By Andrew DeMillo | Editor-in-Chief
Good morning, Advocate readers! Arkansas librarians say they need clarity about enforcing an Arkansas law restricting access to books after a recent court ruling. And our editor’s commentary this week looks at the improbable history of Arkansas’ hybrid Medicaid expansion, along with its uncertain future. You can find more Arkansas government and politics news on the Advocate site here.
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GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS
By Tess Vrbin
Arkansas library directors said they have several unanswered questions about how a 2023 state law restricting access to library materials will be enforced after a federal appeals court ruled that it can go into effect.
The Arkansas Department of Human Services building on Main Street in downtown Little Rock.(Photo by John Sykes/Arkansas Advocate)
COMMENTARY
By Andrew DeMillo
Arkansas’ expansion has gone through multiple names and governors, but the recurring theme of its 13-year history is improbability.
Izzy Kadrmas, a medical assistant at a clinic for people without stable housing in Missoula, Montana, tests Tywon Pugh’s blood oxygen saturation. Pugh has recurring seizures that make it hard to find a job, which worries him as Montana implements Medicaid work requirements. (Photo by Katheryn Houghton/KFF Health News)
GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS
By KFF Health News
The Trump administration has decided that being homeless isn’t a medical condition and can’t count as an automatic out from having to meet the new Medicaid work requirements.
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