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Public Policy Tipoffs Involving Arkansas Newsletter for Friday March 21, 2025 ( 3 items )  

Cathy Cole and Denton Seilhan Pledge $1 Million to Create Endowed Chair for Child and Family Resilience at UAMS
LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, March 21 -- The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences issued the following news release: * * * Cathy Cole and Denton Seilhan Pledge $1 Million to Create Endowed Chair for Child and Family Resilience at UAMS Cathy Cole and Denton Seilhan pledged $1 million to the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) to establish the Cathy Cole Seilhan and Denton Seilhan Endowed Chair for Child and Family Resilience in the College of Medicine's Department of Family and  more

SPP First RTO to Operate in Both Interconnections With Tariff Approval
LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, March 21 -- Southwest Power Pool, a corporation mandated by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to ensure supplies of power, transmission infrastructure and wholesale electricity prices, issued the following news release: * * * SPP first RTO to operate in both interconnections with tariff approval LITTLE ROCK, ARK. -- Southwest Power Pool (SPP) will soon be the first regional transmission organization (RTO) in the U.S. to provide full services in both the Eastern a  more

UAPB Small Farm Program Awarded Grant to Train Beginning Farmers
PINE BLUFF, Arkansas, March 21 -- The University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff issued the following news: * * * UAPB Small Farm Program Awarded Grant to Train Beginning Farmers The University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff's Small Farm Program was recently awarded a Beginning Farmers and Ranchers Development Grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA), according to Dr. Henry English, head of the UAPB program. The program, which provides direct assi  more