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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.
Stuff Happening Around Arkansas
1. Arkansas’s Medicaid experiment continues to make national headlines, for all the wrong reasons. The Arkansas-Obamacare “private”...
Nic Horton
May 5, 20142 min read
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Nine Problems With Senator Holland's Latest Mailer
Senator Bruce Holland recently sent out a campaign mailer, defending his support of the Arkansas Obamacare “private” option. Here’s a...
Nic Horton
May 2, 20144 min read
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Five Things We Learned About The Obamacare “Private” Option Last Week
Last Thursday afternoon, I attended the Joint Public Health Committee meeting. At that meeting, lawmakers had the opportunity to question...
Nic Horton
Apr 29, 20147 min read
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Holland Falls On Sword: ‘I Did’ Cast Deciding Vote On 'Private' Option
On Thursday night, incumbent State Senator Bruce Holland and challenger Rep. Terry Rice squared off in a debate. According to The City...
Nic Horton
Apr 25, 20143 min read
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Live-Stream: Joint Public Health Committee, Medicaid Expansion Update
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Nic Horton
Apr 24, 20141 min read
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Three Cheers — For More Government Dependency?
Earlier this week, the state’s Department of Human Services released the latest enrollment numbers in the Medicaid “private” option...
Nic Horton
Apr 23, 20143 min read
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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...
Nic Horton
Apr 17, 20144 min read
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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...
Daniel Greenberg
Apr 11, 20142 min read
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"There Is A Lot Wrong” With This Forbes Article, But Legislators Are Too Busy To Explain
Yesterday, Forbes published an insightful piece about the Arkansas Obamacare “private” option. The bottom line for Arkansas taxpayers:...
Nic Horton
Apr 9, 20143 min read
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Another Justification For The Obamacare “Private” Option Bites The Dust
Late last Monday evening, March 31, Congress approved a proposal to delay cuts to reimbursements for doctors who provide Medicare...
Nic Horton
Apr 8, 20142 min read
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Holland And Rice Spar Over Legislative Records
I wrote a few weeks ago about the Republican state Senate primary in District 9. Unlike other primaries this year, it’s the only race...
Nic Horton
Apr 3, 20146 min read
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Ingram Eviscerates Jackson Hewitt’s Spinning On Medicaid Expansion Savings
A few weeks ago, as the debate over re-funding the Obamacare “private” option was heating up, the tax prep firm Jackson Hewitt released a...
Nic Horton
Mar 26, 20141 min read
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New Footage From FGA: The ‘PO’ Is “ObamaCare’s Medicaid Expansion”
The Foundation for Government Accountability has released a new web video that highlights many of the broken promises of the Arkansas...
Nic Horton
Mar 19, 20141 min read
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A First Look At The Arkansas Senate Primaries: Irvin vs. Grace On The “Private” Option
In roughly two months, Arkansas voters will participate in Republican primaries across the state. In some respects, the choices that...
Nic Horton
Mar 17, 20144 min read
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Miller On The Media, Medicaid, and Moving Forward
State Representative Josh Miller has been the subject of many state (and even some national) media reports over the past few weeks, which...
Nic Horton
Mar 13, 20145 min read
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Obamacare's Secret Mandate Exemption
Yesterday I wrote about the latest Obamacare implementation delay. Today, the Wall Street Journal uncovered an additional wrinkle. Buried...
Nic Horton
Mar 12, 20142 min read
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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...
The Arkansas Project
Mar 3, 20143 min read
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Supporters Of Obamacare Hate Obamacare!
One of the more ridiculous arguments that legislators have made in support of the Medicaid expansion “private” option (Republican...
Nic Horton
Feb 26, 20143 min read
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House GOP To Speaker Carter: We Need To Talk
27 House Republican legislators have signed and delivered a letter to Speaker Davy Carter that says, quite simply: it’s time to negotiate...
Nic Horton
Feb 25, 20142 min read
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Employer Mandate Delayed, Again, As Predicted
Mere hours ago, while discussing the Obamacare “private” option, House Speaker Davy Carter told the media: Nothing’s changed materially...
Nic Horton
Feb 10, 20143 min read
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GOP Chairs Declare Opposition To “Private” Option
Last weekend, the Arkansas Republican County Chairs Association overwhelmingly passed a resolution in opposition to the continued funding...
Nic Horton
Feb 6, 20141 min read
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The Private Option: Let's Quit While We're Behind
A much better looking Seven of Nine than the Supreme Court justices discussed in this article. Anyone interested in the intersection of...
Daniel Greenberg
Feb 5, 20145 min read
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AACF: Working to Confuse Voters About the Private Option
The following is a guest editorial by Jonathan Ingram of the Foundation for Government Accountability: You may have seen the latest video...
The Arkansas Project
Jan 18, 20143 min read
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Re-Refuting What Has Allegedly Never Been Refuted
I was startled by Governor Beebe’s comments in the Democrat-Gazette this morning. He gave a brief and pithy explanation of the federal...
Nic Horton
Jan 16, 20142 min read
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