This abstinence education required by Arkansas state law is … not working very well.
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State projects $712 million surplus while Austerity Sarah squeezes key programs
Crunching the numbers behind Arkansas Republicans’ scheme to squeeze the budget and dole out tax cuts for the rich.
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State budget leaves only crumbs for rural schools and the poor, advocates say
The proposed state budget sends plenty of public money to private school kids, but what about the other kids? At a press conference today, the Coalition for Strong Families said other children will be left behind.
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Souperb: 43 restaurants showed out for Soup Sunday
Dozens of Central Arkansas restaurants provided a variety of soups, breads and desserts for Soup Sunday, an annual event benefiting Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families.
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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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Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families announces new health policy director
Camille Richoux will work to improve health care coverage, equity and quality for children and families, particularly among minority groups.
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Arkansas LEARNS is designed to make rich parents richer
For a private school family with two kids and making roughly 300K annually, LEARNS vouchers would effectively cancel out their state income tax bill. LEARNS can be thought of as a giant tax cut for these wealthy Arkansans — or, more simply, a welfare check.
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Arkansas won’t hear bill to help new moms on Medicaid as maternal mortality rates in America worsen
With abortion banned in Arkansas and women more at risk of dying during their pregnancy or shortly after giving birth than ever, the Arkansas legislature instead spent time on an education overhaul, a plan to pack prisons and the ugly side of a culture war against vulnerable trans Arkansans.
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Arkansas Medicaid recipients could lose benefits starting April 1
More than one million Arkansans receive Medicaid assistance, but an estimated 420,000 of those could be at risk of losing their benefits at the end of the Public Health Emergency on April 1. Over the next six months, the Department of Human Services will redetermine folks’ eligibility. However, administrative errors and problems making contact could unenroll people who still qualify.
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Legislature speeding its way to making it easier to exploit child labor UPDATE
The onslaught of bad bills coming out of this General Assembly is nearly impossible to comprehensively follow. One especially pernicious proposal we haven’t talked about is up for a final vote in the Senate today: House Bill 1410, dubbed the “Youth Hiring Act of 2023” would dispense with the requirement that businesses who want to hired children under age 16 receive a permit from the state Department of Labor.