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Bipartisan legislation to expand VA Vet centers

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WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators John Boozman (R-AR) and Tina Smith (D-MN) are leading bipartisan legislation to examine the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) resources in underserved areas and study the need to expand Vet Centers, the community-based counseling branch of the VA. The senators introduced the Vet... Read More.

Former legislator to ask for new trial

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FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) — A former Arkansas state senator convicted in 2018 of corruption-related charges is pushing forward with a request for a new trial. Attorney Lee D. Short of North Little Rock filed notice Wednesday that his client, former Sen. Jon Woods, will take his... Read More.
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Arkansas man charged in health care fraud scheme

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FORT SMITH, Ark. – A federal grand jury in the Western District of Arkansas returned an indictment this week charging a Lavaca man who owned or managed numerous diagnostic testing laboratories with health care fraud in connection with over $100 million dollars in false... Read More.

Governor sets trip to Israel

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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson announced Tuesday that he would travel to Israel on his first international economic development trip since the coronavirus pandemic began. Hutchinson said he would leave Saturday for Israel, where he would speak at the Prime Minister’s... Read More.
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Governor sets special election for vacant Senate seat

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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Gov. Asa Hutchinson has scheduled a special election in February for a vacant northwest Arkansas state Senate seat. Hutchinson on Friday set the Feb. 8 special election for the District 7 seat held by Republican Sen. Lance Eads, who stepped... Read More.

One killed in plane crash in eastern Arkansas

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FORREST CITY, Ark. (AP) — One person was killed when a small aircraft veered out of control and crashed while landing at an eastern Arkansas airport. The single-engine Cessna 150 was landing at Forrest City Municipal Airport when the aircraft veered off the runway and... Read More.
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Duggar to run for state Senate post

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SPRINGDALE, Ark. (AP) — Jim Bob Duggar, whose large family was featured in the TLC reality show “19 Kids and Counting,” has announced he’s running for a seat in the Arkansas Senate. Duggar, who previously served in the Arkansas House, announced Friday on the family’s Read More.

UAMS to test drug to treat methamphetamine effects

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LITTLE ROCK — A drug discovered at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) to counter the effects of methamphetamine will be tested in a phase 2 clinical trial as the only potential treatment of its kind for methamphetamine use disorder. The study is... Read More.
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State senator resigns to take new job

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SPRINGDALE, Ark. (AP) — A special election will be called to fill the term of Republican state Sen. Lance Eads, who resigned from his position Thursday to take a job in the private sector. Eads, who won re-election last year to a four-year term, represented... Read More.
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Survey polls favors Sanders in GOP Primary

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LITTLE ROCK, AR — Sarah Huckabee Sanders holds a commanding 57-point lead in the Arkansas GOP primary and is viewed favorably by 78% of Republicans in the state, a public research study by Remington Research Group concluded. “Arkansas is clearly ready for bold, conservative reforms that... Read More.

Boozman critical of President’s spending plan

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WASHINGTON––U.S. Senator John Boozman (R-AR) is warning Americans about the negative consequences of President Biden’s reckless tax and spending agenda. “The president’s plan would be an absolute gut punch to our family farmers and rural America as a whole, especially as inflation continues to skyrocket... Read More.
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