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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.
House Democrats Announce Bold, New, Entirely Content-Free Ethics Initiative
Hudson Hallum: Ethics Leader. I favor stronger ethics laws; you favor stronger ethics laws; we all favor stronger ethics laws — even...
Daniel Greenberg
Aug 27, 20132 min read
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Bookout Hearing Reveals Two New Potential Violations
This morning, state Senator Paul Bookout appeared before the Arkansas Ethics Commission to face the music regarding approximately $50,000...
Nic Horton
Jul 19, 20132 min read
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Another AEDC Triumph: Hewlett-Packard to Cut 500 Jobs
OOPS: Governor Beebe and HP exec in front of the Conway facility. Once again, the Arkansas Economic Development Commission’s attempts to...
Nic Horton
Jul 9, 20133 min read
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Hot Air: Beebe and Nordex Fail to Keep Lofty Promises, Taxpayers Left Holding the Bag
Less than five years ago, the possibilities seemed endless. Nordex USA had just announced its intention to move to Arkansas and create...
Nic Horton
Jul 2, 20135 min read
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Dissecting the “Private Option” With Paul Harrell
Below you will find my interview with Paul Harrell on The Paul Harrell Program from last week. We did two segments (as opposed to our...
Nic Horton
Apr 1, 20131 min read
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Horrible Medicaid “Private Option” Now Found Deficient by Former “Private Option” Analyst/Cheerleade
The “private option” in a picture. I wrote last week that the air had been released from the Medicaid “private option” balloon and that...
Nic Horton
Apr 1, 20133 min read
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Medicaid: Speak Now, Or Forever Hold Your Peace
I’ve received some off-the-record criticism just for recounting Michael Cannon’s opinions on health care reform the other day (boy, wait...
Nic Horton
Mar 21, 20132 min read
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Legalize Milk!
The Arkansas legislature is faced with a question: Do Arkansans have the right to buy and eat what they choose? The question may sound...
Nic Horton
Mar 14, 20133 min read
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Arkansans, What is Corporate Welfare Costing You?
$148 per person — that’s the amount of money, on average, that the state of Arkansas spends per year on corporate welfare, according to a...
Nic Horton
Dec 14, 20123 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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Signs of Government Waste
Congratulations Arkansas taxpayers! You are the proud owners of three magnificent signs at a failing wind power plant in Little Rock!...
Nic Horton
Sep 26, 20122 min read
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A Closer Look At LM Wind Power’s Taxpayer-Funded “Beautification”
A few weeks ago, I wrote about the ‘taxpayer-funded beautification of cronyism.’ In that piece, I mentioned that I was filing a Freedom...
Nic Horton
Sep 25, 20123 min read
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VIDEO: Lawmakers Question Agency Officials Over Interpreter Hire
Arkansas journalists are paying lots of attention to the scandal surrounding state Treasurer Martha Shoffner (and rightfully so), but...
Nic Horton
Sep 18, 20122 min read
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The Anatomy of Corruption, Bill Walker Style
I reported on July 18th that the Legislative Council’s Personnel Services committee was reviewing the hiring of Miss Clara Taylor–a woman...
Nic Horton
Sep 10, 20126 min read
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Chairman Clark Hall: Overdoing Oversight?
The Arkansas House’s State Agencies & Governmental Affairs committee has been meeting frequently lately — very frequently. The casual...
Nic Horton
Aug 20, 20123 min read
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Sheriff Vance’s (Disqualifying) Criminal Record
It appears that Grant County sheriff Ray Vance has a criminal record. Under the Arkansas Constitution (Article 5, Section 9), which...
Nic Horton
Aug 10, 20123 min read
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The Real Story of Ethics Reform in Arkansas
There has been a lot of talk in the Arkansas blogosphere about the proposed ethics reforms being proposed by ‘Regnat Populus.’ I myself...
Nic Horton
Jun 14, 20124 min read
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Arkansas Needs Ethics Reform: Does Regnat Populus Have The Answers?
A group of Arkansans who call themselves “Regnat Populus” are circulating petitions to put three ethics rule changes on the November...
Nic Horton
Jun 12, 20124 min read
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