
Nathan Treece
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1 week ago |
redriverradio.org | Jeff Ferrell |Nathan Treece
In January, Arkansas applied for a from the federal government to require able-bodied adults on Medicaid to search for work. Medicaid work requirements are now under debate in Congress. As Little Rock Public Radio reports, the effort is all part of the reconciliation bill which U.S. House members narrowly approved in late May.
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2 weeks ago |
redriverradio.org | Jeff Ferrell |Nathan Treece
A new report reveals that children in Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma and Texas are still doing worse overall compared to kids in other states. The 2025 Annie E. Casey Foundation Data Book ranks Arkansas 45th in the nation for child well-being, Louisiana 49th, Oklahoma #46th and Texas 44th by tracking 16 different factors. As Little Rock Public Radio Reports, among those factors, Arkansas ranks 45th for economic well-being with more than one in five children living in poverty.
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2 weeks ago |
redriverradio.org | Jeff Ferrell |Nathan Treece
One of the new laws coming out of the 2025 Arkansas Legislative Session, Act 322, allows for enhanced prison sentences of up to 10 years for convictions of cargo theft. During an interview with KARK Channel 4’s Capital View Shannon Newton, President of the Arkansas Trucking Association, said lawmakers also addressed cargo theft by providing more resources for law enforcement to deal with the issue.
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1 month ago |
redriverradio.org | Jeff Ferrell |Nathan Treece
Food banks and schools in Arkansas are facing decreased funding after the USDA canceled nearly one billion dollars in programs. The local food and schools program helped school cafeterias create meals using fresh produce from local farmers – and known as the Local Food Purchase Assistance (LFPA) Cooperative Agreement Program. As Little Rock Public Radio reports, Marlene Schwartz is the director of the Rudd Center for Food Policy and Health at the University of Connecticut.
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1 month ago |
redriverradio.org | Jeff Ferrell |Nathan Treece
Roughly 40% of rural births are covered under Medicaid. That’s according to a new study out of the McCourt School of Public Policy’s Center for Children and Families at Georgetown University. Senior fellow Elisabeth Wright Burak says nearly 1-in-4 women in rural Arkansas are covered by Medicaid.
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