Mark Pryor: Saving Kids from Old Books
When you think of unsafe children’s products, you probably don’t think of books. Outside of our one-year-old smacking me in the head with...
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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.
Marc Kilmer
Aug 14, 20143 min read
Senator Pryor Kills A Kidd’s Dream
On February 10, 2009, new federal regulations governing lead exposure in children’s products were scheduled to go into effect. One day...
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Marc Kilmer
Aug 12, 20142 min read
CPSIA in 2008: Senator Pryor Capitalizes on a Media Frenzy
“Won’t somebody please think of the children?!” This line from The Simpsons could have been the catchphrase of Senator Mark Pryor’s 2008...
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Marc Kilmer
Aug 11, 20143 min read
Does Senator Pryor Care More About My Children Than I Do?
Senator Mark Pryor probably thinks I’m a bad parent. I just spent ten days exposing my children to products that he considers unsafe. In...
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Nic Horton
Aug 7, 20143 min read
Exchange Director Unsure If Arkansas Will Speed Up Implementation of State Exchange
Last week, I began investigating whether Arkansas was moving towards a state-run Obamacare exchange. My initial interest in this story...
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Nic Horton
Jul 29, 20144 min read
After Halbig, Arkansas Moving Towards A State-Based Exchange
Last week, the D.C. circuit court ruled in Halbig v. Burwell that Obamacare subsidies cannot flow into state that are participating in...
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Nic Horton
Jul 25, 20142 min read
Report: Undercover Agents Fraudulently Enroll In Obamacare
A new report from the Government Accountability Office reveals that Obamacare (*gasp*) is highly susceptible to fraud. According to the...
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Nic Horton
Jul 3, 20145 min read
Bowen Law School: LEAPing Away From Facts
Our previous coverage of UALR-Bowen Law School’s affirmative action program, LEAP, revealed that the program admits marginally qualified...
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Nic Horton
Jun 30, 20141 min read
See How Much Obamacare Has Increased Your Premiums
The Manhattan Institute has released a new tool that will allow Americans to see how much the disastrous Obamacare law has increased...
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Nic Horton
Jun 18, 20142 min read
A Closer Look at Changing Arkansas's Regulatory Culture
I recently spoke with Peter Van Doren of the Cato Institute about how cost-benefit analysis of regulation might work. As I mentioned...
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Nic Horton
Jun 16, 20142 min read
Report: Hundreds of Thousands of Obamacare Enrollees May Be Ineligible
A series of politically-driven, unilateral delays in the Obamacare law (the Affordable Care Act) are now snowballing into a national...
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Nic Horton
Jun 11, 20145 min read
Flippo Victory: A Political Earthquake For Obamacare’s Medicaid Expansion
Senator-elect Flippo, hugging his dad moments after the final results were announced. Scott Flippo’s victory over State Rep. John Burris...
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Nic Horton
May 28, 20143 min read
Ben Burris Bites Back
Photo courtesy of Institute for Justice. Our readers will probably remember Arkansas orthodontist Benjamin Burris. He’s been the subject...
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Nic Horton
May 9, 20141 min read
Breaking Down All The Weird Things People Are Saying About Arkansas Obamacare This Week (Podcast)
This week on The Arkansas Project Podcast: Anti-Obamacare press conference draws scorn from some GOP lawmakers Optumas projections on...
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Nic Horton
Apr 30, 20145 min read
Arkansas: The Twilight Zone Of Health Care Policy
Last week, Family Council released their survey of primary candidates for state and federal offices. Family Council has set the bar for...
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Nic Horton
Apr 18, 20143 min read
New ‘Private’ Option Revelations Spark Controversy
This morning, the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette revealed that the costs for the Obamacare “private” option for April have increased once...
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Nic Horton
Apr 17, 20144 min read
No Competition, Cost Overruns — Where Do We Go From Here On The ‘Private’ Option?
You’ll probably find this hard to believe, but things aren’t going to so well with the Obamacare “private” option: just last week, my...
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Nic Horton
Apr 16, 20142 min read
New Report Highlights Candidates' Positions On Policy
I know many of you have been relying on The Arkansas Project for news and analysis of the ongoing GOP legislative primaries around the...
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Daniel Greenberg
Apr 11, 20142 min read
The Competition Vacuum in the “Private” Option
You might recall that one of the selling points of the “private” option was market competition. Competition among insurance carriers was...
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Nic Horton
Mar 5, 20142 min read
Mark Pryor's Staff Is…Looking For Work?
Arkansas Project flashback: Randy Massanelli, working hard in his campaign office. There has been much discussion of the position of...
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Nic Horton
Mar 4, 20142 min read
FGA: State Taxpayers ‘On The Hook’ For Millions In 'Private' Option Cost Overruns
Our guest article yesterday from Rep. Joe Farrer revealed the unanticipated costs to Arkansas taxpayers of the Obamacare-Medicaid...
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The Arkansas Project
Mar 3, 20143 min read
Rep. Farrer: "Private" Option Costs Already Exceeding Federal Caps
The following is a guest article from State Representative Joe Farrer (R-Cabot): When we passed the Private Option Medicaid expansion...
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Nic Horton
Mar 3, 20141 min read
Survey Says: 66% Of Arkansas Republicans Oppose “Private” Option
Our good friends over at Conduit For Action have released a new poll on the Obamacare “private” option. The poll was conducted last week,...
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Nic Horton
Feb 27, 20141 min read
House on Greenberg, Greenberg on House!
About a week ago, Representative Doug House sent a mass email to fifty of his House Republican colleagues, and then it found its way into...
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