Arkansas
Medical marijuana tax revenues set to help food insecurity in Arkansas
Act 657 will help eliminate lunch debts for public schools across Arkansas, according to Scott Hardin, with the AR Department of Finance and Administration.The new law passed by legislators in the 2023 Legislative Session redirects medical marijuana sales tax revenues to help with food insecurity and health needs.”What that means is elimination of school lunch […]
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Arkansas
Insurance rates skyrocket for Arkansas schools
Nearly every school across the state is seeing skyrocketing property insurance rate increases this year, according to Alan McClain, commissioner of the Arkansas Department of Insurance.”The average in our program is close to 140% to 145%,” McClain said. “Commercial property insurance is going up across the nation. So it’s not a state of Arkansas-only problem.” […]
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