ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, April 2 -- The Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy issued the following news release: AMCP has filed an amicus brief in the U.S. Supreme Court case Rutledge v. The Pharmaceutical Care Management Association (PCMA) that argues a ruling in favor of Rutledge would drive up health care costs and hinder patients' health outcomes and ability to access affordable medications. The case is scheduled to be heard April 27. Rutledge v. PCMA centers on a 2015 Arkansas law that aims to r  more

WASHINGTON, April 2 -- The American Federation for Children issued the following statement by Ryan Cantrell, director of State Teams and Elections: The American Federation for Children, the nation's voice for educational choice, congratulates Kendon Underwood, a strong supporter of educational choice, on his victory in Tuesday's Primary Runoff election in Arkansas. "Kendon Underwood wasn't afraid to make school choice and educational freedom one of the defining issues of his campaign, and the   more

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, April 1 -- Arkansas State Chamber of Commerce and Associated Industries of Arkansas issued the following news release: There were 473 cases yesterday with 62 people hospitalized. Today, we are up 50 bringing the total cases to 523, 64 of which are hospitalized. There is 1 new death increasing the total to 8. Cases have occurred in 3 new counties: Columbia, Newton, and Perry. The Governor checked on the New York Times report that showed Arkansas near the bottom in per cap  more

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, March 31 -- Arkansas State Chamber of Commerce and Associated Industries of Arkansas issued the following news release: As President Trump signed the CARES Act the challenge of implementing the Unemployment related provisions to make payments came front and center for states and the federal government to implement quickly and according to the new federal and state law. Below is a summary prepared by UWC - Strategic Services on Unemployment & Workers' Compensation. At the  more

ARLINGTON, Virginia, March 31 -- USA Rice Federation issued the following news: With so much bad news surrounding the outbreak of COVID-19 and the lasting destruction it will do to our communities, this virus just saved hundreds of lives in Jonesboro, Arkansas, over the weekend. Kid's baseball games had been cancelled, restaurants were empty, and the biggest shopping mall in town was locked and its parking lot vacant with most folks at home, glued to their news delivery devices more so than usu  more