“Just because you do not take an interest in politics doesn’t mean politics won’t take an interest in you.” -Pericles Every morning Arkansans get up and go through their daily routine. Many do not give a second thought to the...
Arkansas’s Medicaid work reporting requirements not only kicked 18,000 Arkansans off their health insurance, it also raised premiums on some Arkansans who purchased their insurance through the state’s marketplace. Arkansas has faced widespread criticism for more than two years...
Need a reason to take the Census next year? Schools in your community are counting on it. Several important programs for students rely on Census data, in whole or in part, to determine how much funding districts in your...
Open enrollment on the Affordable Care Act (ACA) marketplaces begins November 1. This is a great time for consumers to examine the deals found on the marketplace, to save money and better meet their health care needs. In fact,...
Every child should have their health care needs met. ARKids First provides low-cost or free health insurance for children across Arkansas. Nationwide, 1.1 million kids have lost Medicaid or CHIP coverage over the past 18 months. Arkansas is one...
Drug misuse is an epidemic in the United States, and Medicaid has a considerable role in the solution. We try to tell ourselves that it could never happen in our lives or pretend certain “types” of people misuse drugs...
Common-sense approach to ensuring corporations pay states the taxes they’re owed can help raise state revenue without increasing taxes on everyday families. In 2019, the Arkansas General Assembly passed legislation that required sellers outside of Arkansas to collect...
October 11, 2019 has been circled on the calendar for months. This morning, the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit held oral arguments for the case Charles Gresham v. Alex Azar, II, commonly known as Arkansas’s...
As we commemorate the anniversary of the Elaine Race Massacre today, it’s important to remember that Arkansas still hasn’t adequately addressed the grievance that slain sharecroppers sought to correct 100 years ago: wage theft. The Black farmers who organized...
Arkansans wages and poverty levels remained flat in 2018, despite the continued economic growth and historically low unemployment rates of recent years, according to new Census data. Conditions were even worse for children, who experienced a decline in their economic...