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Legislators: Please Stop Trying to Limit the Ballot Measure Process
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.
Arkansas Advocates 2023 Legislative Session Recap, Vol. 9
In Arkansas, businesses that exploit kids will have to pay the price, but not until after the harm has been done.
How Arkansas Educators Lost Their Collective Bargaining Rights
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...
Arkansas Advocates 2023 Legislative Session Recap, Vol. 8
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.
New Law Will Make Arkansas Youth More Vulnerable to Exploitation
We should be maintaining protections, instead of waiting for children to come to harm before getting involved.
Arkansas LEARNS sets a dangerous course for public schools
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...
422,112 Arkansans At Risk of Losing Medicaid when Public Health Emergency Ends
Beginning on April 1, some Arkansans enrolled in Medicaid will begin to lose their coverage for the first time since early 2020.
Arkansas Advocates 2023 Legislative Session Recap, Vol. 6
Some bills (some helpful, some harmful) have cleared the final hurdle and have become law, so we’re really in the thick of it now.