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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.
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...
Marc Kilmer
May 10, 20172 min read
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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...
Marc Kilmer
May 10, 20172 min read
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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...
Marc Kilmer
May 8, 20172 min read
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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...
Marc Kilmer
Apr 28, 20172 min read
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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...
Marc Kilmer
Apr 25, 20172 min read
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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...
Marc Kilmer
Apr 21, 20172 min read
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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,...
Marc Kilmer
Apr 18, 20172 min read
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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...
Marc Kilmer
Apr 14, 20173 min read
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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...
Marc Kilmer
Apr 10, 20172 min read
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Time to Revisit the ’86 Tax Reform — In America and Arkansas
What words come to mind when you think of taxes? If I had to guess, “simple” and “fair” aren’t among them. That’s too bad. An ideal tax...
Marc Kilmer
Dec 29, 20143 min read
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Arkansas 49th in Labor Market Participation
Employment figures released late last week contained a startling fact: labor force participation rates dropped to 62.7 percent, a 37-year...
Caleb Taylor
Oct 7, 20142 min read
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Introducing “Article V 2.0”: The Compact for a Balanced Budget
After we ran our piece yesterday about Mike Farris’s appearances in Arkansas next week, it occurred to me that we ought to make it clear...
Daniel Greenberg
Sep 25, 201414 min read
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Misusers of Taxpayer Dollars Get Light Punishment
A new report by the Division of Legislative Audit was released today which shows a troubling trend of many elected officials and...
Caleb Taylor
Sep 10, 20142 min read
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REPORT: Arkansas A ‘Sinkhole’ State
If your wallet feels a little lighter lately, that’s because the state of Arkansas has you on the hook for approximately $2,200. ...
Caleb Taylor
Sep 2, 20142 min read
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Two Right-To-Work Cases to Watch
Two right-to-work cases in federal court deserve your attention. In Arkansas, bus drivers employed by the Pulaski County Special School...
Caleb Taylor
Jun 12, 20143 min read
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The Legislature’s Plan to Lock Arkansans Into Poverty
The thinkers at Advance Arkansas Institute have released a new paper entitled, “How Medicaid Expansion (and the “Private Option”) Will...
Nic Horton
Apr 15, 20132 min read
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Are There Limits to Taxpayer-Sponsored Academic Freedom?
Judge Harold Haley being taken hostage with Angela Davis’s gun taped under his chin. He was killed in the shootout. I posted last night...
Nic Horton
Oct 25, 20125 min read
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Rep. Tiffany Rogers’s Double-Dipping Problem
San Diego Marriott, presumably not a branch office of Phillips Community College Service in the state legislature is a part-time job. The...
Nic Horton
Oct 15, 20124 min read
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The Unfortunate Reality of Arkansas’ Fortunate Jobs Report
The Arkansas Department of Workforce Services has released the latest jobs numbers for the state and they just couldn’t be happier with...
Nic Horton
May 21, 20122 min read
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The Perverse Logic of Occupy Little Rock
Four members of “Occupy Little Rock” have finally found a public place where the government will let them reside–unfortunately, it is the...
Nic Horton
May 17, 20123 min read
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Talking Rights With Occupy Little Rock
I made a trip down to Occupy Little Rock today, in light of their seemingly imminent eviction from city property at 7:00 a.m. tomorrow–as...
Nic Horton
May 15, 20122 min read
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