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WASHINGTON D.C. — Today, Rep. French Hill (AR-02) joined his Republican colleagues in voting against H.R. 8294, the National Apprenticeship Act of 2020. While this legislation would expand the national apprenticeship system to include apprenticeships, youth apprenticeships, and pre-apprenticeship programs registered under the National Apprenticeship Act, it fails to include… Read more »

WASHINGTON D.C. — Rep. French Hill (AR-02) released the following statement after the U.S. Senate passed the Scipio Jones Post Office Portrait Act, which allows a portrait of civil rights champion Scipio Jones to be displayed in the Little Rock post office bearing his name. "I am proud to announce that, last night, the Scipio Jones Post Office Portrait Act passed the Senate and is… Read more »

WASHINGTON NEWS IN BRIEF: Cotton ads support Georgia candidate | Police chief group censures postings | Hill touts 5 firms over vets award Arkansas Democrat-Gazette 11/15/2020 WASHINGTON -- Now that his own race is over, U.S. Sen. Tom Cotton is running digital ads in Georgia, hoping to influence that state's Jan. 5 runoff… Read more »

State's delegates: Biden should get security briefings Arkansas Democrat-Gazette 11/14/2020 Members of the all-Republican Arkansas congressional delegation aren't referring to former Vice President Joe Biden as "president-elect." But some of them say the Democrat should be getting intelligence briefings so that he's up to… Read more »

US Federal Reserve Rep Says Digital Dollar Still In Formative Stage Criptotendencias 11/14/2020 On Thursday, a hearing was held by the House Financial Services Committee where the issue of digital currencies and the digital dollar in particular was addressed. At this hearing, Randal Quarles, vice president of supervision of… Read more »

Veterans Day Log Cabin Democrat 11/12/2020 A commemoration for Veterans and Veterans Day was held at Julie’s Sweet Shop on Skyline Drive Wednesday morning. Speakers including Representative French Hill, Lt. Gov. Tim Griffin and Arkansas State Senator Jason Rapert. Owner Julie Goodnight said the yearly event – this year held… Read more »

EuropeFX: What about digital currencies? finanzen.net 11/12/2020 What is it with digital currencies? Central banks are reportedly toying with the idea of switching to digital currencies. This is in stark contrast to the whole idea of cryptocurrencies trying to overthrow traditional forms of money. How will the money be managed in the future? This is the hot topic of the… Read more »

Little Rock, Ark. — Today, Rep. French Hill congratulated Arkansas companies Safe Foods Corporation, Windstream Holdings Inc., Bio-Tech Pharmacal, WPS Labor, LLC, and MST Group LLC, all winners of the HIRE Vets Medallion. The Honoring Investments in Recruiting and Employing American Military Veterans Act of 2017 (HIRE Vets Act) established the HIRE Vets Medallion Program, the… Read more »

Bicentennial birthday bash Arkansas Democrat-Gazette 11/08/2020 The Rose Law Firm celebrated its 200th birthday Nov. 1 by donating $200,000 to seven organizations. Rose Managing Partner Robyn Allmendinger announced the philanthropic effort at a news conference outside of the firm's downtown Little Rock headquarters. She… Read more »

Outdoors briefs Arkansas Democrat-Gazette 11/08/2020 Taking applications for youth deer hunt MOUNTAIN HOME -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is taking applications from youth hunters to participate in a special muzzleloader deer hunt Dec. 12-13 at the Ozark Isle Park/Dry Run area on Bull Shoals Lake. Eight permits will be issued to hunter education graduates ages 15 and… Read more »