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'Americans for Prosperity'

Koch group mailing a 'voter history report card'

A mass mailer from the Koch-financed political empire seems to employ shaming as a tool to get people to vote. One Republican, a state election commissioner, wasn't too impressed.
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AFP says the faulty voter registration mailers it distributed in North Carolina originated in Arkansas

Remember the bad voter registration information sent to hundreds of thousands of North Carolinians by Americans for Prosperity? Apparently, the mailers drew information from a similar effort by AFP's affiliate here, which sent information to "potential new voters in Arkansas." AFP says the bad information in NC was just a mix-up, and apologizes, but that leaves a larger question: What exactly is AFP sending to those likely new voters in Arkansas, and why?
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Family vs. institutional care in Arkansas

It's cheaper to provide care for the disabled and elderly in their own homes than in institutions. So why is the legislature blocking reform?

Americans for Prosperity sends out hundreds of thousands of mailers with fake voter registration information in North Carolina

North Carolina's ABC affiliate reports on hundreds of thousands of mailers with false information about voter registration sent by Americans for Prosperity, the right-wing advocacy group backed by the Koch brothers. The official-looking mailers gave the wrong deadline for voter registration and told people to sign up with the wrong state agency. The mailers also gave the wrong office for questions regarding voter registration, the wrong zip code for turning in a voter registration form, and inaccurate information about how people would be notified of their precinct.
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Monkey business from Americans for Prosperity

Stay classy, Americans for Prosperity.

Legislative review of disabled-care reform will be delayed until next year

The Community First Choice Option, which would provide home/community-based care for thousands of families with developmentally disabled children, has become a legislative lightning rod. The head of the Department of Human Services told the Public Health committee today that his department will wait until 2015 to request approval for the CFCO. Some advocates think that lessens its chances of passing considerably.
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Arkansas GOP congressional delegation sends letter to state Insurance Commissioner, gets facts wrong

Congressmen Rick Crawford,Tim Griffin, Steve Womack and Tom Cotton sent a letter today to Arkansas Insurance Department (AID) Commissioner Jay Bradford asking for details on 2015 rates on the Arkansas Health Insurance Marketplace, the Obamacare-created health insurance exchange. Apparently, the Arkansas congressional delegation is getting their (misleading) information from Americans for Prosperity. They claim that a wave of cancellations is coming this fall in Arkansas because of Obamacare and that consumers therefore need to begin to shop for alternatives for 2015 on the Marketplace. In fact, no plans have been cancelled due to Obamacare non-compliance in Arkansas. And no one will be kicked off their plan due to Obamacare non-compliance this fall. Apparently unbeknownst to the Arkansas Congressional delegation, AID decided back in March to take advantage of a change in federal rules and allow insurance carriers to continue to offer non-compliant plans in the state through October of 2016 (which means consumers can keep their plans through the fall of 2017). All of the state's major carriers have told AID they plan to continue to offer these non-compliant plans to consumers who currently have them.

Parents of disabled children to sue state over eight-year waiting list for home care waivers

Frustrated with the legislature's apparent reluctance to move forward with the Community First Choice Option (CFCO), a group of some 50 parents are filing a lawsuit against the state that alleges Arkansas's failure to provide home- and community-based care options for developmentally disabled children is in violation of the US Supreme Court's landmark Olmstead decision.
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Disability rights activists target Americans for Prosperity's offices in LR

The disability rights activists who yesterday staged civil disobedience actions at the Little Rock offices of gubernatorial candidates Asa Hutchinson and Mike Ross are today going after Americans for Prosperity (AFP), the influential political nonprofit primarily funded by the Koch brothers.

Community care for the old and disabled: Koch-heads say no!

A new federal program to support home care for the disabled and infirm is getting a spirited hearing at the legislature today. The Kochs and their legislative acolytes don't like it. Costs money.
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Inside the Koch retreat: Tom Cotton and fat cats' mutual admiration society

Remember the Koch retreat at a fancy California resort that caused Tom Cotton to miss the Pink Tomato Festival in Warren. Shades of Mitt Romney. A tape of the proceedings has emerged. And it includes rich praise for Tom Cotton, particularly his votes against the interests of Arkansas farmers.

Democrats ramp up field operation to hang onto Arkansas

Molly Ball writes in The Atlantic about the massive operation by the Democratic Party to turn out the vote in November to save U.S. Senator Mark Pryor's seat and perhaps propel some more Democrats to victory elsewhere on the ball.
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