An unreliable United States Postal Service (USPS) is an unfortunate reality for far too many residents of the First District. Lengthy delivery delays have left people citizens unable to pay bills on time or receive life-saving medications and supplies. This is unacceptable and something I have been working to address.
Ah yes summer break. The time of year where the mornings are no longer filled with a mad dash to get out the door. The cabinets and cupboards nearly empty each day no matter how many groceries you bought the day before. Where some of your children stay up until 4 a.m. playing video games with friends and cousins from across the country. And then summer sports training camps kick in, and your mornings are filled with that same mad dash out the door each day.
According to findings from a Kaiser Family Foundation/ CNN poll in October 2022, 90 percent of adults think there is a mental health crisis in the United States. That makes investing in mental health care more important than ever.
LITTLE ROCK – The Arkansas Medicaid program is re-examining the cases of hundreds of thousands of recipients to determine whether or not they remain eligible for services. By the end of April 72,802 cases were closed.
National Police Week begins on Sunday, May 14. In 1962, President John F. Kennedy signed a proclamation that designated May 15 as Peace Officers Memorial Day and the week in which that date falls as Police Week.
Over the next few weeks and months, you will hear and read us at CherryRoad Media talking about Digital First. What Digital First means is that as news stories, either breaking or featured, instead of it waiting a week to publish in the print edition of our newspapers, they will go directly to our website immediately.
LITTLE ROCK – The major provisions of the new Protect Arkansas Act are well known, but they are only a few of the many measures passed during the 2023 regular session. One provision in the act will eliminate the practice of credit bonding.
There has been a lot of talk about a “cashless” society, but it’s not here yet. In fact, cash can still be a valuable element of your overall financial picture – if you employ it wisely.
Upon taking office in January 2021, President Joe Biden immediately halted construction of the wall on the southern border and undercut Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) efforts by prohibiting agents from carrying out most deportations. That served as Biden’s welcome mat, inviting illegal aliens from more than 100 countries to pour across our wide open border, which they proceeded to do in record numbers.
Law enforcement officers put on their uniform knowing the risks that come with the public duty to serve and protect. It takes a special person to take on that responsibility. As we commemorate National Police Week, we honor law enforcement officers who put their lives on the line every day to safeguard our communities.