As the Delta variant continues to spread and caseloads continue to rise, we can’t lose sight of the fact that too many families in our communities continue to face significant ongoing hardship. And children are paying a steep price....
Editor’s note: The 2021 KIDS COUNT® Data Book is a 50-state report of recent household data developed by the Annie E. Casey Foundation analyzing how families have fared between the Great Recession and the COVID-19 crisis. Arkansas Advocates for...
As I write this, President Biden has just signed a bill to make Juneteenth the first new federal holiday since Martin Luther King, Jr. Day was added in 1983. This is great news, and Juneteenth should be celebrated by...
The President’s announcement of the American Families Plan yesterday puts us one step closer to seizing the historic opportunity to build a stronger recovery and a more equitable economy. We call on Arkansas’s congressional delegation to move swiftly to...
Arkansas lawmakers are headed home today for a few months, taking a long recess in one of the most difficult sessions in recent memory. We want to thank you for staying engaged for more than three months. No matter...
It was a contentious week in the General Assembly, with the Legislature overriding a veto for the first time since Governor Hutchinson took office. As you may have read, it was regarding legislation to deprive transgender children of certain health...
Most people would agree that rental housing should be required to be structurally sound and weatherproofed, and have working plumbing, electricity, and heat and air. They should also require basic safety measures like working smoke detectors and carbon monoxide...
This week a state legislator jokingly wrote that a stair is added to the Capitol steps each day the General Assembly is in session. But all jokes aside, the 93rd General Assembly is currently set to end April 9...
Approximately halfway through the session, the pace at the Capitol really picked up this week. We are especially excited to report that adults who were born in the Marshall Islands can now obtain Medicaid coverage in Arkansas, ending a...
This week could also be titled, “The Week That Wasn’t,” “Snowmageddon,” and “Antarkansas.” Thanks to back-to-back, record-setting winter weather events, the Arkansas’s 93rd General Assembly recessed for the week. We thought we would do something a little different with weekly...
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