WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 (Rep.) -- Del. Aumua Amata Radewagen, R-American Samoa, issued the following news release: Congresswoman Uifa'atali Amata is highlighting the announcement of former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee as the nominee for U.S. Ambassador to Israel. amata-in-israel-in-2019 "Sending a nationally known Governor as the top diplomat to Israel signals our commitment to our enduring relationship with Israel," said Congresswoman Aumua Amata. "Israel is a close ally and a democ  more

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, Nov. 23 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas issued the following news release on Nov. 22, 2024: Terry Wayne Franklin and his wife, Mary Danielle Sheppard, will spend a combined 45 years in prison after selling fentanyl to a victim who then overdosed and died from the drug. Jonathan D. Ross, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas, announced the sentences, which were handed down this week by United States District Jud  more

DALLAS, Texas, Nov. 23 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Southwest Regional Information Office issued the following report on Nov. 22, 2024, entitled "Arkansas Job Openings and Labor Turnover - September 2024": * * * Arkansas had 102,000 job openings in September 2024, compared to 79,000 openings in August, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. (See table 1.) Assistant Commissioner for Regional Operations Michael Hirniak noted that the job op  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 23 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following report (No. USDL-24-2364) on Nov. 20, 2024, entitled "State Job Openings and Labor Turnover - September 2024": * * * Job openings rates decreased in 4 states and increased in 1 state on the last business day of September, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Hires rates increased in 3 states and decreased in 2 states. Total separations rates increased in 3 states and de  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 22 -- Rep. French Hill, R-Arkansas, issued the following news release: LITTLE ROCK, AR Rep. French Hill (AR-02) released the following statement after his bill, the Flatside Wilderness Additions Act, advanced out of the House Natural Resources Committee this week and is heading to the House Floor. Rep. Hill's legislation will expand the existing Forest Service land in Flatside Wilderness by 2,215 acres and will complete his work on the final expansion of Flatside. "As a ninth-  more