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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.
Marc Kilmer
Jun 8, 20172 min read
Commission Approves Highway Plan To (Possibly) Raise Taxes…Again
A plan that could include a tax increase on Arkansans should be put before voters in 2018, according to the Arkansas State Highway...
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Marc Kilmer
Jun 7, 20172 min read
Don’t Forget About Tax Relief, Griffin Tells Task Force
The Tax Reform and Relief Legislative Task Force shouldn’t “skip the relief part” of its mission, according to Lt. Gov. Tim Griffin....
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Marc Kilmer
Jun 6, 20172 min read
On Mowing Lawns Without A License
Should you have to get a license from the government to mow lawns? Until recently, teenagers in Gardendale, Alabama looking to make some...
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Marc Kilmer
Jun 1, 20172 min read
Boozman: Paris Agreement “Not In America’s Best Interest”
U.S. Sen. John Boozman applauded President Donald Trump today for removing the United States from a global warming agreement known as the...
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Marc Kilmer
May 25, 20172 min read
Another Tax Increase Attempt For Highways Coming In 2018
If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again. That seems to be the motto of some elected officials and special-interest groups when it...
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Marc Kilmer
May 23, 20172 min read
Rutledge: Time To Roll Back EPA Regs
She’s making a list and checking it twice. Attorney General Leslie Rutledge recommended the “repeal, replacement, or modification” of six...
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Marc Kilmer
May 22, 20172 min read
Tax Reform Task Force Officially Begins
The Arkansas Tax Reform and Relief Task Force held its first meeting today. The task force was created by the Arkansas legislature in the...
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Marc Kilmer
May 10, 20172 min read
Chinese Tech Firm Gets $16 Million From State To Create 800 Jobs
A Chinese textile firm announced today that it plans to create approximately 800 new jobs in Forrest City. Arkansas is offering Ruyi...
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Marc Kilmer
May 10, 20172 min read
The Distressing Case Of The Delta Regional Authority
By now you’ve probably heard about President Donald Trump’s proposed budget. Among other things, it would abolish funding for the Delta...
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Marc Kilmer
May 8, 20172 min read
Tax Reform Task Force Appointees Announced
Speaker of the House Jeremy Gillam and Senate President Jonathan Dismang both announced their appointments for the Arkansas Tax Reform...
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Marc Kilmer
Apr 28, 20172 min read
Gov. Hutchinson To Call Special Session On Med Expansion
Earlier today, Gov. Asa Hutchinson announced a $70 million budget cut to state government as well as some changes to Arkansas’s Medicaid...
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Marc Kilmer
Apr 25, 20172 min read
On “Bottleneckers” And Occupational Licensing
What’s a “bottlenecker,” anyway? Dr. Dick Carpenter, director of strategic research at the Institute for Justice, spoke in Little Rock...
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Marc Kilmer
Apr 21, 20172 min read
Trump Admin Announces Big, Beautiful EO On Costly CPP
It would appear that President Donald Trump is making federal environmental policy great again. Late last month Trump signed an executive...
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Marc Kilmer
Apr 18, 20172 min read
STUDY: Arkansas’s Economic Outlook Falls In 2017
Arkansas’s economic outlook recently dropped — more precisely, our rank among other states dropped from 20th to 23rd in the nation,...
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Marc Kilmer
Apr 14, 20173 min read
Civil Asset Forfeiture Bill Fails Due To Misinformation
It turns out that Arkansas can longer say “Thank God for Mississippi” — at least with respect to civil forfeiture reform. Legislation by...
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Marc Kilmer
Apr 10, 20172 min read
Come Hear Dick Carpenter
We are pleased to announce that a friend of the Advance Arkansas Institute – Dr. Dick Carpenter – will come to Little Rock later this...
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Caleb Taylor
Apr 22, 20153 min read
Repeal The Death Tax
Dying is inconvenient enough, but — even worse — you can get heavily taxed for it. That’s why I was glad to see the House delegation...
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Caleb Taylor
Apr 13, 20153 min read
Free Markets, Not Minimum Wage Laws, Raise Salaries
We’ve recently seen efforts across the country to raise the minimum wage. Arkansas’s minimum wage will be raised to $8.50 in 2017. The...
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Caleb Taylor
Apr 10, 20152 min read
No New Taxes Placed On E-Cigs In Arkansas
One of the most positive policy results to come out of the Arkansas legislative session earlier this year was the avoidance of a...
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Caleb Taylor
Apr 8, 20152 min read
Arkansas Second-Highest In Sales Tax Rate…Again!
The 2015 edition of the American Legislative Exchange Council’s (ALEC’s) “Rich States, Poor States” study came out today. Arkansas’s...
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Caleb Taylor
Mar 26, 20152 min read
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...
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Caleb Taylor
Mar 24, 20153 min read
Massachusetts Considers Ending Film Tax Credits. Why Not Arkansas?
Our friends over at the Tax Foundation have a good summary of Massachusetts’s experience with its failed policy of film tax credits. ...
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Daniel Greenberg
Mar 18, 20151 min read
Updates From The Capitol
A quick Tuesday–Wednesday update: Rep. Womack’s occupational deregulation bill was delayed — the House Public Health Committee will...
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Caleb Taylor
Mar 17, 20151 min read
Bills To Watch Today
There are quite a few bills that freedom lovers should be following today at the Capitol. State Rep. Richard Womack has a new “Right To...
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