Legal Aid of Arkansas

Here are the five stories that resonated most with Arkansas Business readers this week. read more >

The closure of the Center for Arkansas Legal Services will mean six-figure savings, but more work for Arkansas Legal Aid. read more >

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 >

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 >

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 >

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 >