The $65.8 million proposed spending increase for school vouchers accounts for roughly 60% of the proposed budget’s overall increase.
Tess Vrbin for the Arkansas Advocate
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LGBTQ+ senior citizens in Arkansas face barriers to safe and stable housing
Some older LGBTQ+ people hide their identities, or anticipate doing so, to receive the care they’ll need as they age.
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Medicaid payments suspended for Little Rock physician, clinic during fraud investigation
The state has suspended all Medicaid payments to Dr. Alonzo Williams until an investigation is complete.
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Arkansas AG approves proposed FOIA changes; supporters plan to start gathering signatures soon
The nonpartisan Arkansas Citizens for Transparency (ACT) has been trying since November to get Griffin’s approval for both a constitutional amendment and an initiated act.
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Arkansas AG asks judge to enforce $20K fine against landlord, claiming he violated settlement
Bohra owned 150 properties in Pulaski County at the time of former Attorney General Leslie Rutledge’s lawsuit in August 2019.
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Panel approves $104K for former Arkansas corrections chief’s partial salary as Sanders aide
The Arkansas Legislative Council’s Performance Evaluation and Expenditure Review (PEER) subcommittee approved the appropriation Tuesday with some audible dissent, and the full council approved PEER’s report Friday with no dissent.
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Group submits fourth proposed statutory FOIA change to Arkansas AG after third rejection
In his opinion, Griffin cited a single “misleading provision” of the text of the proposed act and ballot title. The attorney general said he would “expedite the response” if the group resolved the issue.
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Lawmakers direct almost all of remaining reserved ARPA funds to four more rural Arkansas hospitals
Arkansas received an initial pot of more than $1.5 billion for lawmakers to distribute, and $60 million was set aside in August 2022 as emergency relief for struggling rural hospitals.
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Study: Disparities in Arkansas child health persist, especially for Black families
Arkansas’s Black children consistently have worse health outcomes from birth onward than children of other races, a new study shows.
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27 Arkansas pregnancy resource centers will receive shares of $1M grant
A condition for eligibility is that the facilities encourage pregnant Arkansans to give birth and do not perform or affiliate themselves with abortion in any way.