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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.
Sick Child Denied Treatment As State Spends Billions On Able-Bodied Adults
A new report released last week details how Medicaid expansion will harm the most needy Americans. Because of the perverse funding...
Nic Horton
Jul 23, 20144 min read
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New Poll: It’s Over for Arkansas Obamacare
Yesterday, Impact Management released a new poll showing Congressman Tom Cotton leading Senator Mark Pryor 47-43% in the race for U.S....
Nic Horton
Jul 10, 20142 min read
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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...
Nic Horton
Mar 4, 20142 min read
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What Happens If The Session Ends Without A Medicaid Budget?
You’ve probably heard about the allegedly terrifying consequences of the legislature ending the fiscal session without a Medicaid budget...
Nic Horton
Feb 27, 20142 min read
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Separation Anxiety: Can “Private” Option Funding Be Split From The Medicaid Budget?
Yesterday on KARN, while discussing “private” option strategy, I argued that PO opponents should separate the vote for PO funding from...
Nic Horton
Feb 19, 20142 min read
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New Report Focuses On Budget Impact Of Obamacare In AR
In conjunction with the Advance Arkansas Institute, Joe Luppino-Esposito of State Budget Solutions has published a new report on the...
Nic Horton
Feb 18, 20141 min read
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Steve Rockwell’s Five False Claims About Medicaid Expansion
We learned something important about Senate District 21 candidate Steve Rockwell during his debate performance the other day: Rockwell...
Nic Horton
Jan 6, 20144 min read
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Just Saying Hello (And Those Other Guys Suck!)
Last week, an email with the subject line “Just Saying Hello” went out to legislative supporters of the “private option”/Medicaid...
Nic Horton
Dec 16, 20134 min read
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Beebe's Offensive Medicaid Offensive
I wrote a while back that the funding for the “private option” was in trouble. One strong indication was Governor Mike Beebe’s comments...
Nic Horton
Dec 12, 20133 min read
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REPORT: Medicaid Enrollment To Surpass Private Employment In Arkansas
Later this month, the legislature’s two Public Health, Labor and Welfare Committees will hold a joint meeting. At that November 18...
Nic Horton
Nov 8, 20132 min read
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Arkansas Medicaid Rolls Increasing Under Expansion
Negotiations over government budgeting works something like this: “You give me a massive increase in government spending now, and I’ll...
Nic Horton
Oct 28, 20133 min read
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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...
Nic Horton
Oct 24, 20133 min read
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What’s Happening With Obamacare Ad Spending In Arkansas? No One Knows
This morning, the Arkansas Legislative Council blocked an additional $4.5 million in pro-Obamacare advertising spending in the state — or...
Nic Horton
Sep 30, 20133 min read
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Pennsylvania Propaganda: State Plays Word Games With Medicaid Expansion
The latest battleground over expanding Medicaid is Pennsylvania: earlier this week, Governor Tom Corbett (R) announced he will support...
Nic Horton
Sep 18, 20132 min read
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Dan Sullivan, Unfiltered
On Friday, I sat down with Jonesboro state Senate candidate Dan Sullivan. Sullivan is running for the Republican nomination in the...
Nic Horton
Sep 9, 20136 min read
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Arkansas Pro-Obamacare Spending Is 2nd Highest In Nation, Per Capita
Yesterday we reported on the promotion of Obamacare in Arkansas using your tax dollars: roughly $4.3 million will be spent between now...
Nic Horton
Jul 25, 20131 min read
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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...
Nic Horton
Jul 15, 20131 min read
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Expanding Medicaid In Michigan Won’t Fix It
My friend Greg George has a great new piece up at Watchdog Wire. His home state of Michigan is currently embattled in a Medicaid...
Nic Horton
Jun 17, 20132 min read
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The Impending Collapse of the Private Option
You’ll probably remember that the “private option” – the Medicaid expansion that our legislature approved at the end of the session – was...
Daniel Greenberg
Jun 12, 20132 min read
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The Warring Messages of the Private Option
Leading proponents of the “private” option jumping out of a burning building. At the Saline County TEA Party meeting last week, Rep. Andy...
Nic Horton
May 17, 20132 min read
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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...
Nic Horton
Apr 15, 20132 min read
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New Poll Shows Plurality Less Likely to Support “Private Option,” Oppose Medicaid Expansion
Today, as the Advance Arkansas Institute kicks off their Medicaid town hall tour across the state, AAI has released a new scientific poll...
Nic Horton
Apr 8, 20132 min read
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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...
Nic Horton
Apr 2, 20132 min read
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The Verdict Is In: Time for Conservatives to Abandon the “Private Option”
For the last several weeks, we have heard a few Republican legislators explain the wonders of the Medicaid expansion that has newly been...
Nic Horton
Mar 28, 20134 min read
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