It’s the right thing to do. More than 240,000 Arkansas uninsured adults will now have health care coverage.Without it, low-income, uninsured adults who are currently not eligible for Medicaid will have no health care coverage option. 80,000 uninsured Arkansas...
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 that is backed by decades of research and based...
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 services, the state continues to invest in its future,...
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 released today by the Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation. The...
Today, the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP) released a report called “Who Pays? A Distributional Analysis of the Tax Systems in All 50 States.” According to this report, Low-income taxpayers in Arkansas pay two times the amount...
Arkansas is a national leader in covering kids. It isn’t often that we Arkansans can brag about leading the nation in health-related statistics. Break out the party hats – a new report shows that Arkansas is fourth the nation in...
The evidence is clear: a young person’s failure to read at grade level by the end of third grade creates a massive barrier to educational success. It is a key force in determining whether a student will go on...
Students who read at grade level by the end of the third grade are more likely to perform well in later grades, succeed in high school, graduate from college, and achieve success in the workforce. Unfortunately, a large percentage...
More details on proposed DHS cuts Tuesday’s budget hearing for the Department of Human Services (DHS) was definitely eventful. The largest state agency, with more 7,500 employees, DHS serves more than 1.2 million Arkansans each year. Most of its...
Medicaid works for Arkansas. It helps our disabled neighbors, elderly Arkansans, and thousands of children in low-income homes get care when they need it most. According to DHS officials, Medicaid will face a $138 million state budget shortfall in...