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    <lastmod>2026-10-27T06:54:14-05:00</lastmod>
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      <news:title>U.S. reopens New Mexico port to Mexican cattle under new screwworm safeguards</news:title>
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    <lastmod>2026-10-27T05:54:43-05:00</lastmod>
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      <news:title>Boozman, Womack present $8.9 million USDA grant for Mountainburg water expansion</news:title>
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      <image:title>Boozman, Womack present $8.9 million USDA grant for Mountainburg water expansion</image:title>
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    <lastmod>2026-10-27T04:54:37-05:00</lastmod>
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      <news:title>Arkansas joins 20-state, FTC suit accusing Dollar General of deceptive pricing</news:title>
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    <lastmod>2026-10-27T03:55:56-05:00</lastmod>
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    <lastmod>2026-10-27T02:55:21-05:00</lastmod>
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      <news:title>Highfill to sell $12.33 million revenue bonds to fund water projects</news:title>
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    <loc>https://www.markjohnsonforarkansas.com/herman-davis-memorial-state-park-adds-passport-stamp-at-manila-city-hall</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-10-27T00:54:34-05:00</lastmod>
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      <news:publication_date>2026-10-27T00:54:34-05:00</news:publication_date>
      <news:title>Herman Davis Memorial State Park adds passport stamp at Manila City Hall</news:title>
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      <image:title>Herman Davis Memorial State Park adds passport stamp at Manila City Hall</image:title>
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    <loc>https://www.markjohnsonforarkansas.com/arkansas-among-states-with-major-ballot-measures-on-voting-taxes-and-rights</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-10-26T23:55:00-05:00</lastmod>
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    <loc>https://www.markjohnsonforarkansas.com/arkansas-marks-50-years-of-mandatory-blaze-orange-for-firearms-deer-seasons</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-10-26T20:53:48-05:00</lastmod>
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      <news:title>Arkansas marks 50 years of mandatory blaze orange for firearms deer seasons</news:title>
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    <lastmod>2026-10-26T19:53:59-05:00</lastmod>
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      <news:publication_date>2026-10-26T19:53:58-05:00</news:publication_date>
      <news:title>Lawmakers hear that Arkansas lacks mid-level youth mental health services, driving some kids to hospitals</news:title>
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      <image:title>Lawmakers hear that Arkansas lacks mid-level youth mental health services, driving some kids to hospitals</image:title>
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    <lastmod>2026-10-26T18:54:12-05:00</lastmod>
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    <lastmod>2026-10-26T17:55:18-05:00</lastmod>
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      <news:title>Arkansas attorney general expands &#039;One Pill Can Kill&#039; overdose training to UAMS</news:title>
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    <lastmod>2026-10-26T16:53:42-05:00</lastmod>
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      <news:title>Game and Fish plans Nov. 2 meeting on Lake Conway renovation progress</news:title>
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    <loc>https://www.markjohnsonforarkansas.com/u-s-steel-begins-construction-of-1-9-billion-direct-reduced-iron-plant-at-osceola</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-10-26T15:54:03-05:00</lastmod>
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      <news:title>U.S. Steel begins construction of $1.9 billion direct reduced iron plant at Osceola</news:title>
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      <image:title>U.S. Steel begins construction of $1.9 billion direct reduced iron plant at Osceola</image:title>
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    <loc>https://www.markjohnsonforarkansas.com/arkansas-veteran-joins-push-on-capitol-hill-for-legislation-to-improve-care-for-women-veterans</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-10-26T14:54:08-05:00</lastmod>
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      <news:title>Arkansas veteran joins push on Capitol Hill for legislation to improve care for women veterans</news:title>
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      <image:title>Arkansas veteran joins push on Capitol Hill for legislation to improve care for women veterans</image:title>
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    <lastmod>2026-10-26T13:54:24-05:00</lastmod>
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      <news:title>Off-duty Washington County deputy fires at vehicle in Fayetteville; passenger, 18, wounded, investigations underway</news:title>
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    <lastmod>2026-10-26T12:55:24-05:00</lastmod>
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      <news:title>Report: 2026 statewide ballot measures written at roughly graduate-school level</news:title>
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    <loc>https://www.markjohnsonforarkansas.com/low-mississippi-river-levels-push-down-local-grain-basis-arkansas-researchers-say</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-10-26T11:54:22-05:00</lastmod>
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      <news:title>Low Mississippi River levels push down local grain basis, Arkansas researchers say</news:title>
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      <image:title>Low Mississippi River levels push down local grain basis, Arkansas researchers say</image:title>
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