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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.
Nic Horton
Sep 3, 20132 min read
(Still) MISSING: House Democrats’ Ethics Plan
Last week, Arkansas House Democrats made a few ripples in the political pond by announcing that they support ethics reform in Arkansas!...
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Daniel Greenberg
Jul 24, 20136 min read
Ray Hanley’s Three Medicaid Fallacies
Ray Hanley I see that Ray Hanley has responded to my Arkansas Business commentary on Medicaid expansion in Arkansas. Ray Hanley is a...
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Nic Horton
Jul 15, 20131 min read
Greenberg: “Private Option” In Trouble
Advance Arkansas Institute’s Dan Greenberg has a great guest op-ed at Arkansas Business today. You’ll want to check it out. Here’s a...
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Daniel Greenberg
May 13, 20132 min read
On the Arkansas Times, Part I
One of the legislature’s most praiseworthy achievements this session was passing a “voter ID” bill. If you read the unsigned article in...
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Nic Horton
May 4, 20131 min read
AAI Surges to 2nd Place in Social Media Ranks
The Frontier Lab has released their latest rankings of social media influence. The results? The Advance Arkansas Institute has surged to...
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Nic Horton
Apr 16, 20132 min read
Will the Medicaid Expansion “Triggers” Fire?
MEDICAID EXPANSION: You can check out, but can you ever leave? The House just passed HB1219 which includes funding for Medicaid...
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Nic Horton
Apr 15, 20132 min read
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...
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Nic Horton
Apr 2, 20132 min read
AAI Announces Medicaid Town Halls
If you’re like me, you’ve been startled to see allegedly conservative lawmakers heralding the wonders of expanding government in Arkansas...
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Nic Horton
Mar 19, 20132 min read
Voter ID Bill Clears Final Hurdle, Heads to Governor
Today, the Senate Rules Committee convened to consider whether or not the voter ID bill required a supermajority vote. The House Rules...
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Daniel Greenberg
Mar 15, 20132 min read
A Final Note on Voter ID
Voter ID, as amended, passed out of Senate Committee yesterday and will successfully pass the Senate next week. (It already passed the...
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Nic Horton
Feb 27, 20131 min read
Massachusetts State Rep. Admits Something Resembling Voter Fraud (or “Gives a Voice to the Leg
Now, I know what you’re thinking: “Why does Nic Horton keep writing about voter fraud? Doesn’t he know what voter fraud does not exist?...
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Nic Horton
Feb 20, 20131 min read
Policy Mythbusters: AAI Debunks ‘Voter ID’ Myths in New Brief
OK, those thinkers over at the Advance Arkansas Institute have really done it this time: today they’ve released a new policy brief on SB...
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Nic Horton
Feb 17, 20131 min read
VIDEO: King, Greenberg Testify in Favor of Voter ID Bill
It took a little longer than expected, but as promised, here is some video from Thursday’s Senate State Agencies Committee meeting at...
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Nic Horton
Feb 14, 20131 min read
Voter ID Bill Clears Senate Committee
Today, the Senate State Agencies Committee passed a voter ID bill for the first time in Arkansas history. The bill will now head to the...
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Nic Horton
Feb 8, 20131 min read
VIDEO: Greenberg Testifies Against Prevailing Wage Law
Dan Greenberg, in his post earlier this morning, wrote about his experience before the House Public Health, Welfare, and Labor Committee...
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Daniel Greenberg
Feb 8, 20132 min read
Some Will Rob You With A Six-Gun, Some With A Fountain Pen
Yesterday, I attended a meeting of the House Public Health, Welfare, and Labor Committee to speak in favor of Representative Dan...
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Nic Horton
Feb 4, 20131 min read
Let’s Talk About Election Integrity!
Today, Advance Arkansas Institute President Dan Greenberg joined freedom fighter and all-around good guy Senator Bryan King to discuss...
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Nic Horton
Jan 26, 20132 min read
Let’s Make Arkansas #1 in Education!
I know we’re already “5th in education” in Arkansas, so we should probably just declare victory and move on to other more meaningful...
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Nic Horton
Nov 29, 20121 min read
Time for School Choice in Arkansas?
A recent news report detailed a widespread cheating ring that included three southern states, including Arkansas. But it wasn’t the...
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Nic Horton
Nov 9, 20123 min read
How Arkansas Can Avoid “Flushing People Down the Commode”
Thanks to all of you who tuned in for our live election night coverage. I have updated that post to now show that Republicans captured 21...
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Nic Horton
Nov 5, 20121 min read
Election Coverage, Brought To You By The Arkansas Project!
Well, tomorrow night’s the big night that we’ve all been waiting for — Decision 2012. Many political commentators have called it (as they...
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Nic Horton
Aug 10, 20123 min read
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...
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Nic Horton
May 9, 20122 min read
Should You Need the Government’s Permission to Work?
When he was in the state legislature, AAI President Dan Greenberg worked to limit the reach of the state’s bureaucracy. Namely, he tried...
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Daniel Greenberg
Feb 22, 20122 min read
Burris on Arkansas Budget Battle: ‘They Don’t Like What We’re Doing Because ItR
Rep. John Burris and Gov. Mike Beebe Rep. John Burris, the Republican minority leader in the Arkansas House of Representatives, spoke to...
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