By Andrew DeMillo | Editor-in-Chief
Good morning, Advocate readers! Families of children with disabilities took to social media in recent weeks to complain about Arkansas’ waitlist for services. Those posts prompted action from the state on Tuesday. And a veteran of the Arkansas Legislature who helped craft the state’s hybrid Medicaid expansion has resigned. You can find more Arkansas government and politics news on the Advocate site here.
Susan Roberts uses a device hanging from their ceiling to help lift her 16-year-old son, TJ, into his bed on July 29, 2026. The device is covered by a Medicaid waiver for people with disabilities that need supportive living services. (Photo by Antoinette Grajeda/Arkansas Advocate)
GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS
By Tess Vrbin
Arkansas will provide additional support to children with disabilities who have been waiting for services, Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders said Tuesday, in response to growing demands from families for a special legislative session to address the issue.
Republican Sen. Jonathan Dismang presents Senate Bill 307 to the Arkansas Senate on March 5, 2025. (Photo by Antoinette Grajeda/Arkansas Advocate)
GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS
By Antoinette Grajeda
Republican Sen. Jonathan Dismang, the co-chair of the Joint Budget Committee and an architect of Arkansas’ hybrid Medicaid expansion, resigned from the state Senate Tuesday to take a job at Arkansas Electric Cooperatives.
Prescription drugs sit on a pharmacist’s counter. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)
GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS
By Tess Vrbin
Twelve Arkansas pharmacies sued a pharmacy benefit manager in federal court Tuesday, alleging the company illegally underpaid them for tens of thousands of prescription medications.
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