The Most Predictable News of the Year
In the most predictable news of the year, Senator Mark Pryor explained to Arkansas News on Friday that the passage of the “private”...
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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
May 31, 20132 min read
That Moment You’ve All Been Wai-Zzzzzz…
Senator Mark Pryor: He listens to YOU! Senator Mark Pryor has released a new, much anticipated television ad! It’s really super. It...
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Nic Horton
May 29, 20131 min read
Arkansas’s Conservative Farm Team Featured in Ad
Several Arkansas conservative activists star in a new ad that begins airing in the state today. The ad, produced by Senate Conservatives...
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Nic Horton
May 21, 20132 min read
Richard Womack: No Pie for Me!
There’s been a lot of gossip swirling around the vote to expand Medicaid in Arkansas. For example, how did proponents of expansion pick...
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Nic Horton
May 20, 20132 min read
On the Arkansas Times, Part III: Are Private-Option Advocates Really That Much Smarter Than We Are?
Speaker of the House Davy Carter Upon rereading David Ramsey’s piece on the genesis of the “private option,” it’s hard not to notice the...
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Nic Horton
May 17, 20132 min read
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...
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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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Nic Horton
May 9, 20131 min read
Legislators to Convene With Saline Co. TEA Party Tonight
Tonight, the Saline County Tea Party has scheduled a forum — at Brown’s Restaurant at 6:45 in Benton — inviting their state legislators...
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Nic Horton
May 2, 20133 min read
The Health Care Boondoggle: Medicaid Doesn’t Improve Health Outcomes
Any government program is, by definition, a failure — unless it improves peoples’ lives. Some conservatives think that improving people’s...
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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 23, 20134 min read
The Greatest Untold Story of the 89th General Assembly
You haven’t read about this story in the mainstream media. It wasn’t reported during the legislative session, and perhaps it would never...
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Nic Horton
Apr 20, 20131 min read
Legislature Expands Medicaid, Spurs Arkansas Project Response
Today, I have issued the following statement: On behalf of The Arkansas Project, the Advance Arkansas Institute, and the advocates of...
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Nic Horton
Apr 18, 20134 min read
Et Tu, Republicans? No Meaningful Tax Cuts For Arkansans
For many weeks, the people of Arkansas have been led to believe that once the legislature passed Medicaid expansion, it would then...
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Nic Horton
Apr 18, 20131 min read
Five Arguments Against State Obamacare Exchanges
Yesterday, the state Senate completed a deal to fund Medicaid expansion in Arkansas. Today, they’re considering a bill, HB1508, to setup...
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Nic Horton
Apr 17, 20131 min read
Obama Admin Admits Medicaid Expansion Won’t Protect Hospitals
We interrupt this broadcast to bring you two news items that could change the shape of the Medicaid expansion debate happening at this...
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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 16, 20131 min read
VIDEO: Greenberg, Roy Speak at Benton Medicaid Town Hall
Here is some video I grabbed from the Medicaid town hall meeting in Benton last night. Two videos of Advance Arkansas Institute President...
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Nic Horton
Apr 16, 20132 min read
Will the Medicaid Expansion “Triggers” Fire?
MEDICAID EXPANSION: You can check out, but can you ever leave? The House just passed HB1219 which includes funding for Medicaid...
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Nic Horton
Apr 15, 20132 min read
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...
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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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Nic Horton
Apr 12, 20133 min read
Kathleen Sebelius Hasn’t Read the “Private Option” Bill. Senator Rapert, I Demand A Denunciation!
You may have heard about the kerfuffle earlier this week at our legislative luncheon on the “private option.” One state senator was...
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Nic Horton
Apr 11, 20132 min read
Senator Rapert Calls Again for “Private Option” Delay
Yesterday I reported that state Senator Jason Rapert announced (while attending AAI’s Monday town hall meeting in Conway) that he wanted...
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Nic Horton
Apr 10, 20133 min read
How AAI’s Town Halls Have Changed the Medicaid Debate
Ed Haislmaier of Heritage speaks to a packed house in Conway. This week, while legislators were at the Capitol talking to each other, the...
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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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