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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.
The Mystery of the Chamber of Commerce’s “Intense Opposition” To Regulatory Reform
Many who are sympathetic to the Arkansas Chamber of Commerce’s stated goal of a “pro-business, free-enterprise agenda” were startled by...
Daniel Greenberg
Feb 23, 20154 min read
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Study: Arkansas Has Second Worst Occupational Licensing Requirement For Opticians in the Nation
One of the main justifications of occupational licensure is that regulation protects the health and safety of consumers. However,...
Caleb Taylor
Feb 20, 20152 min read
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Hair Braiding Regulatory Rollback Passed Out Of Committee
Rep. Bob Ballinger’s HB 1177 is one step closer to becoming law after passing out of the House Public Health, Welfare and Safety...
Caleb Taylor
Feb 12, 20151 min read
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School Shooting Survivor: Allow Concealed Carry In Schools
Contrary to the claims of concealed-carry opponents, allowing concealed carry on campus among faculty and staff actually does make us...
Caleb Taylor
Feb 10, 20152 min read
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Free Cuba (Travel)!
The aging revolutionaries of Cuba may see an influx of red-blooded Arkansans if Senator John Boozman gets his way. He recently...
Marc Kilmer
Feb 9, 20152 min read
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UALR Chancellor Ignorant of UALR’s “Glance and Nod” Policies
As you’ve probably already heard, State Rep. Charlie Collins’s “Campus Carry” bill was narrowly defeated yesterday in the House Education...
Caleb Taylor
Feb 6, 20152 min read
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Today At The Capitol
Friends of freedom should enjoy watching committee hearings this morning at the state Capitol. Two economic freedom bills will be...
Daniel Greenberg
Feb 5, 20151 min read
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The Newest Private-Option Strategy: Let’s Start A Lawsuit Panic!
Apparently, private-option sympathizers are now arguing that ending the private option could leave the state vulnerable to a court...
Daniel Greenberg
Feb 3, 20153 min read
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Truth in Obamacare Advertising?
Five years after enactment, the Affordable Care Act (better known as Obamacare) is still a controversial law. Under attack in Congress,...
Marc Kilmer
Jan 29, 20152 min read
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Hutchinson's Private Option Speech: A Second Opinion
A few hours ago, ace Arkansas Project reporter Caleb Taylor posted his opinion about Hutchinson’s private option speech. Here’s mine....
Daniel Greenberg
Jan 23, 20153 min read
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Asa’s PO Speech: Our New Task Force Will Fix It!
Scanning some of the reactions from Republicans after Gov. Hutchinson’s UAMS address today, I’m worried I might need to get my hearing...
Caleb Taylor
Jan 22, 20153 min read
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“Right To Try” One Step Closer To Passage
A bill that would allow terminally-ill Arkansans to have the “right to try” experimental drugs and treatments came one step closer to...
Caleb Taylor
Jan 21, 20153 min read
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Conservative Reform of the Private Option: The Impossible Dream
What is the future of the private option? How should we evaluate what it does and what it can do? These are key questions facing...
Marc Kilmer
Jan 15, 20153 min read
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Arkansas 21st in Reliance on Federal Aid
Arkansas has a slightly below-average reliance on federal aid, according to a recent study by the Tax Foundation. From the Tax...
Caleb Taylor
Jan 12, 20152 min read
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The ObamaCare Mess Will Be Hard to Fix
The 114th Congress was just sworn in, and already the members of the Arkansas Congressional delegation are dealing with the messy...
Marc Kilmer
Jan 9, 20152 min read
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Should The State Legislature Be Full-Time? Spoiler Alert: No
“No man’s life, liberty, or property are safe while the legislature is in session.” ― Mark Twain This interesting exchange in an...
Caleb Taylor
Jan 8, 20152 min read
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If the Feds Like Their Exchange, They Can Keep It
In a classic Christmas film, a wise man once said that enrollment in the jelly of the month club was “ the gift that keeps on giving the...
Marc Kilmer
Dec 12, 20143 min read
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First Salary Commission Meeting Lacking In Transparency
One of the interesting things I heard at that Issue 3 panel I attended earlier in the week was that Issue 3’s proponents plans to try to...
Caleb Taylor
Dec 10, 20142 min read
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Arkansas 33rd in Economic Freedom
Arkansas has a lot of room for improvement in the realm of economic freedom, according to a recent study by the Fraser Institute. ...
Caleb Taylor
Dec 9, 20141 min read
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Freshman Legislator: Freshman Legislators Aren’t Stupid, But Are Ignorant
The Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families road-show to save the “private option” (Medicaid expansion) got off to a...
Caleb Taylor
Dec 5, 20143 min read
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Ex-State Senator Still Owes Taxpayers Nearly $500k
Earlier this year, the media exhaustively covered questionable expense reimbursements to the state by former GOP Lt. Governor Mark Darr,...
Caleb Taylor
Dec 3, 20141 min read
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POLL: Majority Support For PO Exit Strategy
After a midterm election that brought a tidal wave of conservative Republicans into the Capitol, the conversation about Arkansas’s...
Caleb Taylor
Nov 21, 20142 min read
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Blue Hog Makes Mistake In Criticizing Mark Martin’s Non-Mistake
In the elections that just concluded, Arkansas Secretary of State Mark Martin bore the brunt of some of the most unhinged attacks by...
Caleb Taylor
Nov 18, 20142 min read
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Liberals Freak Out Over GOP Victories In 2014
What was the most overwrought liberal reaction to the 2014 Republican midterm victories in Arkansas? An article yesterday by Monica Potts...
Caleb Taylor
Nov 11, 20143 min read
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