Arkansas misses out on bonus funds for ARKids First: Time to cut the red tape! This week, 15 states received more than $200 million in bonuses for enrolling eligible children in Medicaid. Roughly two-thirds of uninsured children nationally are...
A new state program will help find more homes for foster children while maintaining important family connections by assisting relatives who are serving as foster parents, according to a new report from Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families. The...
Leveling the playing field for small Arkansas businesses was examined this week during a joint meeting of the state Senate and House committees on revenue and taxation. The Arkansas Small Business Tax Fairness Act, sponsored by Rep. Jim Nickels,...
Arkansas will lose an estimated $113 million in sales tax revenue this year on Internet purchases and lose more from untaxed catalog, phone and other “remote sales.” This lost revenue makes it harder for Arkansas to invest in public...
We are very excited to announce that Anna Strong will be our next health policy director. Many of you already know Anna through her past volunteer and advocacy efforts here at AACF and with many of our partners around...
Here’s a sneak peak at an exciting trend we’ve just uncovered in recent insurance coverage data. Find out more about this when we release our annual report on child health insurance in early 2012. In a nutshell: the number...
U.S. Supreme Court to hear the case of an Arkansan sentenced to life without parole for a crime committed in his youth. Today, the United States Supreme Court agreed to hear an appeal filed by the Equal Justice Initiative...
The monthly State General Revenue Report for October was released today by the Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration. It showed that this month’s revenue was slightly below the current forecast while the year-to-date collections were slightly above forecast....
Congressional leaders are indicating that they’ll vote before Thanksgiving on a Constitutional amendment to require a balanced federal budget. Such an amendment would limit the amount of money the federal government can spend each year regardless of circumstance. The...
The Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction-the bipartisan Congressional “super” committee tasked with finding at least $1.2 trillion in budget savings-has begun its meetings in Washington. It must present a proposal to the full Congress by November 23 of...