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Public Policy Tipoffs Involving Arkansas Newsletter for Sunday October 20, 2019 ( 4 items )  

2019 College Football Hall of Fame Profile: Darren McFadden
IRVING, Texas, Oct. 18 -- The National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame issued the following news release: Arkansas football was everything to Darren McFadden in high school. The Little Rock native first attended a game on a recruiting visit as a 10th grader and never really looked elsewhere. The state ties make McFadden's induction into the College Football Hall of Fame all the more special, as the local product made good on his promise and then rewrote the Razorbacks' record books  more

Darren McFadden Set for Oct. 19 NFF Hall of Fame On-Campus Salute, Presented by Fidelity Investments
IRVING, Texas, Oct. 17 -- The National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame issued the following news release: * * * - Arkansas and the National Football Foundation will jointly honor McFadden, a 2019 College Football Hall of Fame inductee, when the Razorbacks host Auburn. * * * The University of Arkansas and The National Football Foundation (NFF) & College Hall of Fame announced today that they will jointly honor 2019 electee Darren McFadden with an NFF Hall of Fame On-Campus Salute  more

People for the American Way Issues Statement on Unfit Judicial Nominees Advance
WASHINGTON, Oct. 17 -- People for the American Way issued the following statement by Kentucky, executive vice president for policy and program marge baker, in response to the Senate Judiciary Committee's advancement of the judicial nominations of Lee Rudofksy for the Eastern District of Arkansas and Justin Walker for the Western District of Kentucky: "By advancing the nominations of these two individuals, the GOP-led Senate Judiciary Committee is once again rewarding far-right political partisa  more

Trout Unlimited: Kinross Gold Named Corporate Conservation Award Winner
ARLINGTON, Virginia, Oct. 16 -- Trout Unlimited issued the following news release: Kinross Gold Corp., an important partner of Trout Unlimited in Nevada, was recognized recently by the conservation organization at its annual meeting. J. Paul Rollinson, president and CEO of Kinross, was on hand in Rogers, Arkansas, last week to receive the 2019 Corporate Conservation Award from Trout Unlimited President and CEO, Chris Wood. "Kinross has shown a committed corporate responsibility to our conserv  more