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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.
Rep. Westerman Pushing Positive Federal Land Bill
The federal government owns a lot of land – roughly 640 million acres. That is 28% of the total area of the United States. With that huge...
Marc Kilmer
Mar 20, 20182 min read
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Legislators Consider Future Changes To GIF
The state’s grant system for funding local projects is due for a change after Arkansas’s Supreme Court ruled it unconstitutional last...
Caleb Taylor
Oct 9, 20172 min read
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Efficiency In Arkansas: AWCC and ADH
The Arkansas Workers’ Compensation Commission (AWCC) is another state agency that has been able to become more efficient in recent years....
Caleb Taylor
Sep 6, 20172 min read
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Efficiency in State Government: Department Of Arkansas Heritage
The Hutchinson era has seen many Arkansas state agencies adopt efficiency as a priority. Nowhere is this more evident than in the...
Caleb Taylor
Aug 17, 20172 min read
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Your Tax Dollars At Work: Little Rock Solar Panel Edition
As the deadline for filing your tax returns approaches, we thought it’d be a good idea to show some examples of your hard-earned tax...
Caleb Taylor
Apr 7, 20152 min read
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Westerman: Give States Flexibility On Workforce Requirements
Freshman U.S. Rep Bruce Westerman introduced a bill last week that would give state legislators across the country much-needed...
Caleb Taylor
Feb 19, 20152 min read
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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...
Caleb Taylor
Jan 12, 20152 min read
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Don’t Believe the Hype about Pre-K
The federal government is giving Arkansas $60 million to bolster the state’s pre-kindergarten program. Sounds good, right? Who can be...
Marc Kilmer
Dec 19, 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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Guess Who’s the Big Spender?
When it comes to supporting reductions in federal spending, Arkansas’s congressional delegation looks pretty good. Almost every member of...
Marc Kilmer
Aug 26, 20142 min read
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McDaniel: In the Matter of the Bowen Gym, I Plead Not Guilty
We’ve written before about the ill-conceived waste of money that is the Bowen Law School 6th floor gym. Who decided to spend the money...
Caleb Taylor
Aug 20, 20142 min read
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The Dustin McDaniel Sweat-and-Sour Experience
Earlier this month, we were pleased to hear that Attorney General Dustin McDaniel was helping to fund a new program for UALR’s Bowen Law...
Caleb Taylor
Aug 19, 20143 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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Are Arkansas Tax Dollars Going to a Domestic Terrorist?
Thursday evening, Angela Davis will speak at the University of Arkansas-Little Rock. On the university’s website, Davis is described as...
Nic Horton
Oct 24, 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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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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