Saturday - April 19, 2025
*Arkansas Editor Tipoffs Newsletter for Wednesday April 16, 2025 ( 5 items )  

Boozman, Hill Introduce Legislation to Grow Employee Ownership
WASHINGTON, April 15 -- Sen. John Boozman, R-Arkansas, issued the following news release: * * * Boozman, Hill Introduce Legislation to Grow Employee Ownership WASHINGTON --U.S. Senator John Boozman (R-AR) and Representative French Hill (R-AR-02) introduced the S. Corporation Additional Participation ( S-CAP ) Act, legislation to increase the maximum number of employees who can become shareholders in an S Corporation (S Corps) from 100 to 250. "Congress has a duty to shape the tax code with   more

Congresswoman Maxine Waters Urges Chairman Hill to Join Her in Preserving Emergency Housing Vouchers That Prevent Mass Homelessness
WASHINGTON, April 16 -- Rep. Maxine Waters, D-California, ranking member of the House Financial Services Committee, issued the following news release on April 15, 2025: * * * Congresswoman Maxine Waters Urges Chairman Hill to Join Her in Preserving Emergency Housing Vouchers that Prevent Mass Homelessness Today, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), the top Democrat on the House Financial Services Committee, sent a letter to Chairman French Hill (R-AR) urging him to join her in requesting that   more

New Data Show Role of Medicaid - Especially Medicaid Expansion - In Combating the Fentanyl Crisis
WASHINGTON, April 15 -- Sen. Eric Schmitt, R-Missouri, chairman of the Joint Economic Committee, issued the following news release on April 14, 2025: * * * New Data Show Role of Medicaid - Especially Medicaid Expansion - in Combating the Fentanyl Crisis Proposed Medicaid Cuts Would Jeopardize Progress in Combating the Fentanyl Crisis by Cutting People Off From Addiction Treatment WASHINGTON - The Joint Economic Committee - Minority today released a report with new data on Medicaid's role in   more

Rollins Applauds Arkansas Governor for Submitting SNAP Waiver to Make America Healthy Again
WASHINGTON, April 15 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture issued the following news release: * * * Rollins Applauds Arkansas Governor for Submitting SNAP Waiver to Make America Healthy Again (Little Rock, AR, April 15, 2025) - U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Brooke L. Rollins joined Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders today as the Governor submitted a waiver to USDA to ban soda and candy from and include hot rotisserie chicken in Arkansas's Supplemental Nutrition Assista  more

USDA: Rollins Applauds Arkansas Governor for Submitting SNAP Waiver to Make America Healthy Again
WASHINGTON, April 16 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service issued the following news release: * * * Rollins Applauds Arkansas Governor for Submitting SNAP Waiver to Make America Healthy Again Little Rock, AR, April 15, 2025 - U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Brooke L. Rollins joined Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders today as the Governor submitted a waiver to USDA to ban soda and candy from and include hot rotisserie chicken in Arkansas's Suppl  more