Washington- Congressman Steve Womack (AR-3) today continued his efforts to hold Russia accountable for its escalating aggression and destabilizing behavior by cosponsoring the Never Yielding Europe’s Territory (NYET) Act. The legislation provides critical support Ukraine needs to defend itself and deter threats while also imposing real consequences on the Kremlin for its malign efforts.
Washington– U.S. Senator John Boozman (R-AR) is pressing the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources to take up his legislation designating Arkansas’s historic Butterfield Overland Trail as a National Historic Trail.
Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is alerting the public that several categories of FDA-regulated products purchased from Jan. 1, 2021, through the present from Family Dollar stores in Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri and Tennessee may be unsafe for consumers to use. The impacted products originated from the company’s distribution facility in West Memphis, Arkansas, where an FDA inspection found insanitary conditions, including a rodent infestation, that could cause many of the products to become contaminated.
This year’s theme for Black History Month is Black health and wellness; past themes have included the family, Black migrations, and Black women in American culture and history, among others. Black History Month: The celebration of Black History Month began as “Negro History Week,” which was created in 1926 by Carter G.
We are back to having some music at the Theater. We do have a time change we will start at 6pm till 8pm.
Bacon Spinach Quiche: 1 package real bacon pieces 1 (9 inch) single refrigerated pie rust 6 eggs, beaten 1 ½ cups heavy cream salt and ground black pepper to taste 2 dashes Worcestershire sauce 5 dashes hot pepper sauce, or to taste 1 (10 ounce) package frozen chopped spinach - thawed, drained and squeezed dry 1 ½ cups shredded Cheddar cheese ½ cup chopped green onion ¼ cup grated Parmesan cheese Directions: Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Fit the pie crust into a 9-inch pie dish, and set aside.
Little Rock– The legislature completed the first week of the 2022 fiscal session, approving budgets for numerous state agencies and advancing reforms of public health insurance systems. For almost a year a group of legislators has been working on the complex task of reforming state employee and teacher health insurance systems, which have experienced financial problems to the extent that lawmakers last year replaced their governing board.
The 93rd General Assembly is now entering the second week of the 2022 Fiscal Session. The session began with an address by Governor Asa Hutchinson in which he outlined his budget priorities for the next fiscal year.
There is no doubt COVID-19 has presented a wide variety of challenges for us all and changed the way we interact with people, businesses and government. Unfortunately, Arkansans are currently experiencing roadblocks to essential government services because of unnecessarily scaled-back assistance among federal agencies. That is unacceptable and underscores the need to return to normalcy, resume in-person operations and even welcome Americans back to Capitol Hill.
LITTLE ROCK, AR – Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge announced Mikel Noel, a caregiver from Clark County, pleaded guilty to abusing an individual in his care. Noel was convicted of two felonies: Battery in the Second Degree and Abuse of an Adult Endangered or Impaired Person. He was sentenced to 120 days in the Clark County jail in addition to probation for five years, a $1,000 fine, anger management courses and regular drug screens. Noel will be placed on the adult maltreatment list and the Medicaid exclusionary list.
