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Arkansas lawmakers propose amendments as passage of fiscal 2025 budget nears • Arkansas Advocate

Arkansas’ 2024 fiscal session, which was initially projected to end this week, is now expected to end May 2 or possibly the following week, House Speaker Matthew Shepherd said Thursday. During the final days of the session, the Legislature will pass the fiscal year 2025 budget, also known as the Revenue Stabilization Act. The Joint […]

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Arkansas lawmakers advance proposal to double state-funded pregnancy resource center grant • Arkansas Advocate

An Arkansas legislative panel on Thursday approved the doubling of a taxpayer-funded grant to support pregnancy resource centers, which are often religiously affiliated and discourage abortion while encouraging birth. Republican leaders statewide have held up pregnancy resource centers as critical since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in June 2022 and Arkansas subsequently […]

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Arkansas fiscal session begins this week; proposed budget expected to pass with few changes • Arkansas Advocate

Arkansas lawmakers will convene the state’s eighth fiscal session Wednesday, beginning the process of finalizing the state budget for fiscal year 2025, which starts July 1 and ends June 30, 2025. The fiscal session lasts a maximum of 30 days unless three-fourths of the House and Senate vote to extend it. Sen. Jonathan Dismang, R-Searcy, […]

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LGBTQ+ senior citizens in Arkansas face barriers to safe and stable housing • Arkansas Advocate

Fred McLean hoped his veteran status would help him and Donald Underwood obtain housing aid from the Arkansas Department of Veterans Affairs when they got married in 2022. McLean has received health care from the VA for years but said all it ever gave Underwood was a plot in the state veterans’ cemetery, where McLean […]

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Arkansas agencies pursue initiatives to improve state’s maternal health • Arkansas Advocate

Arkansas officials are collaborating on outreach events and initiatives to fill gaps in women’s health care services in response to the governor’s directive to improve maternal health. Arkansas has the nation’s highest maternal mortality rate and the third highest infant mortality rate, according to the Arkansas Center for Health Improvement. Black mothers are most at […]

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Arkansas opts into new federal food assistance program for children during summer break

Arkansas will participate in a federal program providing food assistance for children during summer break from school this year, Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders announced Tuesday. Summer Electronic Benefit Transfer, or Summer EBT, will provide $120 in food benefits for each Arkansas child eligible for the National School Lunch Program, a U.S. Department of Agriculture service […]

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U.S. HHS Secretary asks Arkansas to re-enroll Medicaid-eligible children who lost coverage

Arkansas’ removal of thousands of children from Medicaid coverage this year has raised concerns with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, according to a Monday letter from the department secretary to Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders. In Arkansas, 78,506 fewer children were enrolled in Medicaid or the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) in September […]