In the News
Written by: Welsey Brown
Published by: Talk Business & Politics
The Trump administration Tuesday (Dec. 11) moved forward with a promise to repeal Obama era rules that expanded federal authority under the U.S. Clean Water Act despite criticism from environmental groups that the action would lead to more polluted water bodies.
Written by: George Jared
Published by: Talk Business & Politics
The United States, Mexico, and Canada reached a tentative agreement to strike a new North American trade deal, and President Donald Trump has given Congress six months to approve the measure. The United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), would replace the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).
Written by: Frank Lockwood
Published by: Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
As the nation prepares to bury former President George Herbert Walker Bush, Arkansans paused Saturday to remember the 41st commander in chief, recalling his trips to Arkansas, his record of accomplishment and his many acts of kindness.
Written by: Amanda Reynolds
Published by: Newport Independent
Written by: Jacqui Fatka
Published by: Feedstuffs
In an 8-0 ruling, the Supreme Court of the U.S. ruled in favor of private property owners' rights and limiting the federal government's ability to establish critical habitat designations on land that does not have the protected species.
Published by: Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
It's no secret that agriculture makes up a good chunk of our state's economy. We keep growing food, and folks in other states and countries keep eating it. (Amazing how that works.) But farmers in Arkansas are a bit restricted at the moment when it comes to one particular market: a police state of note in a certain island country a few miles south of Florida's coast.
Published by: KARK
HAVANA (AP) — Representatives from the United States' agricultural sector, include U.S. Congressman Rick Crawford of Arkansas, arrived in Cuba on Thursday for a conference aimed at promoting sales, one of the few U.S. business areas allowed to deal with the island under a half-century-old trade embargo that Cuban leaders blame for most of its economic troubles.
U.S. agribusiness representatives travel to Cuba
Written by: Hatzel Vela
Published by: Local10.com
HAVANA - Rep. Rick Crawford, R-Jonesboro, didn't waste any time. He traveled to Cuba right after voters re-elected the military veteran to his fifth term representing Arkansas' 1st District -- the largest rice-growing district in the country.
Written by: Laura Gunter
Published by: KAIT 8
JONESBORO, AR (KAIT) – Medical students with the New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine on Arkansas State University's campus have a rare opportunity to peek behind the curtain.
A new fellowship program providing a hands on, inside look at health policy.
Written by: George Jared
Published by: Talk Business & Politics
Shane Speights, D.O., dean, at the NYIT College of Osteopathic Medicine at Arkansas State (NYITCOM at A-State), announced Thursday (Nov. 1) the formation of a new fellowship program in coordination with NYITCOM at A-State and the office of U.S. Rep. Rick Crawford, R-Jonesboro.