Tess Vrbin
Reporter at Arkansas Advocate
covering state government @ArkAdvocate. formerly @ArkansasOnline, @CDispatch. #MizzouMade. she/her. [email protected]. also @ https://t.co/dMmsyEA4wv
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2 weeks ago |
arkansasadvocate.com | Tess Vrbin
Arkansas remains among the worst states for child well-being, ranking 45th nationwide for the second year in a row, according to the annual Annie E. Casey Foundation report released Monday. The group’s 2025 KIDS COUNT Data Book measures 16 indicators of child well-being in four categories: education, health, economic well-being and family and community.
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2 weeks ago |
current.org | Tess Vrbin |Karen Everhart
This article was first published by the Arkansas Advocate and is republished here under a Creative Commons license. It has been edited to clarify details about CPB’s federal appropriations, including the legal requirement that most of the funds go directly to local stations.
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3 weeks ago |
magnoliareporter.com | Tess Vrbin |Antoinette Grajeda |Arkansas Advocate
An Arkansas legislative committee filed a report Friday, June 6, 2025 detailing a requested audit into the Board of Corrections’ 2023 hiring of a Little Rock attorney, a move that raised concerns from lawmakers about the board’s procurement practices.
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3 weeks ago |
arkansasadvocate.com | Tess Vrbin |Antoinette Grajeda
by Tess Vrbin and Antoinette Grajeda, Arkansas Advocate June 6, 2025 An Arkansas legislative committee filed a report Friday detailing a requested audit into the Board of Corrections’ 2023 hiring of a Little Rock attorney, a move that raised concerns from lawmakers about the board’s procurement practices.
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3 weeks ago |
arktimes.com | Tess Vrbin
Arkansas lawmakers reviewed two rules Wednesday in response to a new law aimed at improving the state’s maternal health care landscape for low-income pregnant women. The Joint Public Health, Welfare and Labor Committee spent nearly an hour discussing Arkansas’ new policy of presumptive Medicaid eligibility for pregnant women, part of the Healthy Moms, Healthy Babies Act that will go into effect in August.
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