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Home > Posts by Nicole Carey

Even Public Education Not Safe from the One Big Beautiful Bill Act

August 29, 2025

While we have frequently highlighted how the One Big Beautiful Bill Act slashes funding for health care and food assistance, another provision of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act stands to harm public education: the creation of the federal...

The Kids Count Data Book: Education

July 31, 2025

What will change going forward to improve opportunities for students in our state?

Cutting Medicaid is Equivalent to Cutting School District Budgets

May 15, 2025

As members of Congress work through the budget reconciliation process, deep cuts to Medicaid, among other programs, continue to loom. Reductions in Medicaid would be devastating to Arkansas where almost half (47.1%) of our children are insured through Medicaid,...

AACF Testimony against HB1916

April 8, 2025

This bill unnecessarily targets Arkansas's transgender children.

AACF Testimony Against HB1180

February 27, 2025

AACF supports teaching scientifically-based human development in our schools.

Time to Act: Addressing the Cost Crisis of Child Care

January 30, 2025

In Arkansas, the cost of sending an infant and a 4-year old to a child care center is higher than annual mortgage payments.

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