We all want to live in a state with great schools, well-maintained infrastructure, thriving communities, and strong families. But Arkansas’s Governor and many legislative leaders have expressed their support for sharply cutting – or even eliminating – our personal...
Heading into the Legislature’s Spring Break, the pace of work picked up at the Capitol this week. Lawmakers and advocates alike want to get their priorities moving before we get too far in a session that could end as...
The ballot measure process is the constitutional right of the people of Arkansas, which we have had for over 100 years. It's a constitutional right that some in the legislature continue to attempt restrict.
In Arkansas, businesses that exploit kids will have to pay the price, but not until after the harm has been done.
Arkansas teachers lost more employment protections with the final passage of the Arkansas LEARNS Act. But before this bill was even filed, teachers here already had some of the weakest union bargaining rights in the nation. How did it...
We’ve seen a couple of good bills that expand access to voting and that help pregnant and parenting students stay in school become law.
We should be maintaining protections, instead of waiting for children to come to harm before getting involved.
Despite calls for amendments from both sides of the aisle and considerable opposition from public school supporters, Gov. Sanders’ Arkansas LEARNS bill passed the Senate Education Committee on Wednesday and the full Senate on Thursday. As an education policy...
A legislative effort to change child labor laws would make it easier for businesses to hire children under 16 without their parents’ permission.