WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 -- The Arkansas Soybean Association, Little Rock, has submitted a public comment letter to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) regarding the federal government's Request for Information (RFI) on ultra-processed foods (UPF). The organization, representing soybean farmers in Arkansas, seeks to address apprehensions about how defining UPF could impact perceptions of certain food products, exemplified by soybean oil. I  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 -- Sen. John Boozman, R-Arkansas, chairman of the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Boozman Leads Committee in Advancing CFTC Chair Nominee to Full Senate Under Chairman John Boozman's (R-AR) leadership, the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry advanced Michael Selig's nomination to serve as Chairman and Commissioner of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. "This is a critical moment  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 -- Sen. John Boozman, R-Arkansas, issued the following news release: * * * Boozman, Booker Release Bipartisan Market Structure Discussion Draft * WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Chairman John Boozman (R-AR) and Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) released a discussion draft of legislation that would provide new authority to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to regulate digital commodities. This bipartisan proposal expands upon  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 -- Rep. Bruce Westerman, R-Arkansas, chairman of the House Natural Resources Committee, issued the following news release on Nov. 20, 2025: * * * Committee Advances Bipartisan NEPA Permitting Reforms for Critical Energy and Infrastructure Projects Today, the House Committee on Natural Resources held a full committee markup of eight bipartisan bills -- three permitting reform proposals, including the Standardizing Permitting and Expediting Economic Development (SPEED) Act,   more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 -- Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Arkansas, issued the following news release: * * * Cotton to USDA: Prioritize Assistance to Arkansas Farmers * Contact: Patrick McCann (202) 224-2353 November 20, 2025 Washington, D.C. Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) yesterday sent a letter to Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins urging the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) to expedite assistance to farmers. Arkansas farmers are still recovering from Joe Biden's disastrous econom  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 [Category: Political] -- The League of Women Voters issued the following news release: * * * Federal Court Reaffirms Arkansans' Right to Direct Democracy * LITTLE ROCK, AR Yesterday, the US District Court for the Western District of Arkansas ruled in favor of the League of Women Voters of Arkansas (LWVAR) and Save AR Democracy (SARD) and blocked enforcement of several laws related to Arkansas' direct democracy process. In April, LWVAR and SARD filed a federal lawsuit chal  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 -- Rep. Steve Womack, R-Arkansas, issued the following news release: * * * House Education and Workforce Committee Considers Womack's Legislation to Protect Tipped Workers * WASHINGTON, D.C.November 20, 2025... Today, the House Committee on Education and Workforce considered Congressman Steve Womack's (AR-3) bill, H.R. 2312, the Tipped Employee Protection Act. Congressman Womack said, "Tipped employees are the foundation on which the service industry is built. Unfortuna  more

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, Nov. 20 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas posted the following news release on Nov. 19, 2025: * * * Little Rock Psychologist Indicted by Federal Grand Jury for Defrauding Medicare and Arkansas Blue Cross Blue Shield A Little Rock psychologist has been indicted for defrauding Medicare and Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield (Blue Cross) and creating fictitious records to conceal her wrongdoing. Krameelah Banks, 48, of Little Rock, fa  more

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, Nov. 20 -- The University of Arkansas Little Rock campus issued the following news: * * * UA Little Rock Engineering Student Earns Second AISC Scholarship While Building Experience in the Field * Tyler Burns, a senior civil and construction engineering major at UA Little Rock, is making the most of his college experience, all while balancing leadership roles, research opportunities, and hands-on industry experience. This fall, his hard work and dedication were recogn  more

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, Nov. 20 -- The University of Arkansas Little Rock campus issued the following news: * * * UA Little Rock's Carrie Phillips Named Texas Tech's 2025 Raider on the Rise * Dr. Carrie Phillips, chief communications and marketing officer at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, has been named Texas Tech University's 2025 Raider on the Rise, an honor recognizing standout alumni whose leadership is transforming their fields. Phillips received the award recently during the  more

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, Nov. 21 -- The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences issued the following news release: * * * UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute to Host Town Hall on Clinical Trials in Monticello on Dec. 2 By Marty Trieschmann The public is invited to a town hall meeting about cancer clinical trials at noon Tuesday, Dec. 2, at the Monticello Branch Library, 114 W. Jefferson Ave., in Monticello, Arkansas. The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Winthrop  more

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, Nov. 21 -- The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences issued the following news release: * * * GoldBug Gives $100,000 to Create Fund Supporting Maternal Health Training By Andrew Vogler The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) received a $100,000 gift from GoldBug, a Denver-based company specializing in products for babies and young children, to create the Doula and Lactation Training Program Fund in the UAMS Institute for Community Health Innovation  more

BENTONVILLE, Arkansas, Nov. 21 -- Walmart issued the following news on Nov. 20, 2025: * * * Walmart to Transfer Stock Exchange Listing to Nasdaq Ticker to remain "WMT" * Walmart Inc. (NYSE: WMT) today announced it will transfer the listing of its common stock to The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (Nasdaq). The company expects its common stock to begin trading on the Nasdaq Global Select Market on December 9, 2025, under its current ticker symbol "WMT". In addition to its common stock listing, Wal  more