WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 -- Sen. John Boozman, R-Arkansas, issued the following news release: * * * Boozman Applauds Summer Interns on Service to Arkansas * U.S. Senator John Boozman pictured with his Washington, D.C. interns on the steps of the U.S. Capitol. WASHINGTON-- U.S. Senator John Boozman (R-AR) recognized the efforts of the students who served Arkansans as interns in his Washington, D.C. and state offices during the second summer session. "These bright and hardworking students have b  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 -- Sen. John Boozman, R-Arkansas, chairman of the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Chairman Boozman Welcomes Confirmation of USDA Trade Under Secretary U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Chairman John Boozman (R-AR) applauded Senate confirmation of Luke Lindberg to be Under Secretary of Agriculture for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs. "I congratulate Luke Lindberg on his confirm  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 -- Rep. French Hill, R-Arkansas, chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Chairman Hill and Bipartisan Delegation Meet with Peruvian President Dina Boluarte On Friday, August 1, 2025, House Committee on Financial Services Chairman French Hill (R-AR) led a bipartisan delegation from the U.S. House of Representatives to meet with Peruvian President Dina Boluarte, Central Reserve Bank of Peru Chairman Julio Velarde, Minister   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 -- Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Arkansas, issued the following news release: * * * Cotton to Long: Investigate CAIR for Ties to Terrorists * Contact: Caroline Tabler or Patrick McCann (202) 224-2353 August 5, 2025 Washington, D.C. -- Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today sent a letter to Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Commissioner Billy Long requesting an investigation into the nonprofit status of the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR) due to the group's ties to terro  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, Aug. 5 [Category: Religion] -- The Freedom From Religion Foundation posted the following news release: * * * Court blocks Arkansas law requiring 10 Commandments in every public school * * * * * * In a victory for religious freedom and church-state separation, a federal district court has issued a preliminary injunction in Stinson v. Fayetteville School District No. 1 prohibiting the school district defendants from implementing an Arkansas law that requires all publ  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, Aug. 6 [Category: Religion] -- The Freedom From Religion Foundation posted the following news release: * * * Groups warn Ark. schools not to implement judicially blocked 10 Commandments law * Four organizations have sent a letter to public school superintendents across Arkansas warning them not to implement an unconstitutional state law requiring public schools to display the Ten Commandments in every classroom and library. The letter from the Freedom From Religion Foun  more

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, Aug. 6 -- 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 consolidated planning process to reduce costs and help meet nation's growing energy needs LITTLE ROCK, ARK. - Years of collaboration among Southwest Power Pool (SPP) staff and stakeholders to accelerate and improve regional transmission pl  more

PLANO, Texas, Aug. 5 [Category: Sociological] -- The First Liberty Institute, an organization that says it is dedicated to defending liberty for all Americans, issued the following news release: * * * Statement from First Liberty Institute on Arkansas Judge's Injunction to Stop the Posting of Ten Commandments * Little Rock, AR-- Yesterday, a federal judge issued a preliminary injunction, temporarily stopping the posting of the Ten Commandments in schools in four Arkansas school districts. Th  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 (TNSLrpt) -- A report from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), titled 'Hydrogeology, Water Budget, and Simulated Groundwater Availability in the Salt Fork Arkansas River and Chikaskia River Alluvial Aquifers, Northern Oklahoma, 1980-2020,' has been released. The authors are Nicole C. Gammill and S. Jerrod Smith. The report, designated as Scientific Investigations Report 2025-5043, provides an analysis of groundwater resources in northern Oklahoma. The study, prepared in cooper  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 (TNSLrpt) -- The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) has published a new report, "Hydraulic Conductivity and Transmissivity Estimates from Slug Tests in Wells Within the Mississippi Alluvial Plain, Arkansas and Mississippi, 2020." The report, designated as Scientific Investigations Report 2023-5101, was authored by Aaron L. Pugh as part of the Water Availability and Use Science Program. The study's goal was to estimate hydraulic conductivity (K) and transmissivity (T) for the Missi  more