Child Abuse Hotline seeing fewer acceptance rates
The hotline that serves as Arkansas’s front door for child-abuse reports took in 17,335 contacts last quarter. Yet lawmakers zeroed in on a different number — a 6% drop in…
Author: Misty Ann
Legislative Audit: Dec. 12, 2025
Legislative Audit December 12, 2025 Senator Jim Petty Members, if you’d go ahead and gather your seats, we’re going to get started. So I call the Legislative Joint Audit committee…
Fewer accepted hotline calls, fewer foster kids — But…
But… Lawmakers Aren’t Convinced Arkansas Kids Are Safer At the same Capitol hearing where lawmakers heard wrenching testimony from a family about a traumatic child-abuse investigation, Arkansas’s child-welfare chief walked…
When the System Becomes the Harm
How a Family Was Forced Into a Traumatic Sexual Abuse Exam With No Evidence of a Crime When Kimberly and Luis Tafoya walked into Arkansas Children’s Hospital last summer, they…
Audit State Agencies: Dec. 11, 2025
Legislative Audit State Agencies December 11, 2025 Representative Steve Unger Ladies and gentlemen, it’s 1:30. I call this meeting to order. And in just a second, I’m going to hit…
Audit Counties and Municipalities: Dec. 11, 2025
Legislative Audit Counties and Municipalities December 11, 2025 Senator Matt Stone We are ready to begin. But before we begin, all the committees have been asked to take a 20-minute…
Audit Education Institutions: Dec. 11, 2025
Legislative Audit Educational Institutions December 11, 2025 Senator Tyler Dees Thank you, members. We’ll call this meeting to begin here. However, for the public, we want to make sure we…
House Judiciary: Dec. 11, 2025
House Judiciary Committee December 11, 2025 Representative Carol Dalby Members, if you’ll begin taking your seats, we’re going to get started here in just a second. Good morning. House Judiciary…
Children and Youth Committees: Dec. 10, 2025
Senate Committee on Children and Youth House Committee on Aging, Children and Youth, and Legislative Affairs December 10, 2025 Representative Sonia Eubanks Barker Good afternoon, Chair sees a quorum. Thank…
Arkansas Faces Higher SNAP Costs — And Its Error Rate Is the Price Tag
The bad news: SNAP is about to cost the state a lot more money — potentially more than $50 million a year if Arkansas doesn’t lower its error rate. The…