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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.
Daniel Greenberg
Feb 5, 201810 min read
Brill Speaks! Part 3
This is the third part of our interview with Professor Howard Brill of the University of Arkansas School of Law, who was appointed Brill...
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Marc Kilmer
Jan 31, 20182 min read
Jan Morgan’s Big Problem
See if you can pick out what’s wrong with this Facebook post: Do you have an idea why The Arkansas Project may not be thrilled with what...
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Marc Kilmer
Jan 24, 20182 min read
Civil Rights Fight Shows Need for Donor Privacy
Should the government mandate that nonprofit organizations reveal their supporters? That is what some legislators (such as Rep. Clarke...
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Britney Logan
Jan 11, 20183 min read
Subsidizing the Yellow King
Fans off the HBO series “True Detective” are excited by the recent news that this hit show is coming back for a third season. Governor...
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Marc Kilmer
Nov 28, 20172 min read
Arkansas Earns Recognition for Burdening Workers
Arkansas is Number 3 – but that’s nothing to celebrate. Arkansas recently showed up near the top of a list of states with the highest...
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Marc Kilmer
Nov 23, 20172 min read
Time to Give Thanks
On Thanksgiving Day, many of us gather with family and friends to eat and enjoy time together. Politics may come up around the dinner...
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Marc Kilmer
Nov 16, 20173 min read
Liquor Stores Fighting Wine Freedom
Should you be able to buy a wider selection of wine at the grocery store? Legislators say you should, which is why they passed (and the...
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Marc Kilmer
Nov 8, 20175 min read
Conduit for Action’s Fake Tort Reform
This week I’ve been writing about Conduit for Action’s continued attacks on tort reform. This odd phenomenon is especially notable for...
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Marc Kilmer
Nov 7, 20174 min read
How Conduit for Action Betrayed Conservative Activism in 2016
As discussed in a previous blog post, Conduit for Action seems to have made a second career of chastising others for being insufficiently...
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Marc Kilmer
Nov 6, 20173 min read
Conduit for Action Is Throwing Stones From Inside Its Glass House
Criticizing elected officials is part of the job for think tanks, journalists, and public policy organizations. It is fair to criticize...
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Marc Kilmer
Oct 12, 20176 min read
How Do You Solve A Problem Like Texarkana?
One exemption in Arkansas’s tax code is, in some circles, famous: the Texarkana exemption. The Texarkana exemption, established in 1977,...
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Caleb Taylor
Oct 10, 20172 min read
AAI Unveils Friends of Freedom For 2017
Today at the Capitol, 26 state legislators received “Friends of Freedom” awards from the Advance Arkansas Institute (AAI). Many of these...
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Caleb Taylor
Oct 4, 20173 min read
Fayetteville Coughs Up $500K For TV Series
The city of Fayetteville plans to pay an unnamed television production company $500,000 if the company’s series is filmed in that city....
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Caleb Taylor
Sep 25, 20171 min read
Who Are AAI’s Friends Of Freedom?
The Advance Arkansas Institute (AAI) will announce its biennial “Friends Of Freedom” awards in a ceremony at 1 p.m. Tuesday, October 10...
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Caleb Taylor
Aug 30, 20172 min read
Principal Donna Hall’s Hiccup
It seems like every week brings another example of the overregulation of free speech in America. This week’s example happened right here...
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Caleb Taylor
Aug 9, 20172 min read
Another Special Election, Another Sales Tax Increase Passes
It looks like many local politicians are making it a habit to pass tax increases via special elections in August. Bryant, Sebastian...
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Marc Kilmer
Jul 31, 20172 min read
Rep. Gates: Take Committee Assignments Away From House Speaker
The process for committee assignments in the state House may be debated again. This process was changed for the previous legislative...
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Marc Kilmer
Jul 21, 20173 min read
Pointless Legislative Gossip
This is almost certainly the most pointless and trivial post ever to be placed on the Arkansas Project – but it demonstrates that, if...
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Marc Kilmer
Jul 13, 20172 min read
AFP Releases 2017 Legislative Scorecard
Americans For Prosperity (AFP) recently released its 2017 legislative scorecard. That scorecard describes how Arkansas lawmakers voted on...
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Marc Kilmer
Jul 9, 20177 min read
Do Lawyers Ever Rip Off Their Clients? Don’t Ask Paul Harrell!
The tort reform amendment that Arkansas voters will consider next November has been the subject of some awfully strange criticisms. One...
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Marc Kilmer
Jul 5, 20173 min read
Why is the Press Now Against Openness?
The President established a bipartisan commission to examine voter fraud in May. The commission simply asked each state for a list of...
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Marc Kilmer
Jun 26, 20173 min read
A (Second) Note on Conduit for Commerce’s 2017 Rankings
You might recall that I recently co-authored a piece critical of Conduit for Commerce: Conduit had provided a score for each legislator...
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Caleb Taylor
Apr 24, 20152 min read
Democrats Confused About Whether They Can Still Win In Arkansas
You might have heard that Debbie Wasserman Schultz, the Democratic National Committee (DNC) chairman, was in town last night for a...
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Daniel Greenberg
Apr 23, 20152 min read
Jonathan Greer
Jonathan Greer was never a close friend of mine, but our paths seemed to cross a lot. I worked with him professionally when he served as...
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