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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.
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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.
Arkansas Ripe for Asset Forfeiture Reform
The Supreme Court struck a blow for liberty this week by unanimously ruling that states face some limits on confiscating your property....
Marc Kilmer
Feb 22, 20192 min read
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Protecting Privacy in Utah
When it comes to digital privacy, Utah legislators may be the first in the nation to impose a new set of meaningful protections. Arkansas...
Marc Kilmer
Jan 29, 20192 min read
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Radley Balko Uncovers Trouble in Little Rock
Is there a problem with how the Little Rock police conduct drug raids? According to a recent investigative piece by Radley Balko, there...
Marc Kilmer
Oct 16, 20182 min read
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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...
Marc Kilmer
Jan 24, 20182 min read
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Another State Beats Arkansas To the Forfeiture Reform Punch
Iowa just became the latest state to reform its civil asset forfeiture laws. The Iowa legislature recently passed a law that requires a...
Marc Kilmer
Apr 24, 20171 min read
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New Mexico Passed Civil Asset Forfeiture Reforms — Why Didn’t Arkansas?
Earlier this year, Arkansas legislators failed to pass civil forfeiture reforms that would have protected Arkansans’ property rights....
Caleb Taylor
Apr 17, 20152 min read
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Revised RFRA Now Law In Arkansas
A slightly-revised Religious Freedom Restoration Act passed the House and was signed into law by Gov. Asa Hutchinson today. State Rep....
Caleb Taylor
Apr 2, 20152 min read
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Citizens Deserve Substance, Not Symbolism
What’s more important: what a bill will actually do, or what the bill symbolizes in the larger culture? That’s the question at the heart...
Marc Kilmer
Apr 1, 20153 min read
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Governor Changes Tune On Religious Freedom Bill
As you’ve probably heard by now, Gov. Asa Hutchinson, announced earlier today that he wouldn’t sign State Rep. Bob Ballinger’s “Religious...
Caleb Taylor
Apr 1, 20152 min read
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Religious Freedom Shouldn’t Be Controversial
Endless lawsuits. State employees refusing to do their jobs. Rampant discrimination. Homophobes run wild. Can one little law send us...
Marc Kilmer
Mar 31, 20153 min read
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UALR’s DiPippa: For Religious Freedom Before He Was Against It
Intellectual consistency is apparently not a virtue of many opponents of HB 1228, the state’s proposed Religious Freedom Restoration Act....
Caleb Taylor
Mar 30, 20152 min read
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Arkansas To Be First State in The Nation to Protect Photographers’ Rights
Arkansas is poised to be the first state in the Union to establish a statutory right to take photographs in public. Given the increasing...
Daniel Greenberg
Mar 30, 20155 min read
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Regulation Freedom Amendment Passes House!
We wrote earlier this month about the legislators who failed to release state Rep. Grant Hodges’ HR 1031, a resolution that would have...
Caleb Taylor
Mar 26, 20152 min read
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A Good Day For the First Amendment at the Capitol
Today was a good day for free speech in Arkansas. In the Senate State Agencies Committee, Rep. Richard Womack’s HB 1669 passed; it will...
Caleb Taylor
Mar 23, 20152 min read
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Updates From The Capitol
A quick Tuesday–Wednesday update: Rep. Womack’s occupational deregulation bill was delayed — the House Public Health Committee will...
Daniel Greenberg
Mar 18, 20151 min read
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Come hear Radley Balko in Little Rock!
Please join us Wednesday, March 11, to hear a talk from Radley Balko of The Washington Post, brought to you by the Advance Arkansas...
Daniel Greenberg
Mar 6, 20152 min read
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Why Wait for Any Evidence?
You often hear the complaint that not enough people are involved in politics. In the leftist magazine The Nation, for instance, you’ll...
Marc Kilmer
Feb 2, 20154 min read
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Secure the Republic Gets It Wrong on Free Speech
Secure the Republic (which is affiliated, somehow, with Secure Arkansas) seems like a well-meaning organization. It really does. Secure...
Marc Kilmer
Dec 24, 20143 min read
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Gyronne Buckley Continues to Seek Justice
Attorney General Dustin McDaniel is leaving office, but at least one of his bad decisions will continue to reverberate for a long time. ...
Marc Kilmer
Dec 16, 20143 min read
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Thankful McDaniel's Tenure Is Ending
Yesterday, as I celebrated Thanksgiving with family and friends, I realized how much I have to be thankful for. I am thankful for the...
Daniel Greenberg
Nov 28, 20145 min read
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Little Rock: Very Dangerous, But Very PC!
Two reports have come out recently about the Little Rock Police Department (LRPD). One came from LawStreetMedia.com, which said that...
Caleb Taylor
Nov 20, 20143 min read
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Larry Crane, Vote Suppressor
Perhaps you have read about the conflict between Pulaski County Clerk Larry Crane and attorney general candidate Leslie Rutledge. As...
Daniel Greenberg
Oct 3, 20147 min read
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Is It Time to Trip the Article V Fire Alarm?
Article V of the Constitution provides that, “The Congress…on the application of the legislatures of two thirds of the several states,...
Daniel Greenberg
Sep 24, 20141 min read
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Another Case Shows Need For Right-To-Record Law
Another law enforcement agency was in the news recently after it paid the cost for attempting to restrict the right of citizens to film...
Caleb Taylor
Sep 19, 20143 min read
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