Ripping Through Red Tape
We have more information to share on the Red Tape Bill, Senate Bill 65. You already know that it would cut the red tape on ARKids First applications, preventing 20,000 kids who are already eligible from falling off the...
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Let’s Move Forward, not backward on health care
Tomorrow the House Public Health committee will consider a bill that would try to opt Arkansas out of the many benefits and protections offered by the health reform bill passed last year by Congress. House Bill 1053 is a...
Another chance to promote affordable health care.
The House of Representatives voted today to repeal the Affordable Care Act of 2010 – despite the law being approved by a majority of both Houses of Congress and signed into law by the President in 2010. While the...
Red Tape Bill Introduced
Bureaucratic red tape keeping thousands of Arkansas children who qualify for ARKids First from enrolling or staying on the program is one step closer to being cut. Sen. Jeffress has introduced Senate Bill 65. We’ll have more details on...
Repealing Health Reform Will Harm Arkansas Children
As is the ritual in Washington every two years, this month Congress began a new legislative session with Republican John Boehner (R-OH) holding the Speaker’s gavel. In remarks opening the 112th Session, Speaker Boehner recognized the enormous challenges of...
Quality of Life Top Business Draw
Proposals to reduce corporate taxes in order to improve business prospects in Arkansas are misguided. According to theForbes’ Best States for Business: 2010 report Arkansas already ranks 14th in the nation in terms of low business cost and low...
Kids at the Capitol 2011
Arkansas lawmakers in the 2011 session were able to improve the health, economic security and education opportunities for many children and families, despite the continuing effects of The Great Recession.
The Impact on Low-Income Families of the Earned Income Tax Credit and Refund Anticipation Loans (JAN)
The federal Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) has a significant economic impact in Arkansas. Twenty-two percent of all Arkansas tax filers, or almost 300,000 families, claimed the EITC in 2007. The EITC brought $629 million directly to the Arkansas...
Lame Duck Update: A Mixed Bag for Low-Income Families
It has been an eventful few weeks at the United States Capitol. Congress has finally agreed on some of the most important issues facing the nation, and it has been a mixed bag for low-income families. Unemployment insurance was extended along...
The 2009 Tobacco Tax: Was Children’s Health Care the Big Loser?
Health programs promised money through a 2009 increase in the tobacco tax haven’t seen a penny, and dozens of others have been under budgeted in the last two fiscal years, according to an analysis by Arkansas Advocates for Children...