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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
Jun 4, 20139 min read
Talkin’ New Faculty Carry Law With Rep. Charlie Collins
During the recent legislative session, the legislature passed a law — Act 226 — to allow licensed and trained full-time faculty and staff...
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Nic Horton
May 23, 20134 min read
Intercepting the Football: Blocking Regulators’ Touchdowns in Arkansas
Senator Dismang, sponsor of the best proposed constitutional amendment that will be on the ballot next year. A proposed amendment to the...
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Nic Horton
May 16, 20134 min read
State of the Race: Pryor vs. Arkansas 2014
Rumored potential Pryor challengers Cotton, Womack, Darr (left to right). As you probably know, Senator Mark Pryor is up for re-election...
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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 11, 20137 min read
Day of Reckoning in Saline County: Who Said It?
Thursday night, the Saline County TEA Party hosted a town meeting so that their members could question the Saline County legislators who...
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The Arkansas Project
May 7, 20134 min read
Rep. Bell: “Powder, Lead, Walnut, Brass & Steel”
The following is a guest op-ed by State Representative Nate Bell, a second term legislator from Mena. It was a spring night in the quiet...
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Nic Horton
May 1, 20132 min read
Fig Leaves & “Moving On”
Advance Arkansas Institute President Dan Greenberg was recently asked to summarize the battle over Medicaid reform for The Heritage...
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Nic Horton
Apr 17, 20134 min read
“I Want to Believe” This Isn’t Obamacare
X-Files fans are familiar with the poster in Fox Mulder’s office. If you weren’t an X-files watcher, you probably don’t know that Mulder,...
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Nic Horton
Apr 14, 20132 min read
Wow, Senator Rapert, That Was A Quick Three Weeks!
Before last year’s election, Senator Rapert said expanding Medicaid would turn Arkansas into a “candy land” of entitlements. Less than a...
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Daniel Greenberg
Apr 9, 20132 min read
How Nonprofits Work
Ed Haislmaier speaking to a packed house at AAI’s Conway forum last night. It was a pleasure to bring Christie Herrera and Ed Haislmaier...
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Nic Horton
Apr 5, 20132 min read
“Private Option” Clears First Hurdle in Senate, But Fight Is Just Beginning
This morning, by a vote of 24-9, the Senate passed SB1020 or the “private option” version of Medicaid expansion. Two members did not...
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Nic Horton
Apr 4, 20131 min read
AFP on Medicaid: ‘Take Time To Get It Right’
Our friends at AFP-Arkansas have released a new ad against the Medicaid “private option.” You should take 30 seconds to watch it because,...
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Nic Horton
Apr 1, 20131 min read
Dissecting the “Private Option” With Paul Harrell
Below you will find my interview with Paul Harrell on The Paul Harrell Program from last week. We did two segments (as opposed to our...
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Nic Horton
Mar 29, 20133 min read
Voter ID Veto Override Delayed Despite 77% Support
Two days ago, the Senate overrode Governor Beebe’s veto of the voter ID bill, SB2. The House was scheduled to vote on the override...
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Nic Horton
Mar 28, 20132 min read
Obamacare Is Crumbling — But No One Told Mark Pryor
Last week, the U.S. Senate passed a nonbinding resolution by 79-20 to repeal the Medical Device Tax. This tax, which went into effect in...
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Nic Horton
Mar 27, 20136 min read
The Private Medicaid Option: From the Sphinx’s Mouth
Yesterday, I attended a meeting of conservative activists and legislators at the Capitol. Senator David Sanders and Representative Randy...
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Nic Horton
Mar 26, 20132 min read
$400,000 For Sweet Potato Research? Yam Right!
There are several remarkable aspects of Governor Mike Beebe’s veto of SB2, the voter ID bill, yesterday. It looks like Beebe threw a bone...
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Daniel Greenberg
Mar 18, 20131 min read
Do I Hear Cannon in the Distance?
What’re you doing tomorrow? If you said anything other than “Going to hear Cato Institute’s Michael Cannon speak about health care policy...
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Daniel Greenberg
Mar 17, 20135 min read
My David Ramsey Problem – And Ours
Well, I see David Ramsey is at it again. Ramsey, a blogger for the Arkansas Times, faces a problem. What he’d like to do is criticize...
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Nic Horton
Mar 16, 20132 min read
Why Did Raw Milk Curdle in House Committee?
Yesterday, as previously reported, the raw milk bill (HB 1536) was defeated by the House Ag Committee. But before the bill was defeated...
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Nic Horton
Mar 16, 20132 min read
Senator Teague’s Building Implosion
Several weeks ago, I wrote a piece about Senator Larry Teague’s proposal to require all public construction projects in Arkansas to use...
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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
Mar 14, 20133 min read
Legalize Milk!
The Arkansas legislature is faced with a question: Do Arkansans have the right to buy and eat what they choose? The question may sound...
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Nic Horton
Mar 12, 20133 min read
Why Voter ID Does Not Require a Supermajority Vote
Since the voter ID bill cleared House committee last week, opponents of election reform have been scrambling to derail it. I wrote last...
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