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k LITTLE ROCK - More than 870,000 Arkansas residents receive some type of health care through Medicaid, which is operated by the state Department of Human Services. The department has made public a variety of cost-cutting ideas and has been gathering input from people who would be affected by them.
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FOIA Effort Falls Short of Total but Qualified in 50 counties; APA Vows A Second Effort in ‘26

Little Rock — Representatives of FOIA BQCs and Arkansas Press Association officials announced today that their effort to place a constitutional amendment and initiated act on the November 5 ballot had fallen just short of the required number of signatures while collecting the necessary number from the 50 counties, indicating broad support and a strong organization.
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