Hunger relief during a pandemic complicates a complicated problem
‘Communities are just turning to each other right now.’
Arkansas small farmers and markets exercise creativity, grit as season opens
How small farmers and producers are managing amid the pandemic.
Last responders: Central Arkansas funeral homes and coroners prepare for a rising death toll
Arkansas funeral home staff and coroners' offices prepare for a rising death count.
Little Rock’s massive effort to feed kids amid the pandemic
Thanks to World Central Kitchen, the Clinton Foundation, the Little Rock School District and a broad coalition of local players, all Little Rock kids have access to free food on a daily basis.
Nate Smith on why Arkansas isn’t sheltering in place
The health department director also talks about the line he must walk between providing information and preventing people from panicking in the face of the pandemic.
State’s unemployed deal with new reality
Feelings of shock, uncertainty fill empty schedules.
Rural preparedness in the time of coronavirus
As the coronavirus has spread across the United States and Arkansas has seen an increase in cases, I’ve been thinking of the rural people I grew up with in Johnson County and how they are dealing with COVID-19.
Some 191,000 Arkansans may need hospital care for coronavirus
Some 908,900 Arkansans may become infected with the novel coronavirus over the course of the next six months, according to an epidemiological model of the spread of COVID-19 in Arkansas provided by the Arkansas Hospital Association to its members today. Among those who become infected, an estimated 190,800 Arkansans may need hospital care and 41,400 may need to be hospitalized in intensive care units in the next six months, according to the projections.
Study says Medicaid work requirement increased uninsured rate for Arkansans but did not boost employment
A study published Wednesday in the New England Journal of Medicine found that Arkansas’s Medicaid work requirement led to lower insurance rates among 30- to 49-year-olds in 2018, the group targeted by the first-of-its-kind work rule last year. The researchers also concluded that the policy did not lead to a rise in employment among this target population.
Statewide voucher program fails in House Education committee
The House Education committee on Thursday defeated a bill that would have created a $3 million statewide voucher program funded with income tax credits. Its sponsor, Rep. Ken Bragg (R-Sheridan), said after the meeting he would not try for a second vote on Senate Bill 539.
Senate passes bill to let DACA students access in-state tuition rates
The state Senate on Wednesday narrowly passed a bill that would allow certain immigrants residing in Arkansas to attend public colleges and universities at the same cost as other in-state students.
State Medicaid budget passes House on second try
The Arkansas House of Representatives narrowly approved a bill to fund the state's Medicaid program on Tuesday, completing legislative action on the appropriation and handing a victory to Governor Hutchinson.