Mitch McConnell

Biden wants to increase the Medicare tax rate from 3.8% to 5% on income exceeding $400,000 per year, including salaries and capital gains. read more >

The choice reflects the GOP's desire to show that it's creating a new generation of leaders. read more >

The measure extends spending to Feb. 18 and includes $7 billion to support Afghanistan evacuees. read more >

The windfall is expected to provide $3.6 billion for Arkansas roads and $278 million for bridge repair and replacement. read more >

Historians, economists and engineers welcomed Biden’s efforts but stressed that it's not nearly enough to overcome the government’s failure for decades to maintain and upgrade the country’s infrastructure. read more >

The deal between the company and other retail and shipping giants should help move stranded container ships on the West Coast. read more >

The government faces a shutdown if funding stops on Sept. 30. read more >

After much delay, senators unveiled a nearly $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure package, wrapping up days of painstaking work on the inches-thick bill and launching what is certain to be a lengthy debate over President Joe Biden’s big priority. read more >

The U.S. Supreme Court has dismissed a challenge to the Obama era health care law, preserving insurance coverage for millions of Americans. read more >

The pushback against new voting bills and laws in numerous states is growing with dozens of nation's largest corporations and business leaders signing a new statement objecting to “any discriminatory legislation." read more >

Solar power contractors in Arkansas are calling tax incentives and other provisions of the $900 billion COVID-19 relief plan a boost for the renewable power industry. read more >

Bearing down on a midnight shutdown deadline, top negotiators on a must-pass, almost $1 trillion COVID-19 economic relief package are committed to sealing an agreement Friday as they resolve remaining differences in hopes of passing the legislation this weekend. read more >

A new survey by Arkansas Hospitality Association finds restaurants in the state making dramatically less money than in the same time last year, and more than a third are considering closing until the pandemic passes. read more >

The genius of our elections is their decentralization. They are conducted at the county level, by local officials answerable to local voters and depended upon by local candidates. Systemic corruption would require the kind of vast conspiracy that makes a conspiracy exceptionally unlikely to succeed. read more >

President Donald Trump signs a $484 billion bill to aid employers and hospitals under stress from the coronavirus pandemic. read more >

The Treasury Department wants to dedicate $500 billion to start issuing direct payments to Americans by early next month as the centerpiece of a $1 trillion plan to stabilize the economy amid the coronavirus epidemic. read more >

Europe is still on my bucket list, so I’ll never see Notre Dame as she was before last Monday. But, as horrific as the flames looked against the Paris night, the dawn brought renewed hope that a landmark that is centuries older than our country can be restored. read more >

There is not widespread agreement on the need for a massive border wall, and even the famously resolute Trump has been wishy-washy about exactly what kind of wall he has in mind. Can a price tag even be put on an idea so unformed? read more >

There was one undisputed winner of Tuesday’s election: the Affordable Care Act. read more >

The head of the Environmental Protection Agency said Monday that he will sign a new rule overriding the Clean Power Plan, an Obama-era effort to limit carbon emissions from coal-fired power plants. read more >