FAYETTEVILLE, Arkansas, Nov. 20 (TNSjou) -- The University of Arkansas issued the following news: * * * Arkansas Research Identifies Temperature Ranges for Eight Cover Crops Knowing what temperatures a plant can withstand is a hallmark of botanical science, but those temperatures had not been well documented for many cover crops. Grown in periods of the year when the cash crop is absent, cover crops are planted for erosion control, as well as weed suppression and to improve soil structure, m  more

JONESBORO, Arkansas, Nov. 20 -- Arkansas State University issued the following news: * * * Free Seminar: Future-Proof Skills - AI for People in Business The Arkansas Small Business and Technology Development Center (ASBTDC) at Arkansas State University, in partnership with El Centro Hispano and Carl B. and Florence E. King Foundation, will host a free seminar from 6 - 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 4. The event, led by Alyson Lewis, will be on harnessing the power of artificial intelligence (AI)  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 19 -- Sen. John Boozman, R-Arkansas, issued the following news release: * * * Boozman Introduces Clay Fowlkes to Judiciary Committee * Click here to watch Boozman's remarks. WASHINGTON U.S. Senator John Boozman (R-AR) introduced U.S. Attorney David Clay Fowlkes at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing to consider his nomination to serve as a judge on the United States District Court for the Western District of Arkansas. Boozman expressed his confidence in Fowlkes' qualifi  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 -- Sen. John Boozman, R-Arkansas, chairman of the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee, issued the following news release on Nov. 19, 2025: * * * Boozman Welcomes CFTC Chairman Nominee, Urges Committee to Empower Agency on Digital Commodity Markets U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Chairman John Boozman (R-AR) welcomed Commodity Futures Trading Commission Chairman nominee Michael Selig and urged his colleagues to advance digital   more

CLARKSVILLE, Arkansas, Nov. 20 -- The University of the Ozarks issued the following news: * * * Cabrera Eyes Fashion Marketing Career in Mexico By Larry Isch University of the Ozarks junior Maria Fernanda Cabrera Gonzalez is turning her passion for marketing and fashion into global experience--while keeping her professional ambitions focused on her home country of Mexico. The marketing and finance major from Tabasco, Mexico, recently completed a prestigious 24-week certification in Fashion a  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 19 -- Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Arkansas, issued the following news release: * * * Cotton to Bondi: Investigate Counterfeit Drugs * Contact: Patrick McCann (202) 224-2353 November 19, 2025 Washington, D.C. Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today sent a letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi urging an investigation into the surge of illicit counterfeit drugs and drug ingredients entering the United States from unregistered foreign entities, primarily Communist China. Counterfeit dr  more

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, Nov. 20 -- The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences issued the following news release: * * * Council for Regional Health Education Gift to UAMS Creates Endowed Fund to Support Southwest Arkansas Residencies By Andrew Vogler The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) received a $75,000 gift from the Council for Regional Health Education to establish the Senator C. Wayne Dowd Endowed Excellence Fund in Family Medicine to support the Family Medicine Res  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 -- Rep. French Hill, R-Arkansas, chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, issued the following news release on Nov. 19, 2025: * * * Financial Services Committee Examines Federal Deposit Insurance Framework Yesterday, the House Committee on Financial Services, led by Chairman French Hill (AR-02), held a hearing examining the current deposit insurance framework in the United States. Members and witnesses assessed the potential costs and benefits of proposed reform  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 -- Rep. French Hill, R-Arkansas, chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, issued the following news release on Nov. 19, 2025: * * * HEARINGS NOTICE: House Financial Services Committee Schedule for December 2025 Today, the House Committee on Financial Services, led by Chairman French Hill (AR-02), announced the following Committee activity for December 2025: Full Committee Hearing Entitled: "Oversight of Prudential Regulators" Time: 10:00 AM ET Date: Tuesday,   more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 (Rep.) -- Del. James Moylan, R-Guam, issued the following news release: * * * MOYLAN: GUAM AMONG JURISDICTIONS APPROVED TO MOVE FORWARD ON FEDERAL BROADBAND EXPANSION Congressman James C. Moylan announced that Guam is among the 18 States and Territories approved to move forward under the National Telecommunications and Information Administration's Broadband, Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) program, a major step toward improving internet access across the island and l  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 19 -- Rep. French Hill, R-Arkansas, issued the following news release: * * * RELEASE: HILL, SUOZZI LEAD LETTER BACKING CPC DESIGNATION FOR NIGERIA AMID RISING VIOLENCE * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Representatives French Hill (R-AR) and Tom Suozzi (D-NY) led a bipartisan letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio praising the Trump administration's decision to designate Nigeria as a Country of Particular Concern (CPC) due to severe and deteriorating religious freedom condit  more

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, Nov. 20 -- The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences issued the following news release: * * * UAMS Cancer Institute Director Michael J. Birrer, M.D., Ph.D. Inducted into American Academy of Sciences and Letters By Marty Trieschmann Michael J. Birrer, M.D., Ph.D., director of the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute at the University of Medical Sciences (UAMS), has been invested as a member of the American Academy of Sciences and Letters, recognizing his outst  more

FAYETTEVILLE, Arkansas, Nov. 19 -- The University of Arkansas issued the following news: * * * Could Atoms Be Reordered to Enhance Electronic Devices? The optical properties of a thin layer of the semiconductor germanium-tin (GeSn) sandwiched between barriers of silicon-germanium-tin (SiGeSn), a structure known as a quantum well, have been studied with a focus on improving lasers and photodetectors. But what would happen to an electrical charge passing through the nanometer thick germanium-ti  more

LOGAN, Utah, Nov. 19 -- Utah State University issued the following news: * * * USU Scholar Rediscovers Forgotten Poem by Foundational Cherokee Writer * LOGAN When Utah State University English professor Travis Franks came across an 1846 issue of the Arkansas State Gazette, he didn't expect to find anything groundbreaking. Scholars already believed they knew the earliest published works of writer John Rollin Ridge, widely recognized as the first American Indian novelist. But tucked in the n  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 -- Rep. Bruce Westerman, R-Arkansas, chairman of the House Natural Resources Committee, issued the following news release on Nov. 19, 2025: * * * Westerman Commends New Rules to Strengthen Endangered Species Act Today, the Trump Administration announced new rules affirming scientific integrity and common sense in future Endangered Species Act (ESA) enforcement and implementation. House Committee on Natural Resources Chairman Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) made the following stat  more