Nathan Treece
Reporter & Host, Little Rock Public Radio-
Less than one-third of Arkansas public school districts offer at least a moderately comprehensive sexual health education curriculum. -
The Arkansas Department of Health (ADH) reports that Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF) is the most common tick-borne disease in the state. -
Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin says the pills can be shipped directly to a person seeking an abortion, despite state laws forbidding the practice. -
Experts blame the recent rise of bankruptcies on an increase in costs to farmers, followed by lower crop prices. -
A new study reveals that 30 of Arkansas' 47 rural hospitals with inpatient services were at risk of closure due to losses on patient services, insufficient revenues from other sources to offset losses, and low financial reserves. -
Arkansas has the second lowest participation rate in the country for the Special Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC), despite ranking last in food security. -
Arkansas State Senator Fred Love, D-Little Rock, announced his intention to run, saying he felt compelled to jump into the race to give voice and representation to the many disaffected citizens. -
A study by researchers at Harvard University confirmed such requirements were associated with Medicaid coverage loss. But they found no evidence of a positive effect on employment. -
High poverty rates among children in all four states remain a common thread. Fears mount that cuts to the nation's social safety net of social services, like Medicaid and SNAP, will only worsen low child well-being in those states. -
According to data from the Homeland Security Investigations agency, all forms of cargo theft cost supply chains up to $35 billion each year.
