Governor Asa Hutchinson has sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to express his concern about the number of inadequately vetted sponsors who are taking in unaccompanied minor immigrants in Arkansas. Nearly 700 unaccompanied minor immigrants have been sent … [Read more...]

In honor of Veterans Day, U.S. Senator John Boozman (R-AR) recognized the service and sacrifice of Vietnam veteran Robert Fureigh in ‘Salute to Veterans,’ a series recognizing the military service of Arkansans. Fureigh spent his early childhood near Quitman on his family’s farm. His father, a … [Read more...]

 U.S. Senators John Boozman (R-AR) and Tina Smith (D-MN) are leading bipartisan legislation to examine the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) resources in underserved areas and study the need to expand Vet Centers, the community-based counseling branch of the VA. The senators introduced the Vet … [Read more...]

U.S. Senators John Boozman (R-AR) and Tom Cotton (R-AR) have joined over two dozen Republican senators to introduce a resolution supporting parents’ right to be fully and actively involved in the education of their children, and calling on Attorney General Merrick Garland to rescind the Department … [Read more...]

Governor Asa Hutchinson won’t sign any of the bills that the members of the 93rd General Assembly sent to him last week, he announced today. Senate Bill 739 and House Bill 1977 and Senate Bill 743 and House Bill 1982 will become law without his signature. The vaccine bills “are unnecessary,” … [Read more...]

U.S. Senator John Boozman (R-AR) continues sounding the alarm over the Biden administration’s plan to expand the reporting of the private, confidential financial data of law-abiding Americans from financial institutions to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). Boozman and GOP senators urged Senate … [Read more...]