LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, March 21 -- The Arkansas Economic Development Commission posted the following news on March 19, 2025: * * * Lexicon Expanding Headquarters, Fabrication Operations in Little Rock, Arkansas Expansion to create 60 new jobs LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (March 19, 2025) - Lexicon has announced plans to expand its corporate headquarters and steel fabrication operations in Little Rock, Arkansas, creating 60 new jobs. The expansion represents a capital investment of $37.6 million for the more PR

WASHINGTON, March 21 -- Rep. Rick Crawford, R-Arkansas, chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, issued the following news release on March 19, 2025: Chairman Crawford Announces Open Full Committee Hearing on 2025 Annual Worldwide Threats Assessment WASHINGTON D.C.-Today, House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Chairman Rick Crawford (AR-01) announced a hearing for Wednesday, March 26 to examine the annual assessment of worldwide threats to the national securi more PR

WASHINGTON, March 20 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: * * * Contracts for March 20, 2025 NAVY Raytheon Co., Tucson, Arizona, is awarded a $141,050,000 firm-fixed-price modification to a previously awarded contract (N00024-21-C-5411) to procure Standard Missile-2 (SM-2) production spares. This contract combines purchases for the governments of Japan (57%), Australia (19%), Netherlands (13%), Spain (6%), and Germany (5%) under the Foreign Military Sales (FMS) progr more PR

WASHINGTON, March 20 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, issued the following news release: * * * Crapo, Warner Lead Colleagues in Letter Reaffirming Support for Community Development Financial Institutions Washington, D.C.-- U.S. Senators Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) and Mark R. Warner (D-Virginia), co-chairs of the Senate Community Development Finance Caucus, led a letter to Secretary of the U.S. Department of the Treasury Scott Bessent emphasizing bipartisan support for the Community Development Financia more PR

WASHINGTON, March 21 -- Rep. Bruce Westerman, R-Arkansas, chairman of the House Natural Resources Committee, issued the following news release on March 20, 2025: * * * Ending Biden's War on Alaskan Energy Production Today, U.S. Department of the Interior Secretary Doug Burgum announced a series of actions which will help end the previous administration's sanctions on Alaskan energy production and restore American energy dominance. House Committee on Natural Resources Chairman Bruce Westerman  more PR

WASHINGTON, March 21 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on March 20, 2025: * * * ICYMI: WSJ on EPA 'Gold Bar' Terminations: "Trump's EPA vs. Biden's Dark Climate Money" WASHINGTON - Last week, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin notified National Clean Investment Fund and Clean Communities Investment Accelerator recipients of the termination of their grant agreements under the Biden-Harris Administration's $20 billion "gold more PR