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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.
Senator Pryor Ignores Me
As a father, I’m used to being ignored when I ask a question. My children seem to have selective hearing loss (the doctor assures me this...
Marc Kilmer
Aug 25, 20143 min read
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Senator Pryor Jumps the Gun on Phthalates
Senators aren’t rocket scientists. In fact, most of them aren’t scientists at all. There are a few doctors in the Senate. The House of...
Marc Kilmer
Aug 22, 20143 min read
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Sen. Pryor Stops Kids from Eating All-Terrain Vehicles
Can all-terrain vehicles (ATVs) be dangerous to children? Of course. When I was 12, my cousin and I were riding on my grandfather’s...
Marc Kilmer
Aug 21, 20143 min read
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Senator Pryor Helps Out Big Toy
Big businesses – or at least big toy makers – don’t have a better friend in the Senate than Mark Pryor. That may seem strange. After all,...
Marc Kilmer
Aug 15, 20143 min read
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Uber/Lyft Working Well in Detroit. Why Not Little Rock?
We wrote a couple weeks ago about Little Rock City Director Joan Adcock’s ongoing crusade to ban (or regulate out of existence)...
Caleb Taylor
Aug 15, 20141 min read
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Making Arkansas a Rich State
What can Arkansas lawmakers do to grow the state’s economy in the years to come? That’s the question a new study, Rich States, Poor...
Marc Kilmer
Aug 14, 20142 min read
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Gyronne Buckley's Second Punishment
I often suspect that the people running our government have no idea what they are doing, but it is rare that this suspicion of mine is...
Britney Logan
Aug 14, 20145 min read
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Arkansas’s Timid Response to the EPA
Last week, our neighbors in Texas considered how to respond to the EPA’s onerous regulations introduced earlier this summer. From a...
Caleb Taylor
Aug 13, 20143 min read
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Dirty Cops, Wrongful Imprisonment, and Blessings from Government: A Conversation with Senator Hutchi
Earlier this week, I interviewed state Sen. Jeremy Hutchinson about the Gyronne Buckley case. It was one of the most astonishing...
Nic Horton
Aug 8, 201417 min read
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Gyronne Buckley, Who Was Wrongfully Imprisoned, Is Now Wrongfully Denied Compensation
Imagine if you were the victim of a crooked cop who withheld evidence in your criminal trial, and imagine that — because of this — you...
Nic Horton
Aug 5, 20146 min read
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Sales Tax Holiday Leads to High Tax Hangover
All tax reductions aren’t created equal — and nowhere is this more evident than in this weekend’s annual sales tax holiday. Because of...
Caleb Taylor
Aug 1, 20142 min read
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Report: Only “Robust Growth” in Little Rock Is from Government
Another new study adds to the evidence we’ve written recently about: namely, there’s lots of room for improvement with respect to...
Caleb Taylor
Jul 30, 20142 min read
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Report: Arkansas Terrible On Transparency
Arkansans who care about transparency in government received some bad news today. According to an American Legislative Exchange Council...
Caleb Taylor
Jul 24, 20142 min read
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The Real Beebe Jobs Record
If you watch or read the news in Arkansas, you probably hear a lot about outgoing Gov. Mike Beebe’s record of “job creation.” One...
Nic Horton
Jul 22, 20142 min read
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The Not-So-Independent Citizens Committee
Over the weekend, Republicans at their party convention voted to oppose an upcoming “ethics reform” ballot measure in 2014 that waters...
Nic Horton
Jul 21, 20142 min read
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Arkansas needs tort reform, Copland says
The Little Rock chapter of the Federalist Society hosted a debate on tort reform Tuesday that likely foreshadows the arguments citizens...
Caleb Taylor
Jun 26, 20143 min read
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Brace Yourselves, Taxpayers: The Obamacare ‘Private’ Option Will Be Even Worse Next Year
On Tuesday, Arkansas Obamacare supporters rolled out a set of changes to the state’s newest entitlement program, misnamed the “private”...
Nic Horton
Jun 19, 20146 min read
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Teen Unemployment Rising Higher and Higher in Arkansas
Teen unemployment is dramatically on the rise in Arkansas; a proposed minimum wage increase is likely to make it worse. According to the...
Caleb Taylor
Jun 16, 20142 min read
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In The News: Surging, Skyrocketing, & Skydiving
Here’s a triad of stories with implications for Arkansas taxpayers that are setting the internet ablaze today. 1. Fraudulent Medicaid...
Nic Horton
Jun 12, 20142 min read
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Flippo Defeats Burris In Senate Runoff, Rutledge Advances To General Election
We’ll have more tomorrow on the results of tonight’s state Republican runoff elections, but I wanted to pass along these vote totals...
Nic Horton
Jun 10, 20141 min read
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The InvestArk Tax Credit: A Terrible Investment That Arkansas Made For You
Things that InvestArk isn’t required to create. Nearly half of the 45 projects funded with state incentives from 2005 to 2012 reviewed in...
Caleb Taylor
Jun 5, 20142 min read
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New Hospital Report: “Politics, Posturing, Or What?”
Last week, a few CEOs from Arkansas hospitals testified before a state legislative subcommittee about the Obamacare “private” option....
Nic Horton
May 23, 20144 min read
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Election Coverage, Tonight On Twitter
The big day is finally here: it’s primary day in Arkansas. If you haven’t voted yet, you definitely should. All the cool kids are doing...
Nic Horton
May 20, 20141 min read
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Political Group Lashes Out At Candidate Scott Flippo
An Arkansas political action committee has launched an attack ad against Senate District 17 candidate Scott Flippo, claiming that Flippo...
Nic Horton
May 16, 20144 min read
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