WASHINGTON, June 17 -- The House Appropriations Committee released the following testimony by Housing and Urban Development Secretary Scott Turner from a June 10, 2025, hearing on the fiscal 2026 budget: * * * Chairman Womack, Vice Chair Bice, Ranking Member Clyburn, and distinguished Members of the Subcommittee. Thank you for the opportunity to testify today in support of President Trump's 2026 Budget for the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development. I want to specifically th  more

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, June 17 -- The University of Arkansas issued the following news: * * * Julie Brown Donates $60,000 for New UA Little Rock Accounting Scholarship The University of Arkansas at Little Rock has received a generous $60,000 donation from alumna and longtime supporter Julie Brown to establish a new endowed scholarship for accounting students. The Count von Count Endowed Scholarship, named after the beloved number-loving character from "Sesame Street," will provide financial   more

BEDFORD, Massachusetts, June 16 [Category: BizConsulting] -- MITRE, a company that advances national security and serve the public interest as an independent adviser, posted the following news release: * * * MITRE's Cyber SEAL Empowers Highway Ventures' Launch of Cybersecurity Startup iolite secure * McLean, Va., and Bedford, Mass., June 16, 2025 - To enable scaling of technology to enhance critical infrastructure resilience, MITRE commercialized its intellectual property for Cyber SEAL to   more

WASHINGTON, June 16 -- Rep. French Hill, R-Arkansas, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Hill Announces New District Representative in Little Rock * LITTLE ROCK, AR \- Rep. French Hill (AR-02) today announced that Cal Jarrett has joined his staff in Little Rock in the role of District Representative as part of the Green & Gold Congressional Aide Program. Jarrett brings distinguished military experience to the position, having served six years in the United States Navy as an Opera  more

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, June 17 -- The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences issued the following news release: * * * UAMS Performs Groundbreaking Epilepsy Surgery as Part of FDA-Approved Clinical Trial By Linda Satter Surgeons from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) have performed the first transplantation in Arkansas of interneuron cell therapy, called NRTX-1001, into a patient with non-lesional epilepsy as part of an FDA-approved clinical trial under way at multip  more