In addition to completing required work of finalizing updated congressional maps, Governor Hutchinson and the General Assembly hope to hold a special session to consider tax reform legislation. The issue was deferred beyond the legislative session held ea
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On Tuesday, September 21, the U.S. House of Representatives approved a fiscal year 2022 continuing resolution that contained a measure that raised the debt limit for the United States. The spending bill will keep the government open through December 3rd a
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The Arkansas Crop Protection Association, a non-profit industry organization representing the crop protection industry of Arkansas, announced in its most recent newsletter that it had named Otis Howe to serve as the organization's executive director. He w
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On Tuesday, September 21, the Arkansas General Assembly began to hear proposals for future congressional district maps for Arkansas. This process is required following the latest census data and related population changes. A series of joint hearings of th
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U.S. Senator John Boozman, the Vice Chairman of the U.S. Senate Agriculture Committee, recently sat down with Agri-Pulse for an "open-mic" interview in which he discussed his views on spending plans of congressional democrats. Boozman is highly critical o
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On September 16th, the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture announced the promotion of Dr. Ron Rainey to serve as Assistant Vice President for the Division of Agriculture. Rainey, a professor and extension economist, will now serve as ass
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The details of what House and Senate democrats intend to do in relation to tax policy for the $3.5 trillion budget reconciliation act are beginning to emerge in Washington. The House Ways and Means Committee was the first to reveal legislative language, a
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On Tuesday, October 5th, Arkansas First District Congressman Rick Crawford is hosting a conference on security threats at Arkansas State University. The event will feature an array of homeland security, defense, intelligence and law enforcement officials
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On Tuesday, September 14th, Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson made a proclamation designating September as Arkansas Rice Month. The proclamation highlighted the importance of rice production to Arkansas's economy and the role it plays in feeding the world
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On September 14th, the Arkansas rice industry made a record donation to the Arkansas food bank to combat hunger in Arkansas. Several of the state's leading rice mills donated 169,700 pounds of rice in honor of National Rice Month. The donation from six mi
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On Monday, September 13th, the USDA National Agriculture Statistics Service (NASS) issued an updated Crop Progress and Condition Report. According to the report, in Arkansas 61 percent of corn is harvested, 33 percent of rice is harvested, 9 percent of so
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On September 14th, Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson announced that Ralston Family Farms in Atkins, Arkansas, a vertically integrated rice farm and mill, had become the first Arkansas rice company to successfully export rice to China under the Phase 1 trad
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