Sunday - October 19, 2025
Public Policy Tipoffs Involving Arkansas Newsletter for Wednesday October 01, 2025 ( 6 items )  

Chairmen Hill, Meuser, Wagner, Steil Express Concern Over SEC's IT Failures, Highlight Recordkeeping Following Loss of Former Chair Gensler's Texts
WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 -- Rep. French Hill, R-Arkansas, chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, issued the following news release on Sept. 30, 2025: * * * Chairmen Hill, Meuser, Wagner, Steil Express Concern Over SEC's IT Failures, Highlight Recordkeeping Following Loss of Former Chair Gensler's Texts House Committee on Financial Services Chairman French Hill (AR-02), Subcommittee on Capital Markets Chair Ann Wagner (MO-02), Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Chair Dan Meuse  more

Christian Student Muted, Kicked Out of Online Public School's "Social Time" Call While Speaking About His Faith and Eternity
PLANO, Texas, Sept. 30 [Category: Sociological] -- The First Liberty Institute, an organization that says it is dedicated to defending liberty for all Americans, issued the following news release: * * * Christian Student Muted, Kicked Out of Online Public School's "Social Time" Call While Speaking About His Faith and Eternity * Hot Springs, AR --Today, First Liberty Institute and Cox, Sterling, Vandiver, & Botteicher, PLLC, sent a demand letter to Arkansas Connections Academy after a teacher  more

Cotton Introduces Bill to Close H-1B Visa Loopholes in Academia
WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 -- Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Arkansas, issued the following news release: * * * Cotton Introduces Bill to Close H-1B Visa Loopholes in Academia * Contact: Patrick McCann (202) 224-2353 September 30, 2025 Washington, DC -- Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today introduced the Visa Cap Enforcement Act. This bill restricts the ability of universities, research institutions, and non-profits to hire an unlimited number of foreign workers. "Colleges and universities shouldn't g  more

Cotton Introduces Bill to End Tax Exemptions for Foreign Workers
WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 -- Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Arkansas, issued the following news release: * * * Cotton Introduces Bill to End Tax Exemptions for Foreign Workers * Contact: Patrick McCann (202) 224-2353 September 30, 2025 Washington, DC -- Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today introduced legislation requiring foreign workers participating in the Optional Practical Training (OPT) program and their employers to pay FICA taxes. This bill ends the existing tax exemption employers receive for e  more

PNNL: High-Efficiency Chiller Technology Proves Cost-Effective for End-of-Life Replacement
WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 (TNSLrpt) -- A technology assessment prepared for the General Services Administration (GSA) by the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), titled 'Variable-speed Oil-free Centrifugal Chiller with Magnetic Bearings Assessment: George Howard, Jr. Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, Pine Bluff, Arkansas' (PNNL-21627), and authored by SA Parker and J Blanchard, evaluated a high-efficiency chiller's performance. The report, issued in November 2012, utilized GSA's Green Prov  more

USGS: New Hydraulic Geometry Equations Developed for Arkansas's Boston Mountains Streams
WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 (TNSLrpt) -- A report prepared by the U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in cooperation with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Little Rock District, presents regional hydraulic geometry curves for stream channels in the Boston Mountains of Arkansas. The document, titled 'Regional Hydraulic Geometry Characteristics of Stream Channels in the Boston Mountains in Arkansas,' was authored by Daniel E. Kroes, Laura Ruhl-Whittle, Allegra C. Pieri, and Aaro  more