Washington - U.S. Senators Blanche Lincoln and Mark Pryor and U.S. Representatives Marion Berry (AR-01), Vic Snyder (AR-02) and Mike Ross (AR-04) today announced that Arkansas will receive $40,196,637 million in Recovery Act funds to make improvements to its persistently lowest-achieving schools. … [Read more...]
Lincoln, Pryor, Berry, Snyder, Ross Announce $40M to Improve Arkansas’s Lowest-Achieving Schools
Lincoln, Pryor, Berry, Snyder, Ross Announce $125K for Disease Prevention Programs for Seniors
Washington – U.S. Senators Blanche Lincoln and Mark Pryor and U.S. Representatives Marion Berry (AR-01), Vic Snyder (AR-02) and Mike Ross (AR-04) today announced that the Arkansas Department of Health and Human Services will receive a $125,000 grant to continue its Arkansas Empowering Older Adults … [Read more...]
Congressman Berry is appointed to Subcommittee on Homeland Security
Washington, D.C. – On May 12, it was announced that Congressman Marion Berry will be appointed to the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security. “I am looking forward to the opportunity to serve my country as a new member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland … [Read more...]
New Scholarship for the Children of Some Deceased Veterans
WASHINGTON – The children of military personnel who died in the line of duty since Sept. 10, 2001 can apply for an educational scholarship similar to the new Post-9/11 GI Bill. Benefits are retroactive to Aug. 1, 2009. The scholarship, which is administered by the Department of Veterans Affairs, … [Read more...]