Nathan Treece
Reporter & Host, Little Rock Public Radio-
According to the Center for Healthcare Quality & Payment Reform, most rural hospitals in the U.S. no longer deliver babies. It’s a decline decades in the making that’s only accelerated because of rising costs, just as contributions from Medicaid are dropping. -
Some of the exhibits removed nationally include those related to slavery, racism, discrimination, pollution, climate change, and any reference to transgender people, among the many disqualifying topics for display at U.S. National Parks. -
The Arkansas' Crisis Center is typically contacted by an adult over the phone, but when they added texting, 65% on that platform were children and teenagers - 24/7 988 Lifeline. -
Prof. Shirin Saeidi’s social media accounts, included posts calling Israel a quote, “terrorist state that must be dismantled for the sake of humanity.” -
The Arkansas State Legislature will now have the power to make changes to citizen-led constitutional amendments with a two-thirds vote, reversing a 74-year legal precedent. -
States will soon pay more administrative costs for the SNAP program, stiff penalties for dispersement mistakes, and enforce work requirements for able-bodied adults receiving benefits. -
Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders highlighted the bravery of the guard members, noting their deployment to the nation’s capital just one week after the attack on two West Virginia National Guard soldiers, one of whom died, while critically wounding the other. -
Researchers found that the digital divide may be blocking rural and older cancer survivors from taking part in critical research because they strongly prefer other forms of contact including regular mail service and phone calls. -
The annual rankings are released by the anti-abortion group known as Americans United for Life. The organization says Arkansas earned the designation for having passed at least 65 pro-life measures since 2011. -
Changes include reimbursing providers at the market rate for the cost of child care, adjusting the sliding scale copay based on family income, and removing incentives for higher quality care. Critics fear some providers may close or suffer hardships.
