WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 -- Sen. John Boozman, R-Arkansas, issued the following news release: * * * Boozman, Padilla Champion Fee-Free Day at National Parks to Celebrate America's 250th * WASHINGTON-- U.S. Senators John Boozman (R-AR) and Alex Padilla (D-CA) introduced the Semiquincentennial Tourism and Access to Recreation Sites ( STARS) Act, legislation celebrating America's 250th birthday by designating September 17, 2026 - Constitution Day and Citizenship Day - as a fee-free day for sites sp  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 -- Sen. John Boozman, R-Arkansas, chairman of the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Chairman Boozman Applauds Senate Confirmation of USDA Under Secretaries U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Chairman John Boozman (R-AR) released the following statement after the Senate confirmed three U.S. Department of Agriculture officials: Dudley Hoskins as Under Secretary of Agriculture for Marketi  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 -- Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Arkansas, issued the following news release: * * * Cotton Introduces Bill to Ban Certain Foreign Nationals from Nonprofit Boards * Contact: Caroline Tabler or Patrick McCann (202) 224-2353 September 17, 2025 Washington, DC -- Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today introduced the Nonprofit Governance Integrity Act to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to prohibit foreign nationals from China, Russia, Iran, North Korea, and Cuba from serving   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 -- The Dermatology Center in Fort Smith, Arkansas, has issued a public comment letter to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services expressing strong opposition to proposed revisions in the Geographic Practice Cost Indices (GPCIs) outlined in the CY 2026 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Proposed Rule (CMS-1832-P). In the letter, the organization, representing numerous healthcare providers and physicians in the Arkansas river valley, voiced particular concern over the   more

ARLINGTON, Virginia, Sept. 18 [Category: Government/Public Administration] -- The National Association of State Departments of Agriculture issued the following news release: * * * State Agriculture Officials Conclude 2025 Annual Meeting with Several Announcements and Special Guests ROGERS, Ark. -- The nation's commissioners, directors and secretaries of agriculture gathered in Rogers, Arkansas, for NASDA's 2025 Annual Meeting to collaborate on leading advancements, challenges and opportunitie  more

AUSTIN, Texas, Sept. 19 -- Texas A&M University, a component of the public university system in Texas, issued the following news from its agriculture program: * * * Texas A&M AgriLife tackles rice delphacid devastation Supports national task force, launches new insecticide trials to protect Texas rice By Kay Ledbetter Texas A&M AgriLife experts are serving as key research and Extension partners in a new multistate response led by USA Rice to address the devastating spread of rice delphacid,  more