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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.
John Burris: Against The Obamacare Exchange Before He Was For It
State Rep. John Burris is seeking a seat in the state Senate. The seat was vacated by outgoing Senator Johnny Key (Key elected not to run...
Nic Horton
May 6, 20143 min read
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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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Arkansas: The Twilight Zone Of Health Care Policy
Last week, Family Council released their survey of primary candidates for state and federal offices. Family Council has set the bar for...
Nic Horton
Apr 30, 20145 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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New ‘Private’ Option Revelations Spark Controversy
This morning, the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette revealed that the costs for the Obamacare “private” option for April have increased once...
Nic Horton
Apr 18, 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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New Report Highlights Candidates' Positions On Policy
I know many of you have been relying on The Arkansas Project for news and analysis of the ongoing GOP legislative primaries around the...
Nic Horton
Apr 16, 20142 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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GOP Senate Primaries, Round 4: Burris vs. Flippo vs. Osmon
Burris, Flippo, and Osmon (left to right). As part of our continuing series of articles on the various GOP primaries across the state, we...
Nic Horton
Apr 10, 20146 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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You Won't Believe What Mark Pryor Said About Obamacare This Time
We already know that Senator Mark Pryor thinks Obamacare is an “amazing success story” that is “creating jobs.” But his latest comments...
Nic Horton
Apr 7, 20141 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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WaPo Fact Checker: Dem Claims About Cotton Are “Phony As A Three-Dollar Bill”
Senate Majority PAC — a political action committee run by the former employees of Democratic Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Al Gore,...
Nic Horton
Apr 1, 20143 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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GOP Senate Primaries, Round Two: Holland vs. Rice
Rep. Terry Rice and Senator Bruce Holland. Yesterday we began our examination of legislative primaries by looking at the Senate District...
Nic Horton
Mar 18, 20145 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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Oh Look, Another Obamacare Delay!
A little late to the game here — and there may be another delay before I even finish writing this piece — but would you believe that...
Nic Horton
Mar 11, 20142 min read
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