Last week, federal officials at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced that they rejected Arkansas’ request to renew the state’s Medicaid expansion (called ARHOME). This decision will take…
At the end of this fiscal year, Governor Sanders reported a $655 million budget surplus, with about $4 billion in reserves. On paper, this sounds great! Having too much money…
Last Friday, the day before the United States’ 250th anniversary, Protect AR Rights turned in over 108,000 signatures of registered Arkansas voters from all 75 counties supporting the Arkansas Ballot…
Sanders pushed the Attorney General to lie to Arkansans. What else is she forcing administration officials to lie about? Late last week, the Arkansas Democrat Gazette published an investigation…
Governor Sanders’ “Claim Your Care” campaign is a marketing strategy disguised as a maternal healthcare solution. Quick glance: Perhaps you’ve seen ads from the Claim Your Care campaign: purple and…
At least five data centers have been approved across Arkansas: two in Little Rock, one in West Memphis, one in Conway, and one in Clarkesville. These data centers support and…
A For AR People series examining how state policy failures, healthcare shortages, and politicking put pregnant women at risk and exacerbate Arkansas’s maternal mortality crisis. Say you are a pregnant…
The following piece is by Blaire Jedlicka, a 9th grader at Little Rock Central High and a player on the school’s softball team. Central’s softball players are actively fighting for…
This week during fiscal session in the legislature’s joint budget committee, budget hawk Rep. Frances Cavenaugh (R-Walnut Ridge) tore into State Treasurer John Thurston for the exorbitant salary increase proposed…
On April 21, the Arkansas Senate chose to focus on pointless culture war issues that don’t affect any Arkansans instead of dealing with real issues we’re facing. Don’t worry about…