LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, June 27 -- The University of Arkansas issued the following news: * * * Arkansas Space Grant Consortium Awarded $800,000 Grant to Advance NASA Workforce Development and STEM Education By Angelita Faller The Arkansas Space Grant Consortium (ASGC), headquartered at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, has been awarded an $800,000 grant by NASA to support workforce development, STEM education, and aerospace research throughout the state. The funding is part of NASA'  more

WASHINGTON, June 26 -- Rep. French Hill, R-Arkansas, issued the following news release: * * * HILL, GOTTHEIMER, KEAN JR., LAWLER, AND MOSKOWITZ INTRODUCE BILL TO CRACK DOWN ON COUNTRIES THAT WRONGFULLY DETAIN AMERICANS * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Rep. Hill (AR-02), Rep. Gottheimer (NJ-05), Rep. Kean Jr. (NJ-07), Rep. Lawler (NY-17), and Rep. Moskowitz (FL-23) introduced the Countering Wrongful Detention Act of 2025, which would create a designation for countries or nonstate actors that engag  more

WASHINGTON, June 27 -- Sen. John Boozman, R-Arkansas, chairman of the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee, issued the following news release on June 26, 2025: * * * Senate Parliamentarian Approves Ag Committee's Revised Provisions for Cost-Share & SNAP Eligibility WASHINGTON - U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Chairman John Boozman (R-AR) announced the Senate parliamentarian has ruled the committee's revised provisions for state cost-share (Section  more

CLARKSVILLE, Arkansas, June 26 -- The University of the Ozarks issued the following news: * * * Huggins '91 Establishes Pre-Nursing Scholarship to Honor Mother University of the Ozarks alumna Shannon (Carlisle) Huggins '91 (pictured, left) and her family of Arlington, Texas, have created an endowed scholarship for pre-nursing students to honor the life and legacy of her mother, a long-time surgical and school nurse in Texas. The Janeice Carlisle Pre-Nursing Scholarship was established with a  more

WASHINGTON, June 21 - Walmart, Bentonville, Arkansas, announced it has reached a settlement with the Federal Trade Commission to resolve a lawsuit regarding its money transfer agent services and anti-fraud program. The agreement, approved by the FTC and pending District Court approval in the Northern District of Illinois, requires Walmart to pay $10 million and continue its efforts to prevent fraud-induced money transfers. Walmart did not admit to any wrongdoing in the allegations, which had a  more