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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.
Around the Arkansas ‘Sphere
From time to time, we like to take a look around the Arkansas blogosphere and point to some of the good work our friends and neighbors...
David Kinkade
Sep 20, 20082 min read
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Glover on the Mend
Sen. Bobby Glover Arkansas Democratic Sen. Bobby Glover of Carlisle, who suffered a stroke on August 25, is currently undergoing rehab in...
David Kinkade
Sep 19, 20081 min read
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Wal-Mart, Dillards Push for Sales Tax Holiday
Retail giant Wal-Mart and Arkansas-based department store chain Dillards both endorsed an annual sales tax holiday for Arkansas today,...
David Kinkade
Sep 18, 20081 min read
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Pine Bluff School Super: “Oops!”
Anthony: "Boy, do I have egg on my face!" A few months back we learned that the Pine Bluff School District had been defrauded of some...
David Kinkade
Sep 12, 20081 min read
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Texas Lottery on the Decline?
With Arkansans facing a ballot initiative this year to create a state lottery, it’s a good time to look at the lottery dynamic in other...
David Kinkade
Aug 28, 20081 min read
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LHSDTSMTWHFW: Clock is Ticking
Lu Hardin: Clockwatcher The Lu Hardin Steps Down to Spend More Time With His Family Watch (henceforth, the “LHSDTSMTWHFW,” because I’m...
David Kinkade
Aug 27, 20081 min read
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The Supreme Leader
Sen. Critcher Your new governor: Democratic Sen. Jack Critcher sits in the big chair while Gov. Mike Beebe and Lt. Gov. Bill Halter whoop...
David Kinkade
Aug 26, 20081 min read
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Greenberg: A Way Forward on Education Reform
Over the last week, I’ve been taking a look at some issues related to higher education in Arkansas (You can read those here and here)....
Daniel Greenberg
Aug 26, 20083 min read
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Adoption, Foster Parenting Initiative Will Be on Ballot
A proposal to restrict unmarried couples from adoption and foster parenting has been certified by the Secretary of State’s office and has...
David Kinkade
Aug 25, 20081 min read
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A Lawmaker Reads the ‘Access to Success’ Report
The Access to Success Report In 2007, the Arkansas legislature created a task force on higher education reform. Last week, the task force...
Daniel Greenberg
Aug 25, 20083 min read
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More on the Milk Tax
I’ve harped on the Arkansas Milk Stabilization Board a couple of times in the last week (here and here). The board is considering a “fee”...
David Kinkade
Aug 25, 20082 min read
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Is Capitol Security Sufficient?
Last week’s shooting of Democratic Party chairman Bill Gwatney by a gunman who entered his office has legislators and Capitol employees...
David Kinkade
Aug 23, 20081 min read
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Milking Consumers
Earlier this week, I wrote about the Arkansas Milk Stabilization Board, a scam an entity created by the Arkansas legislature in 2007 to...
David Kinkade
Aug 21, 20081 min read
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Kings of the Road
Here’s a great story in the Stupid Government Tricks category: A Kentucky sheriff and deputy drove over 2,000 miles to serve an arrest...
David Kinkade
Aug 20, 20081 min read
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Brother Bill’s Arkansas Lottery Traveling Salvation Show
Lt. Gov. Bill Halter: Yeah, that's the ticket! Lt. Gov. Bill Halter took his Arkansas Lottery Traveling Salvation Show to Springdale on...
David Kinkade
Aug 20, 20081 min read
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Is College a Waste of Time?
Charlie Frago’s Saturday article in the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette about the recently released report of the state’s task force on college...
Daniel Greenberg
Aug 19, 20082 min read
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State Board Wants Stealth Tax on Milk
In 2007, the state of Arkansas formed the Arkansas Milk Stabilization Board to address the decline in dairy farming in the state. It...
David Kinkade
Aug 18, 20082 min read
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The Rubber Stamp Legislature
What’s a legislature for, you ask? Why, to unquestioningly do the bidding of the state’s Democratic Governor, of course.. In the Arkansas...
David Kinkade
Aug 15, 20081 min read
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Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
Democratic Rep. Gene Shelby says he wants to pitch a big tax hike on cigarettes to fund a statewide trauma system. At the same time,...
David Kinkade
Aug 12, 20081 min read
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Arkansas Project Management Notes
I’m happy to point to our first Arkansas Project guest contributor Mac Campbell. Campbell weighs in below in defense of the Arkansas...
David Kinkade
Aug 11, 20081 min read
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Guest Post: Paine Threshold
In Defense of the Arkansas Legislature Campbell urges common sense on Paine holiday. In its July 12th edition, the news magazine the...
Mac Campbell
Aug 11, 20083 min read
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Barack Obama: Symbol of the Status Quo
A new hope? Or more of the same? Status quo is Latin for “the mess we’re in.” I had hoped that Sen. Barack Obama’s oft-reiterated...
Daniel Greenberg
Aug 11, 20082 min read
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Arkansas Project Friday Odds and Ends
Just a couple of notes on things to see us out of this week and into the weekend: Dobbins: Why so serious? Item: The big news out of the...
David Kinkade
Aug 8, 20081 min read
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Legislators vs. Halter on Lottery
Lt. Gov. Bill Halter At the Hope Star, editor Ken McLemore has written two in a series of stories (here and here) examining the state...
David Kinkade
Aug 6, 20082 min read
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