HEALTH: Next week, the bill to allow local municipalities to determine the fluoride levels of their water system is expected to be presented to the Senate Public Health, Welfare, and Labor Committee. This bill, HB1355, establishes a maximum not...
A bill for the Working Families Opportunity Act (WFOA) was filed last week and, if passed, it would be the first of its kind in Arkansas and a huge step towards reducing poverty for hard working families in our...
Everyone loves the food list for Soup Sunday. Our Northwest Arkansas event is Sunday from 4-7 p.m. at the NWA Convention Center on 48th Street in Springdale. There’s still time to get tickets! For more information on the event...
We’ve been sending out weekly legislative updates. You can subscribe to those here. Here’s a rundown of some of the major movements in the state legislature this week. See below for a complete list of bills we’re tracking. Follow...
We’ve seen the “Black Lives Matter” hashtag plastered all over social media for the past several months. But what does this actually mean? It means that ALL lives, including Black lives, matter. It means that when our economy leaves...
You are invited to join us for a press conference to release this important report on the current state of education in Arkansas. This is the first follow-up report since Dr. Jay Barth and Keith A. Nitta published their...
When Keith A. Nitta, then of the University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service, and I developed our 2008 study “Arkansas Education in the Post-Lake View Era: What Is Arkansas Doing to Close the Achievement Gap?,” Arkansas was...
The health and education of Arkansas children are at risk because of a new bill that would redirect billions of future state general revenue dollars that typically funds programs for children and families and put it towards highways and...
With the Private Option and the Governor’s tax cut package out of the way, the legislature is moving on to other business. It was a busy week at the Capitol. EDUCATION: This week Gov. Hutchinson announced the formation of...
HEALTH: The Private Option reauthorization overcame its final hurdle yesterday. After passing the Senate last week, lawmakers in the House of Representatives approved continuing the Private Option by a wide margin. AACF applauds the legislature for backing Governor Hutchinson’s...