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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.
Nic Horton
May 15, 20145 min read
Northwest Arkansas House Primaries Will Impact Arkansas-Obamacare’s Future
Many people are watching the four Republican state Senate primaries across Arkansas. And private-option obsessives like me have reason...
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Nic Horton
May 12, 20145 min read
MIA: Senator King's "Patently False" Statement
Senator David Sanders Senator Bryan King has been an outspoken opponent of the Obamacare “private” option in the legislature. But while...
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Nic Horton
May 9, 20143 min read
The Emerging Battle Between Taxpayer Advocates & "Private" Option Boosters
Yesterday at the Capitol, several lawmakers hosted a press conference to raise awareness about the cost overruns in the Obamacare...
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Nic Horton
May 2, 20144 min read
Nine Problems With Senator Holland's Latest Mailer
Senator Bruce Holland recently sent out a campaign mailer, defending his support of the Arkansas Obamacare “private” option. Here’s a...
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Nic Horton
Apr 30, 20145 min read
Arkansas: The Twilight Zone Of Health Care Policy
Last week, Family Council released their survey of primary candidates for state and federal offices. Family Council has set the bar for...
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Nic Horton
Apr 29, 20147 min read
Five Things We Learned About The Obamacare “Private” Option Last Week
Last Thursday afternoon, I attended the Joint Public Health Committee meeting. At that meeting, lawmakers had the opportunity to question...
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Nic Horton
Apr 25, 20143 min read
Holland Falls On Sword: ‘I Did’ Cast Deciding Vote On 'Private' Option
On Thursday night, incumbent State Senator Bruce Holland and challenger Rep. Terry Rice squared off in a debate. According to The City...
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Nic Horton
Apr 24, 20141 min read
Live-Stream: Joint Public Health Committee, Medicaid Expansion Update
Live streaming video by Ustream #healthcare #obamacare #livestream #Arkansas #Medicaidexpansion #legislature #privateoption #News
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Nic Horton
Apr 21, 20146 min read
Feel That Breeze? It’s Senator Sample Spinning On The ‘Private’ Option
Senator Bill Sample has found himself in a heated primary contest with challenger Jerry Neal. Sample’s support of the Obamacare “private”...
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Nic Horton
Apr 18, 20143 min read
New ‘Private’ Option Revelations Spark Controversy
This morning, the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette revealed that the costs for the Obamacare “private” option for April have increased once...
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Nic Horton
Apr 17, 20144 min read
No Competition, Cost Overruns — Where Do We Go From Here On The ‘Private’ Option?
You’ll probably find this hard to believe, but things aren’t going to so well with the Obamacare “private” option: just last week, my...
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Nic Horton
Apr 16, 20142 min read
New Report Highlights Candidates' Positions On Policy
I know many of you have been relying on The Arkansas Project for news and analysis of the ongoing GOP legislative primaries around the...
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Nic Horton
Apr 15, 20141 min read
Happy (Belated) Tax Freedom Day, Arkansas: You Now Have Permission To Keep Your Money
Today is April 15th, the day that federal tax filings are due. (We hope this doesn’t come as a surprise to any of you.) So this seems...
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Nic Horton
Apr 14, 20144 min read
Damon Wallace's Degree Problem
I’ve written in some detail about Damon Wallace’s financial troubles. Not only does this candidate for House District 96 have thousands...
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Nic Horton
Apr 10, 20146 min read
GOP Senate Primaries, Round 4: Burris vs. Flippo vs. Osmon
Burris, Flippo, and Osmon (left to right). As part of our continuing series of articles on the various GOP primaries across the state, we...
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Nic Horton
Apr 9, 20143 min read
"There Is A Lot Wrong” With This Forbes Article, But Legislators Are Too Busy To Explain
Yesterday, Forbes published an insightful piece about the Arkansas Obamacare “private” option. The bottom line for Arkansas taxpayers:...
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Nic Horton
Mar 31, 20142 min read
What Damon Wallace Didn't Tell Us
I wrote last week about the tax troubles facing Damon Wallace, candidate for Arkansas House District 96. Since then, I have dug further...
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Nic Horton
Mar 27, 20141 min read
Senator Dismang Is Open to Letting the Sun Shine In
Sen. Jonathan Dismang made a promising announcement when Roby Brock interviewed him earlier this week: Dismang said that he’s open-minded...
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Nic Horton
Mar 23, 20142 min read
Arkansas House Candidate Owes $30,000 To IRS
As the filing period for state offices came to a close a few weeks ago, I began reviewing the Statements of Financial Interest for state...
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Daniel Greenberg
Mar 21, 20142 min read
The Collapse of the Risperdal Verdict
You might remember that, earlier this month, state Senator Johnny Key passed a law that would dedicate damage-verdict money to the...
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Nic Horton
Mar 20, 20143 min read
GOP Senate Primaries, Round Three: Sample vs. Neal
Jerry Neal (left) and Senator Bill Sample. Round three of our review of the upcoming Republican primaries for state Senate is here. We’re...
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Nic Horton
Mar 19, 20141 min read
New Footage From FGA: The ‘PO’ Is “ObamaCare’s Medicaid Expansion”
The Foundation for Government Accountability has released a new web video that highlights many of the broken promises of the Arkansas...
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Nic Horton
Mar 18, 20145 min read
GOP Senate Primaries, Round Two: Holland vs. Rice
Rep. Terry Rice and Senator Bruce Holland. Yesterday we began our examination of legislative primaries by looking at the Senate District...
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Nic Horton
Mar 13, 20145 min read
Miller On The Media, Medicaid, and Moving Forward
State Representative Josh Miller has been the subject of many state (and even some national) media reports over the past few weeks, which...
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