Public Policy Tipoffs Involving Arkansas
ATU Delegation Attends National Security Seminar
RUSSELLVILLE, Arkansas, June 16 -- Arkansas Tech University issued the following news:
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ATU Delegation Attends National Security Seminar
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Twelve Arkansas Tech University students participated in The Washington Center National Security Seminar in Washington, D.C., at the conclusion of the spring 2026 semester.
Alyssa Carrington of Fayetteville, Hayden Danielian of Fort Smith, Fernando Flores of Clarksville, Charlotte Hahn of Barboursville, Va., Eden Lusk of Dover, Jasmin McBride of Gr
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ATU Upward Bound Student Earns $20,000 Scholarship
RUSSELLVILLE, Arkansas, June 16 -- Arkansas Tech University issued the following news:
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ATU Upward Bound Student Earns $20,000 Scholarship
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Jorge Patricio of Dardanelle, a student in the Arkansas Tech University Upward Bound program, has earned a $20,000 Dell Scholar award from the Michael and Susan Dell Foundation.
Dell Scholar applicants must be in a college readiness program, show financial need, be in good academic standing and plan on attending a four-year institution. Only 500
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Center on Budget & Policy Priorities: Analysis Justifying Trump Administration's Medicaid Work Requirement Rule Is Deeply Flawed
WASHINGTON, June 17 -- The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities issued the following research note by Gideon Lukens, director of research and data analysis at the Health Policy Team:
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Analysis Justifying Trump Administration's Medicaid Work Requirement Rule Is Deeply Flawed
The 2025 reconciliation law instituted a harmful policy taking Medicaid coverage away from people not meeting a harsh work requirement, and the Trump Administration recently finalized a rule that will make the poli
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College Bowl Finalists to Compete in Food Science Trivia Tournament at IFT FIRST Annual Event and Expo
CHICAGO, Illinois, June 15 [Category: Food/Beverage] -- The Institute of Food Technologists posted the following news release:
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College Bowl Finalists to Compete in Food Science Trivia Tournament at IFT FIRST Annual Event and Expo
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The Institute of Food Technologists Student Association (IFTSA), a student-governed community of members of the Institute of Food Technologists (IFT), is proud to announce the College Bowl team trivia regional winners who will compete to be champion at IFT F
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Cotton, Cortez Masto Introduce Bill to Accelerate Energy Projects Stalled By Red Tape
WASHINGTON, June 16 -- Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Arkansas, issued the following news release:
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Cotton, Cortez Masto Introduce Bill to Accelerate Energy Projects Stalled By Red Tape
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Contact: Hannah McCarthy (202) 465-5601
June 16, 2026
Washington, DC -Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) and Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nevada) today introduced bipartisan legislation to cut bureaucratic red tape that is often used to unnecessarily delay energy projects. The Fighting for Reliable Energy a
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Cover Sleeve for an Electronic Key-Holding Lock Box
ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, June 16 -- END TIME DESIGNS LLC, Bentonville, Arkansas has been assigned a design patent (No. US D1130070 S1, initially filed May 28, 2025) developed by Regina R. Richardson, Bentonville, Arkansas, and Josephine C. Reed, Centerton, Arkansas, for "Cover sleeve for an electronic key-holding lock box."
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DHR Health Orthopaedic Surgeon, Dr. Kip Owen, Re-Elected to National Sports Medicine Society
EDINBURG, Texas, June 17 -- DHR Health issued the following news:
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DHR Health Orthopaedic Surgeon, Dr. Kip Owen, Re-Elected to National Sports Medicine Society
DHR Health is delighted to announce that orthopaedic surgeon, Kip Owen, MD, FAAOS has been re-elected to the Council of Delegates for the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine (AOSSM) for a second consecutive, three-year term.
The AOSSM is a professional organization dedicated to providing knowledge, skills, and contin
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Diffusion Cartridge
ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, June 16 -- HYPNOS VIRTUAL INC., Little Rock, Arkansas has been assigned a design patent (No. US D1130660 S1, initially filed Feb. 28, 2022) developed by Michael D Kaczkowski, Little Rock, Arkansas, for "Diffusion cartridge."
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Entergy Texas awarded $200 million to better protect the Southeast Texas power grid from severe weather
NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, June 15 [Category: BizEnergy] -- Entergy posted the following news release:
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Entergy Texas awarded $200 million to better protect the Southeast Texas power grid from severe weather
Funding from the state's Texas Energy Fund will help provide stronger service reliability at no additional cost to customers
THE WOODLANDS, Texas - Entergy Texas has been awarded approximately $200 million through the Texas Energy Fund (TxEF) Outside-ERCOT Grant Program to help streng
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Gene Shelby, M.D., Receives Distinguished Alumnus Service Award From UAMS College of Medicine
LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, June 17 -- The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences issued the following news release:
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Gene Shelby, M.D., Receives Distinguished Alumnus Service Award from UAMS College of Medicine
Gene Shelby, M.D., an emergency physician with National Park Medical Center in Hot Springs, Arkansas, received the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Medicine's 2026 Distinguished Alumnus Service Award.
"This award is truly a highlight of my profession
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Hat Band Clip
ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, June 16 -- An inventor from Bismarck, Arkansas, Matthew Steven Herring has been awarded a design patent (No. US D1129784 S1, initially filed Nov. 28, 2023) for "Hat band clip."
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Hearing Protection Apparatus
ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, June 16 -- An inventor from Monticello, Arkansas, Corey Sellers has been awarded a patent (No. US 12659657 B2, initially filed June 14, 2023) for "Hearing protection apparatus."
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National Women's Law Center: Hard Work, Low Pay - Women Are Bearing the Brunt of Trump's Economic Agenda
WASHINGTON, June 16 [Category: Law/Legal] -- The National Women's Law Center posted the following news release:
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Hard Work, Low Pay: Women Are Bearing the Brunt of Trump's Economic Agenda
A new fact sheet from the National Women's Law Center (NWLC) finds that women make up a majority of the low-paid workforce -defined as working in one of the 40 lowest-paying jobs in the U.S. -and are being hit hardest by the Trump-Vance administration's cuts to basic needs programs.
Using the most rec
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Object Tracking and Cluster Voting for Tag Detections and Exceptions
ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, June 16 -- WALMART APOLLO, LLC, Bentonville, Arkansas has been assigned a patent (No. US 12657735 B2, initially filed Jan. 3, 2024) developed by sixteen inventors Han Zhang, Allen, Texas; Avinash Madhusudanrao Jade, Bangalore, India; Lingfeng Zhang, Flower Mound, Texas; Zhaoliang Duan, Frisco, Texas; Mingquan Yuan, Flower Mound, Texas; Eric W. Rader, Plano, Texas; Zhiwei Huang, Flower Mound, Texas; Benjamin Ellison, San Francisco, California; William Craig Robinson, Centert
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Projectile
ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, June 16 -- An inventor from Conway, Arkansas, Louis F. Riley has been awarded a design patent (No. US D1130650 S1, initially filed Dec. 13, 2024) for "Projectile."
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Rep. Crank Joins Chairman Westerman at Hot Springs National Park to Support the Bipartisan Great American Outdoors Act 250
WASHINGTON, June 16 -- Rep. Jeff Crank, R-Colorado, issued the following news release:
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Rep. Crank Joins Chairman Westerman at Hot Springs National Park to Support the Bipartisan Great American Outdoors Act 250
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WASHINGTON, D.C. - On Friday, Representative Jeff Crank (CO-05) joined House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Bruce Westerman, Ranking Member Jared Huffman, and Members of the Committee at the Hot Springs National Park in Hot Springs, Arkansas, at a Field Hearing to discuss
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SCUS Head Start Programs Highlights Workforce Challenges in Funding and Access
WASHINGTON, June 17 -- SCUS Head Start Programs Inc. submitted a public comment letter to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Head Start expressing concerns regarding the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking titled "Restoring Flexibility to Support Head Start Program Access." Save the Children Head Start, operating in rural communities across Arkansas, Louisiana, North Carolina, Indiana, Oklahoma, and Tennessee, emphasized that while program flexibility is important, current fund
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Senate Confirms Trump's Personal Lawyer to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
WASHINGTON, June 16 [Category: Law/Legal] -- The National Women's Law Center posted the following news release:
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Senate Confirms Trump's Personal Lawyer to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Today the Senate voted 48-43 to confirm Justin Smith-best known for serving as Donald Trump's personal lawyer in E. Jean Carroll v. Donald J. Trump- to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. In that case, Mr. Smith fought to have the Supreme Court overturn a sexual assault an
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Set of Vehicle Seats
ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, June 16 -- An inventor from North Little Rock, Arkansas, Eric Damone Williams, Sr. has been awarded a design patent (No. US D1129908 S1, initially filed Oct. 23, 2023) for "Set of vehicle seats."
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Systems and Methods of Product Identification Within an Image
ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, June 16 -- WALMART APOLLO, LLC, Bentonville, Arkansas has been assigned a patent (No. US 12657619 B2, initially filed Sept. 22, 2023) developed by three inventors Ravi Kumar Dalal, Dallas, Texas; Monisha Elumalai, Dallas, Texas; and Yogananda Domlur Seetharama, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, for "Systems and methods of product identification within an image."
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Top Pot Assembly
ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, June 16 -- PRUITT TOOL & SUPPLY CO., Fort Smith, Arkansas has been assigned a patent (No. US 12655707 B1, initially filed March 10, 2025) developed by Grant Pruitt, Fort Smith, Arkansas, and Cris Braun, Van Buren, Arkansas, for "Top pot assembly."
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UAMS Awarded $2.6 Million for Joint M.D./Ph.D. Program
LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, June 17 -- The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences issued the following news release:
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UAMS Awarded $2.6 million for Joint M.D./Ph.D. program
New CREST Program Positions UAMS as Elite Training Center in South
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The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has been awarded a $2.6 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to help train joint M.D./Ph.D. students to become top-notch clinician-scientists.
To be dispersed over five years,
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UAPB Continues Technology Advancements at Lonoke Farm Through Conservation Partnership
PINE BLUFF, Arkansas, June 16 -- The University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff posted the following news:
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UAPB Continues Technology Advancements at Lonoke Farm Through Conservation Partnership
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The University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff (UAPB) is making progress at the Pearlie S. Reed/Robert L. Cole Small Farm Outreach Wetlands and Water Management Center located at the UAPB Lonoke Farm, one year after signing a memorandum of understanding with partners focused on advancing conservation and
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UAPB Forestry Expert Shares Advice for Landowners Seeking Healthier Forests
PINE BLUFF, Arkansas, June 16 -- The University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff posted the following news:
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UAPB Forestry Expert Shares Advice for Landowners Seeking Healthier Forests
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Healthy forests begin with thoughtful planning and long-term management, according to Charley E. Williams, a University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff alumnus and member of UAPB's Keeping it in the Family (KIITF) Sustainable Forestry Program.
Williams, a veteran Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) soil
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