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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Boozman (R-AR) joined Senator Steve Daines (R-MT) and several of their Senate colleagues in sending a letter to the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) expressing the importance of reliable broadband service for rural America and requesting federally-funded broadband projects prioritize unserved areas instead of overbuilding existing broadband infrastructure in areas with reliable broadband service.

Washington D.C.– U.S. Senator John Boozman (R-AR) continued to call out the Biden administration’s dangerous policies that have resulted in a historic crisis at our southern border.

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Boozman (R-AR) is taking action to prevent the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Transportation and Security Administration (TSA) from allowing illegal immigrants to use immigration enforcement documents, such as arrest warrants, as identification when boarding commercial flights.

Harrison- The National Park Service (NPS) has released an Environmental Assessment (EA) that analyzes a county and state led effort to reconstruct and repave the 1.8-mile section of Cave Mountain Road (Newton County Road 9560) that crosses Buffalo National River’s Park boundaries. The proposed project is designed to reduce environmental impacts of the current road and improve access. It is funded by the State of Arkansas with the road work to be completed by the Newton County Roads Department.

Little Rock– Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge today announced the investigation into GoFundMe for potential violations of the Arkansas Deceptive Trade Practices Act (ADTPA). Supporters of the truckers’ protest against vaccine mandates in Ottawa, Canada, have donated more than $10 million dollars through the crowdfunding platform GoFundMe. Because the company disagrees with the protest, it recently announced that it would unilaterally end the fundraiser and either refund the money given by the donors or redirect those funds to other causes.

Little Rock, Ark. (February 9, 2022) – The Arkansas State Library, a division of the Arkansas Department of Education, is pleased to announce the selection of participants for the 2022 class of the Arkansas Library Leadership Institute (ALL-In). Thirty librarians from across the state of Arkansas were selected from a pool of 59 applicants to participate in a year-long program designed to grow the next generation of library leaders in the state of Arkansas.

Jay martin officially announced his bid to become the 47th governor of Arkansas and vowed to unite Arkansans around the positive future he envisions in an Arkansas that is second to none. The Jay Martin for Arkansas Campaign will focus on what matters to real Arkansans instead of focusing on what divides and causes fear and mistrust.

In the early days of the Biden administration, the president signaled his intent to reverse border security rules that deterred immigrants from crossing the southern border illegally, “Migrant numbers increase along US-Mexico border as they await Biden’s immigration action” one news outlet underscored. As a result of these open border policies within the last year we’ve experienced record border crossings, overflowing detention centers and the release of single adult migrants into the U.S., among many other problems.

On Monday, the 93rd General Assembly will convene at the State Capitol to address the budget for Fiscal Year 2023. Fiscal Sessions began after Arkansas voters approved what would become Amendment 86 in 2008.