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The Arkansas Project was launched in 2008 as a source for incisive commentary and reporting on Arkansas government, politics, media and more. In 2011, The Arkansas Project became an affiliate of the Advance Arkansas Institute. The Arkansas Project supplied daily commentary until 2019, but is now largely inactive.
David Kinkade was the chief writer and the editor of The Arkansas Project until 2011. After the site became affiliated with the Advance Arkansas Institute, Dan Greenberg was editor of The Arkansas Project until it became inactive in 2019. During that eight-year period, the writers for the site included Nic Horton, Marc Kilmer, and Caleb Taylor.
Report: Arkansas 36% Over 2014 PO Enrollment Projections
One of the consistent problems with big, new government entitlements is that politicians and bureaucrats usually understate or...
Caleb Taylor
Apr 21, 20152 min read
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New Mexico Passed Civil Asset Forfeiture Reforms — Why Didn’t Arkansas?
Earlier this year, Arkansas legislators failed to pass civil forfeiture reforms that would have protected Arkansans’ property rights....
Caleb Taylor
Apr 17, 20152 min read
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Tax Freedom Day Is Here!
Congratulations! If you live in Arkansas, today is the day that you — on average — have managed to pay off your 2015 tax bill, and you...
Caleb Taylor
Apr 14, 20151 min read
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Free Markets, Not Minimum Wage Laws, Raise Salaries
We’ve recently seen efforts across the country to raise the minimum wage. Arkansas’s minimum wage will be raised to $8.50 in 2017. The...
Caleb Taylor
Apr 13, 20153 min read
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No New Taxes Placed On E-Cigs In Arkansas
One of the most positive policy results to come out of the Arkansas legislative session earlier this year was the avoidance of a...
Caleb Taylor
Apr 10, 20152 min read
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School Choice Bill Signed By Gov Now Law!
Gov. Asa Hutchinson signed HB 1552 into law earlier this week, a measure which is noteworthy in that it will introduce market reforms...
Caleb Taylor
Apr 9, 20151 min read
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Arkansas Second-Highest In Sales Tax Rate…Again!
The 2015 edition of the American Legislative Exchange Council’s (ALEC’s) “Rich States, Poor States” study came out today. Arkansas’s...
Caleb Taylor
Apr 8, 20152 min read
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Your Tax Dollars At Work: Little Rock Solar Panel Edition
As the deadline for filing your tax returns approaches, we thought it’d be a good idea to show some examples of your hard-earned tax...
Caleb Taylor
Apr 7, 20152 min read
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Legislature Celebrates “Arkansas Gives Day” With A Crony Capitalism-Themed Party
Last Thursday was “Arkansas Gives Day”: the General Assembly celebrated by approving a constitutional amendment that would allow the...
Caleb Taylor
Apr 6, 20152 min read
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School Choice Bill Sits on Governor’s Desk
The Arkansas House and Senate recently passed the first school voucher program in the state’s history. The bill is currently on the...
Caleb Taylor
Apr 3, 20151 min read
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Revised RFRA Now Law In Arkansas
A slightly-revised Religious Freedom Restoration Act passed the House and was signed into law by Gov. Asa Hutchinson today. State Rep....
Caleb Taylor
Apr 2, 20152 min read
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Greater Criminal Records Transparency About To Become Law
Transparency advocates won a big victory today when the state Senate passed Rep. Richard Womack’s HB 1727. The bill had already passed...
Caleb Taylor
Mar 31, 20152 min read
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Religious Freedom Shouldn’t Be Controversial
Endless lawsuits. State employees refusing to do their jobs. Rampant discrimination. Homophobes run wild. Can one little law send us...
Marc Kilmer
Mar 31, 20153 min read
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UALR’s DiPippa: For Religious Freedom Before He Was Against It
Intellectual consistency is apparently not a virtue of many opponents of HB 1228, the state’s proposed Religious Freedom Restoration Act....
Caleb Taylor
Mar 30, 20152 min read
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Voters Don’t Want State-Run O’Care Exchanges
A new poll out by the Foundation for Government Accountability (FGA) shows that setting up state-run Obamacare exchanges is deeply...
Caleb Taylor
Mar 27, 20152 min read
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Regulation Freedom Amendment Passes House!
We wrote earlier this month about the legislators who failed to release state Rep. Grant Hodges’ HR 1031, a resolution that would have...
Caleb Taylor
Mar 26, 20152 min read
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The “Private Option” Is Ending! DHS Says So!
It’s not been a great legislative session for conservatives opposed to the “private option” Medicaid expansion program, but a bill by...
Caleb Taylor
Mar 25, 20152 min read
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Massachusetts Considers Ending Film Tax Credits. Why Not Arkansas?
Our friends over at the Tax Foundation have a good summary of Massachusetts’s experience with its failed policy of film tax credits. ...
Caleb Taylor
Mar 24, 20153 min read
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A Good Day For the First Amendment at the Capitol
Today was a good day for free speech in Arkansas. In the Senate State Agencies Committee, Rep. Richard Womack’s HB 1669 passed; it will...
Caleb Taylor
Mar 23, 20152 min read
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Will Legislators Protect Student Rights In Arkansas?
It might shock you to learn that there are places in America where you don’t have a right to an attorney. Those places are known as...
Caleb Taylor
Mar 12, 20152 min read
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Legislators Strike Out On Pushing Back Against Federal Over-Regulation
Arkansas legislators whiffed on an opportunity to roll back burdensome federal regulations Monday. Legislators failed to pass state Rep....
Caleb Taylor
Mar 10, 20153 min read
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Deregulation For Johnny Key, But Not For Thee
As I’m sure you’ve heard by now, Gov. Asa Hutchinson has nominated former legislator and University of Arkansas lobbyist Johnny Key to be...
Caleb Taylor
Mar 5, 20152 min read
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“Anti-Runaway Convention” Bill Clears Committee
We mentioned last week that one of the main fears expressed by opponents of an Article V convention is the perceived chance of a “runaway...
Caleb Taylor
Mar 4, 20152 min read
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Will Legislators Repeal the State Obamacare Exchange?
Legislators will have a chance at partial Obamacare abolition at 9 a.m. tomorrow in the House Insurance and Commerce Committee, when...
Caleb Taylor
Mar 3, 20152 min read
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