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...
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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.
Caleb Taylor
Oct 14, 20142 min read
Texas Rethinks Crony Capitalism. Will Arkansas?
Grant Tennille, executive director of the Arkansas Economic Development Commission (AEDC), is probably best known on this blog for this...
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Caleb Taylor
Oct 6, 20143 min read
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...
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Nic Horton
Jul 22, 20142 min read
The Real Beebe Jobs Record
If you watch or read the news in Arkansas, you probably hear a lot about outgoing Gov. Mike Beebe’s record of “job creation.” One...
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Nic Horton
Jun 17, 20144 min read
Regulatory Rhetoric: Ross, Hutchinson Outline Plans for Reigning in Bureaucracy
Late last week, gubernatorial candidate and former Congressman Mike Ross released his 46-page — yes, I said 46-page — “jobs plan.” The...
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Nic Horton
Jun 6, 20143 min read
Top Arkansas Cronies Say They Shouldn’t Have To Defend Cronyism
Obviously cronies, because everyone knows cronies just sit around and smoke fine cigars. Last month, some of the state’s top cronies...
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Nic Horton
Mar 10, 20143 min read
Arkansas Governor’s Race: Who Loves Teachers The Most?
You were probably too busy enjoying Arkansas’s one day of spring over the weekend to notice, but former Congressman Mike Ross “won” the...
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Nic Horton
Nov 22, 20132 min read
Mike Ross Voted To Not Let You Keep Your Insurance Plan (If You Liked It)
Mike Ross celebrating with former Rep. Weiner after Obamacare cleared committee. Millions of Americans are losing their health insurance...
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Nic Horton
Oct 24, 20133 min read
Memo To GOP Legislators: We Tried To Warn You
Back during the debate over Medicaid expansion (which lawmakers attempted to rebrand as “the private option”), this blog, in conjunction...
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Nic Horton
Oct 23, 20131 min read
POLL: Pryor Approval At 34%, Cotton And Asa! Lead
The University of Arkansas has released their 15th annual Arkansas Poll. The results spell bad news for our friend Senator Mark Pryor. ...
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Nic Horton
Oct 17, 20133 min read
Mike Ross Admits He Was An Architect Of Obamacare
This morning, I posted a six-second clip of former Congressman Mike Ross saying if he had not voted for Obamacare in committee, it...
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Nic Horton
Oct 17, 20133 min read
VIDEO: Mike Ross Says Obamacare Would Not Be Law Without Him (Updated)
Mike Ross celebrating with former Congressman Anthony Weiner after Obamacare cleared House committee. The Arkansas Project has obtained a...
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Nic Horton
Oct 1, 20131 min read
Obamacare Exchanges, Day 1: Add Arkansas To The List Of States Without Access
Much to the surprise of, well, no one, the Obamacare exchanges that were set to go live today are failing miserably all over the country....
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Nic Horton
Sep 24, 20133 min read
Arkansas Democrats Float Ethics Ideas For Everyone Else
Arkansas Democrats love ethics. In fact, they love ethics so much, three of their state elected officials have been forced to resign from...
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David Kinkade
Oct 13, 20113 min read
Let’s Raise A Glass To Our Free Trading Congressmen!
Hey, look at Congress! While you weren’t paying attention they took a break from being more or less absurd in order to do something...
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Nic Horton
Aug 1, 20111 min read
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...
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Nic Horton
Jul 25, 20111 min read
Mike Ross: “It’s Been Fun, But I Gotta Go!”
U.S. Rep. Mike Ross, who has ruled Arkansas’ mighty Fourth District with an iron fist since 2001, announced today he won’t run for...
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David Kinkade
Aug 11, 20091 min read
Arkansas 2010 Congressional Races
This was intended to publish last week, but those bedeviling server woes held us up. So here’s our final entry in our listing of Arkansas...
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David Kinkade
Jul 20, 20091 min read
Roll Call: Ross a ‘Bulldog’ In Health Care Debate
Demcratic Rep. Mike Ross, who came in for qualified praise here last week for throwing the brakes on Obama health care bill in Congress,...
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David Kinkade
Jul 17, 20092 min read
Let’s All Raise A Glass To Mike Ross Now
Rep. Mike Ross It’s a lovely summer afternoon here in Little Rock, and the Arkansas Project finds itself suffused with the spirit of warm...
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David Kinkade
May 12, 20091 min read
Stuff From Around Arkansas, May 12
Healthy: Democratic Sens. Blanche Lincoln and Mark Pryor are being targeted in liberal group’s ads on health care. (Atlantic) And it goes...
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David Kinkade
Jan 12, 20091 min read
Channel Surfing: Congress and YouTube
TechCrunch wants to know: Is your senator on YouTube? They point us to this nifty hub site for senators and congressmen with YouTube...
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David Kinkade
Oct 20, 20082 min read
Arkansas Project Weekend Political Round-Up
A few notes on the political news that you may have missed this weekend while you were off on a bender or at church camp, or whatever it...
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David Kinkade
Oct 2, 20082 min read
Bail-Out Passes Senate; Ross Sniffs at Add-Ons
Mike Ross Yes, the big financial bail-out passed the Senate last night and the new bill will go to the House of Representatives (both...
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