Legal Aid of Arkansas

Advocates from around the country say problems with the government forms, websites and phone lines have led to the high number of people losing Medicaid. read more >

The two-year grant is a portion of $54 million awarded by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to 182 organizations across the country. read more >

A judge orders Arkansas to resume its participation in supplemental federal unemployment assistance that the state cut off to thousands of workers. read more >

In working conditions that stress a quick turnaround and have close contact between employees, workers said they were put at risk for catching COVID-19, and legal-aid attorneys and worker-advocacy groups said the state regulatory structure was overwhelmed by the pandemic. read more >

Evictions are rising in Arkansas, even as a national moratorium is in place, according to two nonprofit law firms that offer free legal help in civil cases. read more >

Diego Quinones has been named state director of Latino engagement for the Democratic Party of Arkansas. read more >

Little Rock attorney Bill Waddell is helping organize Monroe County Children in Trust, a one-of-a-kind partnership that will be housed at the Mid-Delta Health Systems clinic in Clarendon. read more >

When Little Rock attorney Bill Waddell found himself in the national spotlight in August, he embraced it to spread the word on the first rural legal-medical partnership in Arkansas. read more >