WASHINGTON, Oct. 25 -- The Congressional Budget Office issued the following cost estimate for a bill (H.R. 3187) to require the Secretary of Agriculture to convey a parcel of property of the Forest Service to Perry County, Arkansas, and for other purposes: * * * H.R. 3187 would direct the Forest Service to convey a federal office building and about one acre of surrounding federal land in Perry County, Arkansas, to the county, without consideration and subject to valid existing rights, if the c more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 23 -- Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Arkansas, issued the following news release: * * * Cotton Introduces Bill to Safeguard Power System's Reliability * Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today introduced legislation to safeguard the power system from unnecessary federal regulations. This bill requires the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), along with the Electric Reliability Organization (ERO), to review regulations proposed by other federal agencies that could affect the relia more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 25 -- Americans United for Separation of Church and State issued the following news: * * * Federal court blocks Lakeside School District in Arkansas from posting Ten Commandments A federal court has issued a temporary restraining order blocking Lakeside School District No. 9 from displaying the Ten Commandments in public school classrooms. This marks the third time the court has blocked school districts from implementing Arkansas's Act 573, the law requiring schools to post a more PR

RUSSELLVILLE, Arkansas, Oct. 25 -- Arkansas Tech University issued the following news: * * * Potential Future Teachers Attend Conference at ATU Vandy Moore took the stage as the keynote speaker for the 2025 Educators Rising regional conference at Arkansas Tech University with an outlook on the teaching profession that was equal parts honest and optimistic. "Teaching is not what it was," said Moore. "It's ever-changing, which I feel makes it ever-interesting." Approximately 220 high school s more PR