“PBMs have been allowed to skirt the law for too long,” Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders said in a news release. “Today my administration is taking an important step to holding Big Pharma accountable. We must make sure that our most vulnerable populations are protected and that starts with enforcing the law.”
Tess Vrbin for the Arkansas Advocate
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Health care resources limited for income-constrained, working Arkansans, especially in rural areas
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UAMS will provide birth control, reproductive health education to 14 rural Arkansas counties
UAMS received a $431,000 grant from anonymous donor to provide contraceptives and prenatal care to women in 14 rural Arkansas counties.
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Advocates recommend policies to improve sex education, reduce teen pregnancy in Arkansas
This abstinence education required by Arkansas state law is … not working very well.
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Proposed Garland County ballot measure would nix property tax that funds local library
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Hot Springs medical marijuana dispensary won’t get revoked license back, judge orders
Green Springs is the first and only dispensary to have its license revoked since the state’s medical marijuana industry launched in 2019.
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Arkansas governor signs tax, appropriation bills after special legislative session ends
For the third time in 15 months, Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders signed legislation to lower taxes for Arkansans. The governor also weighed in after an anti-abortion resolution sparked debate in the House.
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Arkansas tax cut proposals sail through committees on first day of special session
Two committees of Arkansas lawmakers approved measures to decrease income taxes and increase the homestead tax credit on Monday, the first day of the Legislature’s second special session in nine months.
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Arkansas lawmakers to consider income tax cuts, Game and Fish budget during special session
It’s not February, but it’s feeling a bit like Groundhog Day at the Arkansas Capitol this week as lawmakers convene for a special session to cut income taxes for the second time in nine months.
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Commission recommends space for Arkansas Capitol’s upcoming ‘monument to the unborn’
Lakey Goff, the artist behind the idea of a “living wall” of flora for the monument, proposed placing the monument in the grassy space behind the Capitol and to the north of the Supreme Court building.