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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.
Tax Freedom Day Is Here!
Congratulations! If you live in Arkansas, today is the day that you — on average — have managed to pay off your 2015 tax bill, and you...
Caleb Taylor
Apr 14, 20151 min read
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Bill Would Raise Judicial Retirement Age From 70 To 72
A bill introduced by state Rep. Matthew Shepherd would increase the maximum age judges could serve without jeopardizing their retirement...
Caleb Taylor
Feb 11, 20151 min read
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Occupational Freedom Bill Stalls…For Now
State Rep. Richard Womack’s bill to provide Arkansans with much-needed relief from burdensome occupational regulations failed on a voice...
Caleb Taylor
Feb 6, 20153 min read
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Over-Regulation Puts Yoga Owners In Awkward Position
Did you know that somewhere out there in Arkansas a yoga instructor may be teaching without licensed permission from a state bureaucrat?...
Caleb Taylor
Jan 13, 20152 min read
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Corruption in America and Arkansas
Harvard University’s Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics recently highlighted a comprehensive report on corruption at the state and local...
Caleb Taylor
Dec 31, 20141 min read
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Taxpayer-Funded Legislative Meal Plans: Another Possible Blessing From Issue 3
After Issue 3 passed in November, which banned lobbyists from paying for state legislators’ meals, I suspect some of our representatives...
Caleb Taylor
Dec 8, 20143 min read
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Freshman Legislator: Freshman Legislators Aren’t Stupid, But Are Ignorant
The Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families road-show to save the “private option” (Medicaid expansion) got off to a...
Caleb Taylor
Dec 5, 20143 min read
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Ex-State Senator Still Owes Taxpayers Nearly $500k
Earlier this year, the media exhaustively covered questionable expense reimbursements to the state by former GOP Lt. Governor Mark Darr,...
Caleb Taylor
Dec 3, 20141 min read
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Mike Ross, Ingrate
Mike Ross made a curious statement recently when speaking at a Democratic Party meeting in Howard County. Mike Ross said: Let me just...
Daniel Greenberg
Oct 20, 20141 min read
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Pryor Campaign Evicted from UAMS
We aren’t able to make it to Mark Pryor’s Ebola press conference today; from what we’ve read about it, we assume he’ll try to ride...
Caleb Taylor
Oct 17, 20141 min read
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Voting Against Weakened Term Limits Doesn’t Make You a Nut
Yesterday the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette featured an interesting quote from state Senator Jon Woods about Issue 3, a constitutional...
Caleb Taylor
Oct 17, 20143 min read
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Pryor Brags About Job-Killing “Toy Safety” Bill (Plus: More McLean Monitoring)
Mark Pryor listed his work on “toy safety” in Monday’s debate as one of his biggest accomplishments during his tenure in the Senate. Of...
Caleb Taylor
Oct 15, 20142 min read
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GAO’s “Cost Concerns” on PO, Part II
We wrote last month about a recent Government Accountability Office (GAO) report: it raised some red flags about the costs to taxpayers...
Caleb Taylor
Oct 13, 20142 min read
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Report: Thousands Of Give Arkansas A Raise Now's Signatures Invalid
It looks like the minimum wage increase initiative is threatened by a couple of self-inflicted wounds. A special master’s report filed...
Caleb Taylor
Oct 10, 20143 min read
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Congressman Ross Cites Bogus Gender Pay Gap Stat
Languishing in the polls, Democratic gubernatorial candidate Mike Ross is now flailing about in choppy political waters. Currently, he’s...
Caleb Taylor
Oct 6, 20143 min read
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Cato Doesn’t Want To Have Beebe’s Babies
A big chunk of the political class in Arkansas was chattering about the fawning profile of Gov. Mike Beebe in the New York Times...
Caleb Taylor
Oct 2, 20142 min read
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McLean Cuts Class
Rep. James McLean, chair of the House Education Committee, has been skipping class. You’ll remember McLean from our reporting last...
Caleb Taylor
Oct 1, 20142 min read
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Arkansas Congressional Hopeful Tom Cotton Secures Coveted ‘Weekly Standard’ OK (Updated!
Your recommended reading for this hazy August morning is this adoring Weekly Standard profile of Tom Cotton, a possible GOP candidate for...
Nic Horton
Aug 1, 20111 min read
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Voices from the Distant Past
Obama-Barkley: Experience Counts In your Sunday papers, you’ll find columnist Kane Webb looking at Barack Obama’s choice of Joe Biden for...
David Kinkade
Aug 31, 20081 min read
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