Medicaid recap
Medicaid recap Since it’s February – the month of love – we felt it was a good time to (re)proclaim our love for Medicaid. For more than 15 years, we […]
Drug Testing for Unemployment Insurance: Unnecessary, Not Helpful, and Possibly Unconstitutional
Drug Testing for Unemployment Insurance: Unnecessary, Not Helpful, and Possibly Unconstitutional Senator Jeremy Hutchinson has filed SB38, which proposes drug-testing individuals who are unemployed as a condition of receiving benefits. […]
Copays affect Medicaid recipients, providers
Copays affect Medicaid recipients, providers Cost-sharing and copayments reduce access to health care for low-income families who already struggle to make ends meet. In the debate to extend Medicaid to […]
Industries, low-income Arkansas workers to benefit from Medicaid expansion
Industries, low-income Arkansas workers to benefit from Medicaid expansion More than 150,000 Arkansans work every day, earn less than $32,000 per year, and do not have health insurance. These workers […]
Spending Caps Mean Bad News for Kids and Families
Spending Caps Mean Bad News of Kids and Families Spending caps are budget gimmicks that cause more problems than they solve. They have failed to work in the past, and […]
Black students more likely to be punished in Arkansas schools
Black students more likely to be punished in Arkansas schools Black students in Arkansas schools are more likely to be suspended and receive corporal punishment than their white counterparts, according […]
Locking up non-violent youthful offenders does not pay
Locking up non-violent youthful offenders does not pay Locking up non-violent youthful offenders is costly and ineffective. Using community-based alternatives to incarceration – like education, job training, drug treatment, and […]
State education leaders tout real education reform agenda
State education leaders tout real education reform agenda A diverse group of parents, teachers, education leaders, business owners, civil rights leaders and child advocates touted an education reform agenda Wednesday […]
Huddleston: Gov Beebe on Right Track
Huddleston: Gov Beebe on Right Track Governor Mike Beebe addressed the state legislature Tuesday outlining a path for lawmakers to follow that would make sure Arkansans continue to receive vital […]
New Report Shows Importance of Immigrant Families to Arkansas’s Economy
New Report Shows Importance of Immigrant Families to Arkansas’s Economy Immigrants in Arkansas are an essential, beneficial and rapidly growing segment of the Arkansas economy, according to a new study […]