Unemployment Benefits – Under a Legislative Microscope
There have been bills filed that will hurt our most economically vulnerable middle class Arkansas families, those who have been laid off from their jobs and are receiving or applying […]
Bill Targets Unemployment Benefit Recipients (and Puts Arkansas at Odds with Federal Regulations)
We all want to believe that the worst of the recession is behind us. That people who have lost their jobs are finding work. Sadly, we’re not there yet. Families […]
Estimates of Uninsured Arkansans – New Data Source
In a few weeks we’ll see a flood of new data from the 2010 survey of the U.S. Census Bureau. Since 2000, we’ve relied on smaller samply surveys for estimates […]
States Continued to Improve Medicaid in 2010 Despite Budget Woes… but not Arkansas
During the past year, as the entire nation has been focused on the country’s continuing economic problems, Medicaid and CHIP have continued to play a central role in providing coverage […]
Meanwhile, in Washington, D.C. …
It was a busy week in Washington, highlighted of course by the President’s annual State of the Union speech to a joint session of Congress. President Obama took this opportunity […]
Committee Tables Anti-Dream Act Bill
House bill 1008, an attempt to keep some Arkansas high school graduates from accessing public institutions of higher education at in-state tuition rates, was presented to the House Education Committee […]
Now let’s move forward with health
House bill 1053, an attempt to remove requirements under the new health care law, failed to get out of the House committee this morning. We detailed here yesterday why this bill moves […]
Barth: “If you’ve got it, spend it”
We weren’t the only ones who jumped out of our chairs when Gov. Mike Beebe mentioned a big issue of ours during this State of the State address the other […]
Ripping Through Red Tape
We have more information to share on the Red Tape Bill, Senate Bill 65. You already know that it would cut the red tape on ARKids First applications, preventing 20,000 […]
Let’s Move Forward, not backward on health care
Tomorrow the House Public Health committee will consider a bill that would try to opt Arkansas out of the many benefits and protections offered by the health reform bill passed […]