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Arkansans rely on access to physicians and health care professionals to provide life-saving and preventative care close to home. Rural states like ours face an acute need for medical providers. More than 500,000 Natural State residents live in an area defined by the federal government as lacking the adequate number of health professionals to serve the population. While we’re investing in educating and training the next generation of health care providers to help expand the delivery of health care across the state, Congress is also advancing a number of solutions to help enhance health care in rural communities and underserved areas.

House members will now be taking an extended recess. When the House reconvenes on March 27, members will be addressing public safety legislation, constitutional amendments, and the budget.

In the 9th week of the 2023 Regular Session, the House passed several bills addressing education, elections, and healthcare. The House also passed a bill to increase the property tax credit for Arkansas families.

The 118th Congress has already provided multiple opportunities to roll back proposed or recently enacted rules, regulations and legislation that is bad for Arkansas and our country. Republicans in Congress have been leading Congressional Review Act (CRA) joint resolutions of disapproval to challenge several ill-advised and potentially damaging orders from taking effect.

I’m coming in as soon as I can to get one of your financial powers of attorney. For now, though, can’t I use a document I found on the internet called the “Arkansas Durable Statutory Power of Attorney”?

In the 8th week of the 2023 Regular Session, the House passed SB294. This bill creates the LEARNS Act and outlines several educational reforms.

I’m coming in as soon as I can to get one of your financial powers of attorney. For now, though, can’t I use a document I found on the internet called the “Arkansas Durable Statutory Power of Attorney”?

Hello again. I hope you are all well.

Good morning and welcome to a new week. The view from my window this Sunday is much better than last.

Hello to all of you Marshall Mountain Wave readers and greetings from the jewel of the Ozarks, Leslie, Arkansas. It seems as though Spring is springing. The weather has been rather mild this week with much warmer temperatures and some rain, not as much as we have had lately but enough to keep everything muddy. The flower parade seems to be starting early this year starting with of course the jonquils which I Love jonquils. They are so bright and cheery and I have bundles of them all over my house this time of year. My crocus burst into bloom this week in their deep rich purple I actually have the kind of crocus that they get saffron from, which is the Crocus Sativus. It is one of the most expensive spices in the world by weight. It has the most intense aromatic flavor and just one little piece of it will flavor a whole pot of rice or curry. I harvest mine early in the morning when they first open. I carefully cut the flower and gently pull out the flower stamen which is the spice of the plant. This year I will have a bumper crop of saffron. My forsythia has blooms all on it and the trees have little buds on them. I am hoping everything that is blooming now does not get killed by a hard frost. The garden has turnips that are wanting to bolt and the garlic and onions and leeks are looking great. My neighbors who garden have their cold frames just bursting with goodness in the form of greens. They are also getting their greenhouses stocked up getting ready for the coming planting season.