In Arkansas, undocumented immigrants contributed $188 million in state and local taxes in 2022, a number that would rise to $223 million if these taxpayers were granted work authorization.
Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families is collecting stories from people who are insured through ARHOME, one of Arkansas’s Medicaid programs. Data points and numbers are important because they help us understand the impact, but at the end of...
More than 25% of households in Arkansas make less in a year than the state's 1% save in taxes thanks to the tax cuts enacted by our state government since 2014.
Arkansas leaders must do more to protect children and prepare them to learn so they can flourish in adulthood.
Arkansas has cut individual and corporate taxes several times over the past several years. Thanks to these cuts, Arkansas is losing about $1.8 billion annually in general revenue.
Kids who experience hunger often are more likely to face long-term health consequences, like iron deficiency, anemia, asthma, type 2 diabetes, and heart disease.
Several noteworthy issues arose during this year’s session. Find our summary here.
All students in Arkansas should have access to an adequate and equitable education no matter where they live in our state.
Arkansas, once a leader among states for lowering the uninsurance rate for kids, now finds itself ranked among the bottom 10 states for children's insurance coverage.
It's time for Arkansas lawmakers to decide if and how they are going to support access to high-quality pre-k, and that decision (or indecision) could impact thousands of Arkansas families.