Archives for January 2018

Congressman French Hill Awards Golden Fleece to FEMA for Mismanagement in Disaster Response

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman French Hill (R-AR) named the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) as the first winner of the Golden Fleece award of 2018 for the mismanagement of manufactured trailers during their response to 2017 natural disasters. In the letter to the FEMA Administrator … [Read more...]

Congressman French Hill Supports Arkansas Service Members and Families

WASHINGTON – Congressman French Hill (AR-02) issued the following statement after voting to fund the Department of Defense for the fiscal year 2018: “Today’s vote in the House to fully fund the Department of Defense will directly benefit Arkansas families through a 2.4 percent pay raise for our … [Read more...]

U.S. Senator John Boozman Joins Colleagues in Urging President to Modernize NAFTA

WASHINGTON– U.S. Senator John Boozman (R-AR) joined 35 of his Senate colleagues in sending a letter to President Trump highlighting the benefits of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) to the United States and outlining how President Trump can improve the agreement. “NAFTA supports 14 … [Read more...]

Construction on U.S. Highway 70 Requires Lane Closures in Garland County

Construction work to widen U.S. Highway 70 requires intermittent lane closures for paving operations on State Highway 128 in Garland County. This project (Job CA0610) is part of ArDOT’s Connecting Arkansas Program and includes widening 17.5 miles of U.S. Highway 70 from I-30 in Benton (Exit 111) … [Read more...]

Tickets Now Available For Annual Wild Game Supper

Tickets are now on sale for the Annual Wild Game Supper to be held in the Tumbling Shoals Baptist Church Auditorium, Thursday, March 8th at 6:30 PM. Marty Sikes, of Beast Feast and Hunt Fest Ministries is the scheduled speaker. Venison bacon wraps and fried taters are on the menu. There will be a … [Read more...]

Daisy Patch Quilters to Sponsor Sew In for Quilts of Valor

On Saturday Feb.3rd Daisy Patch Quilters will be sponsoring a local Sew In for Quilts of Valor, starting at 9:30AM at Hope Lutheran Church 14000 Eden Isle Pike Heber Springs. The church is located across from the new ball fields and lunch will be provided-bring your own drinks. You need to bring … [Read more...]

Boozman Supports National School Choice Week

U.S. Senator John Boozman (R-AR) joined his Senate colleagues to introduce a resolution declaring this week, January 21-27, National School Choice Week. “I am proud to support school choice policies. As a former school board member, I understand that education decisions should be handled at the … [Read more...]

AHC Approves Bid for Improvements in Faulkner County

The Arkansas State Highway Commission has approved a bid for improvements to a roadway in Faulkner County. The purpose of this project is to construct and install a traffic signal at the intersection of U.S. Highway 64 and Sunny Gap Rd. in Conway. … [Read more...]

Governor Asa Hutchinson Responds To President’s State of the Union Address

LITTLE ROCK — Governor Asa Hutchinson issued the following response to President Trump’s State of the Union Address. “President Trump's State of the Union speech was good news for Arkansas on many fronts. We have seen conservative policy changes in D.C. lead to tax cuts, increased wages, … [Read more...]

U.S. Senator John Boozman: State of the Union Address ‘Call to Work Together’

WASHINGTON- U.S. Senator John Boozman (R-AR) issued the following statement in response to President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address: “President Trump’s address was a positive, optimistic message to all Americans. It laid out an opportunity to work together on many pressing issues … [Read more...]