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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.
Caleb Taylor
Jan 19, 20152 min read
What Are The Lessons Of Martin Luther King Day?
Today is a day to reflect on Martin Luther King Jr. and the lessons we can learn from his legacy. Two recent articles help us better...
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Caleb Taylor
Jan 15, 20152 min read
Here Come Tax Cuts!
We wrote this week about Hutchinson’s encouraging inaugural address for conservatives. His tax plan also introduced this week is another...
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Marc Kilmer
Jan 15, 20153 min read
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...
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Caleb Taylor
Jan 11, 20152 min read
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...
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Marc Kilmer
Jan 9, 20152 min read
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...
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Caleb Taylor
Jan 7, 20153 min read
3 Ways To Respond To An Audit If You’re DHS
As tax season approaches, we thought we’d give some some examples of how best to respond (if you’re a state government bureaucrat) to an...
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Caleb Taylor
Jan 6, 20152 min read
Over 80,000 on “Private Option” Don’t Work
One of the many misleading talking points promoted by pro-”private option” advocates is that the program isn’t an entitlement — and that...
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Daniel Greenberg
Dec 31, 20143 min read
What Books Should You Read in 2015?
At AAI’s recent seminar, Three Big Ideas, UALR economics professor Richard Ford spoke about the reading list that he gave to his students...
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Daniel Greenberg
Dec 25, 20144 min read
Our Annual Request to You
Now it’s time for us to go all PBS on you. We’ve had a busy and successful year promoting conservative solutions, but we don’t take...
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Daniel Greenberg
Dec 24, 20141 min read
A Christmas Present to Taxpayers
Governor-elect Asa Hutchinson has said that tax reform will be one of his top priorities. The Advance Arkansas Institute’s...
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Caleb Taylor
Dec 23, 20141 min read
AAI’s Action Plan for Arkansas Is Here!
The Advance Arkansas Institute’s newest edition of Action Plan for Arkansas is hot off the presses! Our brand new, 200-page report...
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Caleb Taylor
Dec 22, 20142 min read
I’m Dreaming Of A Conservative Chamber Of Commerce
The 2014 mid-term results really did change something: they forced the Arkansas State Chamber of Commerce into acting conservative! From...
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Marc Kilmer
Dec 17, 20143 min read
Should Patients Have a Right to Try to Save Their Own Lives?
Should terminally ill patients have the right to try any type of medicine that may be able to prolong their lives? That’s the question...
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Marc Kilmer
Dec 15, 20142 min read
About That Special Treatment for Kyle Beebe
On December 5, Governor Mike Beebe announced that he planned to pardon his son, Kyle Beebe, along with 11 other people. The Parole Board...
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Caleb Taylor
Dec 9, 20141 min read
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. ...
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Caleb Taylor
Dec 8, 20143 min read
Taxpayer-Funded Legislative Meal Plans: Another Possible Blessing From Issue 3
After Issue 3 passed in November, which banned lobbyists from paying for state legislators’ meals, I suspect some of our representatives...
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Caleb Taylor
Dec 3, 20141 min read
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,...
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Caleb Taylor
Dec 2, 20143 min read
ThinkProgress’s Innumerate Take on Obama’s Executive Order
Of all the asinine defenses of President Obama’s executive action on illegal immigration, I think I saw the worst example from...
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Marc Kilmer
Nov 25, 20144 min read
Kyle Beebe’s Special Privilege
You may have heard that Kyle Beebe is getting a pardon from the governor. No one would pay much attention to this except for one thing:...
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Caleb Taylor
Nov 21, 20142 min read
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...
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Caleb Taylor
Nov 20, 20143 min read
Farm Bill Pays Arkansas Farm to Market Tomatoes
It seems like it was just yesterday we were constantly told (by the now-defunct Pryor campaign) about how dangerous and subversive Tom...
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Caleb Taylor
Nov 18, 20142 min read
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...
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Caleb Taylor
Nov 11, 20143 min read
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...
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Caleb Taylor
Nov 7, 20142 min read
Arkansas 39th in Business Tax Climate
A central issue facing the legislature and Gov.-elect Asa Hutchinson in 2015: will they be able to lower the tax burden on Arkansans? ...
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