Recent income tax cuts are taking a bite out of the funds that pay for our parks, bridges, schools and public safety. These funds are supposed to grow as the economy grows, and as need for more teachers, social...
We’ve all seen the video of the teenage girl in the South Carolina school being dragged out of her seat by a school resource officer –and being put at a high risk of physical harm–for using a cell phone...
Poverty has a negative and lasting impact on a student’s education. Research tells us that poverty can physically impact a child’s developing brain and his future ability to learn. Interventions can reverse that harm. But schools are limited in the tools...
The Affordable Care Act has helped cut the number of uninsured children in Arkansas to less than five percent, according to a new report released by the Georgetown University Center for Children and Families and Arkansas Advocates for Children...
Pre-K is a great investment for Arkansas’s future workforce and a critical resource for working families. Justin Eaton, Owner, IDK? Café, Bentonville, AR 4 Things You Need to Know About Pre-K Right Now Download the Print Version The importance of pre-K rises...
We need to look farther ahead, at least five years into the future, to get a realistic look at how revenue and tax changes will affect funding for parks, roads, libraries and all the other programs that benefit our...
We were proud to accept the Community Excellence Award today from the Hispanic Women’s Organization of Arkansas, a Springdale-based nonprofit that works to advance educational opportunities for Hispanic women and their families and to encourage them to become active participants...
Consultants for Health Care Reform Task Force released a new report recommending the Private Option become a transitional or temporary program focused on “moving people upward” to opportunities. This is on the heels of an earlier report noting the...
Recent tax cuts are weighing down the revenue growth that Arkansas needs to address our crumbing roads, our hurting schools, and to help the one in four kids growing up in poverty in our state. Two big reasons for...
Rewa Harris-Sparks of Fayetteville works hard for her family. She still cannot afford health insurance. Thanks to the Private Option, she’s covered. “I do have a job. I work very hard every day,” Rewa says in the video. “Although...
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