WASHINGTON, July 10 -- Sen. John Boozman, R-Arkansas, chairman of the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Chairman Boozman Applauds Implementation of Disaster Assistance to Help Farmers and Ranchers U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Chairman John Boozman (R-AR) issued the following statement after the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced application details for disaster assistance he secured for   more

WASHINGTON, July 9 -- Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Arkansas, issued the following news release: * * * Cotton Introduces Bill to Eliminate Challenges to Countering China * Contact: Caroline Tabler or Patrick McCann (202) 224-2353 July 9, 2025 Washington, D.C. -- Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas), Chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, today introduced the Necessary Environmental Exemptions for Defense Act, legislation that would establish environmental waivers for commercial projec  more

WASHINGTON, July 8 -- Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Arkansas, issued the following news release: * * * Cotton, Boozman Honor the Yell County Wildlife Federation * Contact: Caroline Tabler or Patrick McCann (202) 224-2353 July 8, 2025 Washington, D.C. -- Senators Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) and John Boozman (R-Arkansas) today introduced a resolution honoring the Yell County Wildlife Federation, the oldest conservation group of its kind in Arkansas. In part, the resolution states: "The Senate honors  more

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, July 10 (TNSrpt) -- 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 publishes report on April 26, 2025 load-shed event SPP published its comprehensive report on the April 26 load-shed event in Northwest Louisiana that analyzes the event, identifies the main causes that led to the need to shed loa  more

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, July 9 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Little Rock District issued the following news release: * * * USACE to Conduct Hinged Pool Operation on the Arkansas River to Improve the Navigation Channel The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Little Rock District plans to conduct a hinged pool operation in the Dardanelle Pool of the Arkansas River from approximately Thursday, July 10 through Thursday, July 17, as part of a targeted effort to improve navigability and reduce future  more