November 2022

LITTLE ROCK – Heading into “No Shave November”, the Arkansas Prostate Cancer Foundation (APCF) is calling on men across the state to grow out their beards with pride in order to raise awareness around men’s health issues like prostate cancer.

LOWELL – J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc. (NASDAQ: JBHT), one of the largest supply chain solutions providers in North America, announced today that for just the second time in its 60-plus year history, a company driver has achieved five million safe miles driven without a preventable accident.

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator John Boozman (RAR) encourages Arkansans to participate in Arkansas Take Back on Saturday, October 29, to safely dispose of expired, unused and unwanted prescription drugs from their homes.

The North Central Arkansas Veterans Council is again Sponsoring the Annual Veterans Day Commemoration at Veterans Plaza 2000 In Mountain Home. This year it will take place on Friday, November 11, 2022, at 11:00 a.m.

This week, I led a letter, along with 56 of my colleagues, to President Biden asking him to end the COVID-19 U.S.-Canada cross-border vaccination mandate for commercial truck drivers. Canada’s vaccination and testing requirements expired earlier this month, but the U.S.

Law enforcement professionals at all levels, from local police forces to sheriff’s departments, state police and federal law enforcement agencies, leave home each day not knowing what challenges they will encounter, but prepared to face danger head on. We are all grateful for the service and sacrifice of our officers and we have a responsibility to ensure they have the resources, equipment and training to do their job.

Did you know that out of the over 400,000 children and teens in foster care in the United States, over 100,000 of them are waiting to be adopted? Right now, there are 292 children in Arkansas whose parents’ parental rights have been terminated and are currently seeking a forever family. November is National Adoption Month.

LITTLE ROCK – A panel of three federal judges dismissed portions of a lawsuit filed against state officials, in which plaintiffs argue that the legislature violated the federal Voting Rights Act last year when it drew new maps for the state’s four Congressional districts. The lawsuit contends that the new map dilutes the strength of African American voters by splitting Pulaski County among three separate Congressional Districts.

The Marion County Republican Committee will meet Thursday, November 10, 2022, upstairs in the Marion County Courthouse at 7:00 p.m. The public and members are invited to attend.