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Boozman, Cotton Announce DOT Funding for Infrastructure Projects in Russellville and Bryant

By Natural State News Report | Jun 28, 2023

Funds Will Support a 13.8-mile Expansion of Russellville’s Connected Trail System and Old Stagecoach Road Complete Streets Connector

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Griffin Appoints U.s. Army Jag Officer and Former U.s. Attorney Kees to Judicial Discipline and Disability Commission

By Natural State News Report | Jun 27, 2023

Griffin: ‘DAK Kees brings an extraordinary record of service and impressive credentials to the Arkansas Judicial Discipline and Disability Commission

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Cotton Statement on the Introduction of the Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024

By Natural State News Report | Jun 27, 2023

Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) released the following statement after the Senate Intelligence Committee filed the Intelligence Authorization Act with a provision to cap the pay of Central Intelligence Agency employees whose work primarily focuses on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion policies

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Senate Appropriations Committee Advances Boozman-Led Bill Delivering Funds to Arkansas

By Natural State News Report | Jun 27, 2023

The Senate Appropriations Committee advanced legislation produced by U.S. Senator John Boozman (R-AR), ranking member of the Senate Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies (MilCon-VA) Appropriations Subcommittee, that delivers $83 million to the future pilot training center in Fort Smith, raises quality of life standards for servicemembers and their families, and increases resources for veterans’ health care and benefits.

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Attorney General Griffin Vows to Appeal Safe Act Ruling

By Natural State News Report | Jun 26, 2023

Griffin: ‘There is no scientific evidence that any child will benefit from these procedures, while the consequences are harmful and often permanent’

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Boozman Welcomes Little Rock Port Authority Leader to Senate Hearing on Economic Development Administration

By Natural State News Report | Jun 26, 2023

U.S. Senator John Boozman (R-AR) welcomed Little Rock Port Authority Executive Director Bryan Day to the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works to share about the Economic Development Administration’s (EDA) impact on growth and development in Central Arkansas as the committee begins crafting legislation to reauthorize the agency.

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ACRU’s West: Arkansas policy on affirmative action 'systematically racist'

By Natural State News Report | Jun 26, 2023

Arkansas' policy of allowing affirmative action in areas such as public education and public employment reflects a philosophy that's "systematically racist," the executive director of the American Constitutional Rights Union (ACRU) said.

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Proclamation to Declare a State of Emergency in Arkansas in Response to the June 17, 2023 Storms

By Natural State News Report | Jun 22, 2023

On or about June 17, 2023, severe thunderstorms and strong winds occurred throughout the State of Arkansas, causing danger, hardship, and suffering which now warrants this executive action;

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Attorney General Griffin Praises State Supreme Court Decision Vacating Learns Act Order

By Natural State News Report | Jun 21, 2023

Griffin: ‘This is a win for Arkansas’s children, their parents and teachers’

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Proclamation for Juneteenth Independence Day in Arkansas

By Natural State News Report | Jun 21, 2023

Juneteenth is the oldest known celebration commemorating the emancipation of slaves in the United States. On June 19, 1865, two-and-a-half years after President Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation, Major General Gordon Granger led Union soldiers into Galveston, Texas, to spread the news that the Civil War was over and inform the formerly enslaved of their freedom;

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Attorney General Griffin Announces Creation of Foia Review Working Group

By Natural State News Report | Jun 20, 2023

Griffin: ‘The last time FOIA was modernized, the iPhone hadn’t been invented’

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Proclamation for Women Veterans Day in Arkansas

By Natural State News Report | Jun 20, 2023

On June 12, 1948, President Harry S. Truman signed into law the Women’s Armed Services Integration Act of 1948, Pub. L. No. 80-625 allowing women the right to serve as permanent, regular members of the United States Army, United States Navy, United States Marine Corps, and United States Air Force;

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Cotton: Biden’s Billions to Iran “Abject Appeasement”

By Natural State News Report | Jun 20, 2023

Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) released the following statement after reports that the Biden administration’s approved releasing $2.7 billion payments to Iran—payments previously denied by U.S. sanctions

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Attorney General Griffin Challenges Learns Act Opponents’ Latest Legal Shenanigans and Failure to Comply With Basic Procedural Rules

By Natural State News Report | Jun 19, 2023

Griffin: ‘[T]he plaintiffs in this case have attempted to circumvent the appropriate legal process’

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Readout of the Governor’s Cabinet Meeting

By Natural State News Report | Jun 19, 2023

Following the Governor’s meeting with her Cabinet, Sanders’ spokeswoman Alexa Henning released the following readout:

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Boozman, Cotton Join Bipartisan Effort to Expand Telehealth Access and Make Current Virtual Care Flexibilities Permanent

By Natural State News Report | Jun 19, 2023

U.S. Senators John Boozman (R-AR) and Tom Cotton (R-AR) joined a bipartisan group of senators in introducing legislation to expand coverage of telehealth services through Medicare, permanently extend pandemic-era virtual care flexibilities, improve health outcomes and make it easier for patients to connect with their doctors.

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Cotton, Boozman Join Bipartisan Effort to Expand Telehealth Access and Make Permanent Telehealth Flexibilities

By Natural State News Report | Jun 19, 2023

Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) and Senator John Boozman (R-Arkansas) joined 56 of their Senate colleagues in reintroducing the Creating Opportunities Now for Necessary and Effective Care Technologies for Health Act (CONNECT Act).

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Attorney General Griffin Vows to Appeal Safe Act Ruling

By Natural State News Report | Jun 18, 2023

Griffin: ‘There is no scientific evidence that any child will benefit from these procedures, while the consequences are harmful and often permanent’

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Governor Sanders Announces Marty Ryall as Director of the Division of Arkansas Heritage

By Natural State News Report | Jun 18, 2023

GovernorSarah Huckabee Sanders on June 18 announced her appointment of Marty Ryall as the Director of the Division of Arkansas Heritage, replacing Jimmy Bryant who is retiring at the end of June.

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Attorney General Griffin Announces Arrest of Little Rock Man Possessing Sexually Explicit Material Involving Children

By Natural State News Report | Jun 17, 2023

Attorney General Tim Griffin on June 15 announced the arrest of Abel Catalino Lopez-Cano, 34, of Little Rock by special agents of his office’s Special Investigations Division Cyber Crimes Unit (CCU) and released the following statement: