Growth Initiative to construct improvements to the existing slackwater harbor area, including a new dock… Read more »

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (August 15, 2016) – Congressman French Hill (AR-2) joined Mayor Mark Stodola to celebrate the official announcement of the a $6.185M TIGER grant awarded by the US Department of Transportation to the Little Rock Port Authority. The funds will be used to support the Little Rock Port Authority Growth Initiative to construct improvements to the existing slackwater… Read more »

U.S. Rep. French Hill on Monday held what he called a "Community Empowerment Initiative Roundtable" to talk with Arkansas officials about ways to reduce poverty in the state. The Little Rock meeting was the sixth such roundtable he has held since taking office in January 2015. Its theme was "career and technical education and skilled workforce." The three-hour event… Read more »

Little Rock Port Authority Executive Director Bryan Day sees "limitless potential" for attracting new business to the port once upgrades are made to its slackwater harbor. Day made the comments after an event Monday detailing a $6.2 million U.S. Department of Transportation grant to help fund the harbor upgrades. Port officials, as part of their application for the funding… Read more »