Sonny Albarado

2 weeks ago | arkansasadvocate.com | Sonny Albarado

Ahead of a meeting of the Democratic National Committee’s Executive Committee in Little Rock on Friday, DNC chair Ken Martin said the national party is committing the largest financial assistance to state Democratic parties ever. “The DNC will push out over a million dollars every month to the state parties,” Martin said in an interview. That includes $22,500 a month to the Arkansas Democratic Party to help it mobilize its efforts to improve the party’s position in the Natural State, he said.

3 weeks ago | arkansasadvocate.com | Sonny Albarado

by Sonny Albarado, Arkansas Advocate May 29, 2025 Two federal lawsuits filed Thursday argue that a new state law will harm hundreds of thousands of Arkansans by affecting access to needed medications. Two of the country’s largest pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) filed the complaints in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas, both arguing that Act 624 of 2025 violates the U.S. Constitution by interfering with interstate commerce.

3 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Sonny Albarado

Rep. Jeremiah Moore (right), R-Clarendon, and Sen. Kim Hammer (second from right). R-Benton, listen to opposition to House Bill 1150 from Randy Zook, president of the Arkansas Chamber of Commerce, during the Senate Committee on Insurance and Commerce meeting on Tuesday, April 8, 2025. (Tess Vrbin/Arkansas Advocate)Two federal lawsuits filed Thursday argue that a new state law will harm hundreds of thousands of Arkansans by affecting access to needed medications.

3 weeks ago | mhobserver.com | Sonny Albarado |Arkansas Advocate

President Donald Trump has declared a major disaster in Arkansas related to storms that caused widespread flooding and damage from April 2-22, according to a Federal Emergency Management Agency press release. The disaster declaration covers a total of 39 counties, just over half of the state’s 75, through different disaster relief programs, according to the release. Sanders requested the declaration in a May 3 letter to Trump.

3 weeks ago | arkansasadvocate.com | Sonny Albarado

President Donald Trump has declared a major disaster in Arkansas related to storms that caused widespread flooding and damage from April 2-22, according to a Federal Emergency Management Agency press release. The disaster declaration covers a total of 39 counties, just over half of the state’s 75, through different disaster relief programs, according to the release. This will be the second major disaster declaration for the state this spring.