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Hillary Clinton campaigns in Pine Bluff

PINE BLUFF — Fresh off her victory in South Carolina on Saturday, former Arkansas and U.S. first lady and former secretary of state Hillary Clinton brought her campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination to Pine Bluff on Sunday night.

DC Digest: Senate confirms head of FDA

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama’s choice to head the Food and Drug Administration won Senate confirmation last week despite vocal opposition from a handful of lawmakers who blame lax federal policies on prescription pain medications for fueling the nation’s opioid epidemic.
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Guest commentary: Investing in jobs, low-cost clean energy, communities

Oklahoma is blessed with some of the strongest wind resources in the country. Homes and businesses in Arkansas and other states in the region need energy supplies that are clean, affordable and reliable. Congestion on the existing transmission grid makes it difficult to move energy from the Oklahoma Panhandle to Arkansas and further south and east. The Plains & Eastern Clean Line transmission project is necessary so that Oklahoma can reap the benefits of its great energy resources and Arkansas and other states can gain access to those resources at an economic scale. Investing in clean energy infrastructure will create jobs, foster growth in local communities and ultimately improve the quality of life in Oklahoma, Arkansas and other states.

Great Promise, Great Challenge

Rep. Paul D. Ryan, R-Wisconsin, was elected the 54th Speaker of the House this past Thursday. Ryan took the gavel from Speaker John A. Boehner, R-Ohio, who had been pressured to resign the post by the ultra-conservatives in the party.

PATE: A job not done and not well

I’ve been a bit out of sorts lately. It’s not that good things don’t happen to me every day, but life’s little travails just seem to have come in a big pack in recent times. As I’ve gotten older, I deal with setbacks better than I would have a few years ago. It’s like picking out splinters — after you’ve done it a couple hundred times, you develop a technique, but you probably don’t want any more practice.

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