Small businesses play a critical role in creating jobs, driving economic growth, and contributing to the overall well-being of rural communities. In many areas, they are the backbone of the local …
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By Kim Preston,
lending services director,
Center for Rural Affairs
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5/14/23
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AOC and her Green New Deal buddies in the Biden government are not just winning their crusade against fossil fuels.
They’re also wrecking the country – appliance by appliance.
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By MICHAEL REAGAN
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5/14/23
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She was only 18 when rheumatic fever damaged her heart.
The doctors said she’d be lucky to live into her 40s — that she was no longer strong enough to bear children.
Lucky for …
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By TOM PURCELL
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5/14/23
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Sometimes it’s difficult to approach news items with the proper balance of bemusement, curiosity and wariness.
(Sometimes it’s difficult to approach news items at all, when there are …
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By DANNY TYREE
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5/14/23
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LITTLE ROCK – During the 2023 regular session, which adjourned on May 1, the legislature enacted a list of new laws to protect the integrity of elections. Act 352 prohibits election officials …
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From SEN. BREANNE DAVIS
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5/7/23
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This week, President Biden and far-left Democrats have continued to desperately spread false claims that the Limit, Save, Grow Act will make devastating cuts to mandatory veterans’ benefits. …
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By CONG. BRUCE WESTERMAN
Arkansas's Fourth District
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5/7/23
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Haven’t we seen this never-ending story before? It’s just that the politics have flipped. When we had Democrats in power in the House, all we heard were bad stories about Donald Trump. …
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By MICHAEL REAGAN
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5/7/23
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When you grow up with an Italian mother, you are familiar with the phrase, “let’s go in the kitchen and have coffee.” Most people, regardless of their ethnicity or heritage, are …
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By CHRISTINE FLOWERS
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5/7/23
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When Stew Leonard opened what he dubbed a “dairy store” in Norwalk, Conn., in 1969, it was a wonder of marketing, with a petting zoo, animated Disney-style characters and an on-site …
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By PETER FUNT
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5/7/23
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It’s that time of year again when dads of daughters all over the country are experiencing severe headaches, watery eyes, shortness of breath and even hives. No, these symptoms are not from …
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By JASE GRAVES
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5/7/23
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As Mother’s Day approaches, (May 14) it is appropriate that we discuss the physical characteristics, personality traits, coping mechanisms, etiquette rules, life ambitions, etcetera that we …
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By DANNY TYREE
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5/7/23
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It’s an excuse I’ve been dreaming of: A reason to NOT mow my lawn. A “No Mow May” movement is afoot to nurture our bee population for a good reason: bees are incredibly …
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By TOM PURCELL
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5/7/23
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As parts of Arkansas reach record-high May temperatures, there is excitement about the summer and the opportunities we have to connect with the unique environment in our state. We are blessed to have …
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By US SEN. JOHN BOOZMAN
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5/7/23
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LITTLE ROCK — The scheduled finish of the 2023 regular session of the legislature is May 1, when lawmakers adjourn sine die. Adjournment means that the legislature will not convene again until …
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From SEN. BREANNE DAVIS
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4/30/23
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A spate of recent shootings serve as a depressing reminder that accidentally ringing the wrong doorbell, driving to an incorrect residence, or mistakenly getting into the incorrect vehicle can be …
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By ELWOOD WATSON
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4/30/23
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I just donated to the March of Dimes, the iconic initiative aimed at promoting the health of children and pregnant, women at a time many women are fighting for the right not to be pregnant. Two …
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By CHRISTINE FLOWERS
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4/30/23
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I want to tell you a story about Tucker Carlson, the serial liar and useful Putin idiot who has now pulled off the hat trick of being fired by three media outlets: CNN (in 2005), MSNBC (in 2008), and …
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By DICK POLMAN
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4/30/23
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“An allergy season so bad you don’t need allergies to feel miserable,” blared the headline in the Wall Street Journal. My own symptoms are relatively mild, but they do exist. I feel …
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By DANNY TYREE
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4/30/23
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“Junior, this year to prepare for ‘Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day’ I want to teach you about all the taxes that you’ll have to pay as a working adult.” …
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By TOM PURCELL
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4/30/23
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Farm Bill season is in full swing. Since the start of the year, the pace of work at the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry—on which I serve as the lead …
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By U.S. SEN. JOHN BOOZMAN
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4/30/23
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