We’ve covered Arkansas’s rural health care crisis pretty extensively at For AR People. If you’re just now hearing of it, the crisis is so bad that it threatens the survival…
On Tuesday the Arkansas House Rules Committee convened to discuss the state’s controversial ban on Delta-8 and other hemp-derived THC products. The meeting follows a recent federal court ruling that…
Three years ago today, the Supreme Court took away federal protections for the right to receive abortions in Dobbs v. Jackson. This decision represented a huge setback to Americans who…
A few weeks ago, the Little Rock School District, City of Little Rock, and Little Rock Food Commission asked the community for donations to wipe out $175,000 of food debt…
When Mary Tracy Morrison, director of Engage and the “Delta Institute for the Developing Brain” in Jonesboro was charged with “permitting child abuse” in April, we wondered if that was…
GOP lawmakers are once again using Christian ideology as a weapon, undermining the Constitution in the process. Today Senate Judiciary voted to advance HB1615, a bill that undermines the US…
Costs and transparency concerns are top of mind for some legislators The Arkansas Department of Corrections is facing more criticism after a fiery Joint Budget Committee meeting exposed failures in…
In a packed Senate Agriculture Committee meeting on Tuesday, Arkansans from across the state rallied to protect the Buffalo River, one of our most treasured natural resources. The controversial SB290…
Today members of joint education met early to hear the Arkansas ACCESS bill, the Governor’s signature piece of education legislation for the 95th General Assembly. Arkansas ACCESS (filed as twin…
Guest written by legislative intern Madelyn White The New Wave of Anti-DEI On February 18th, Governor Sanders signed Senate Bill 3 into law, now known as Act 116, with lawmakers…