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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.
Marc Kilmer
Feb 21, 20192 min read
Misguided Legislation to Impose a Vape Tax
If you use e-cigarettes or vape, Sen. Will Bond is targeting you for a huge tax increase. He wants to tax e-cigarettes and vaping...
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Marc Kilmer
Feb 6, 20192 min read
Tax Plan Moves Arkansas in the Right Direction
Legislators are finally considering how to change the state’s tax code. After many task force meetings and consultation between the...
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Marc Kilmer
Sep 18, 20182 min read
Tax Reform Plan Taking Shape
Arkansans may be getting a tax break soon. The tax reform task force has nearly finished its work. Soon it will be up to legislators and...
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Marc Kilmer
Aug 22, 20182 min read
What is the Tax Reform Task Force Considering?
Arkansas taxes may be in for a pretty big overhaul. At least, that is what will happen if legislators adopt proposals being considered by...
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Marc Kilmer
Jul 3, 20184 min read
Proceed with Caution on Raising Alcohol, Tobacco Taxes
The legislative tax reform task force is continuing its work, trying to find ways to improve the Arkansas tax code. It has considered...
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Marc Kilmer
May 23, 20182 min read
Arkansas Lagging on Tax Reform
“Arkansas is falling behind by standing still.” That’s the message of Nicole Kaeding from the Tax Foundation and Jeremy Horpedahl of the...
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Marc Kilmer
May 7, 20182 min read
Some Good Ideas for Income Tax Reform
The state’s tax reform task force has been discussed a lot on TAP recently, but its work deserves close attention. This task force...
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Marc Kilmer
May 1, 20183 min read
Don’t Squander the Opportunity for Tax Reform
The Arkansas tax reform task force is continuing to deliberate about ways to change the state’s tax code. One of the issues they are...
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Marc Kilmer
Mar 21, 20182 min read
Time to Reform Arkansas’s Sales Tax?
Tax reform is in the air, at least in Little Rock. The state’s Tax Reform and Relief task force is looking at ways to overhaul the...
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Marc Kilmer
Jul 7, 20171 min read
Arkansas Improves Slightly — Now We Just Have The Third Highest Sales Tax In the Nation!
Long-time readers of this blog have probably tired of me writing about Arkansas year after year having the second highest sales tax in...
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Caleb Taylor
Apr 14, 20151 min read
Tax Freedom Day Is Here!
Congratulations! If you live in Arkansas, today is the day that you — on average — have managed to pay off your 2015 tax bill, and you...
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Caleb Taylor
Mar 24, 20153 min read
Massachusetts Considers Ending Film Tax Credits. Why Not Arkansas?
Our friends over at the Tax Foundation have a good summary of Massachusetts’s experience with its failed policy of film tax credits. ...
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Caleb Taylor
Jan 11, 20152 min read
Arkansas 21st in Reliance on Federal Aid
Arkansas has a slightly below-average reliance on federal aid, according to a recent study by the Tax Foundation. From the Tax...
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Caleb Taylor
Nov 7, 20142 min read
Arkansas 39th in Business Tax Climate
A central issue facing the legislature and Gov.-elect Asa Hutchinson in 2015: will they be able to lower the tax burden on Arkansans? ...
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Caleb Taylor
Oct 2, 20142 min read
Cato Doesn’t Want To Have Beebe’s Babies
A big chunk of the political class in Arkansas was chattering about the fawning profile of Gov. Mike Beebe in the New York Times...
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Nic Horton
Jun 25, 20145 min read
Which Candidate For U.S. Senate Wants To Kill The Death Tax The Most?
Of all the taxes that government imposes, perhaps none is more offensive than the federal Estate Tax, commonly referred to as the “Death...
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Nic Horton
Apr 15, 20141 min read
Happy (Belated) Tax Freedom Day, Arkansas: You Now Have Permission To Keep Your Money
Today is April 15th, the day that federal tax filings are due. (We hope this doesn’t come as a surprise to any of you.) So this seems...
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Nic Horton
Mar 25, 20141 min read
Sorry Arkansas, Our Taxes Still Suck
I know y’all have already heard about the incredible tax cuts Arkansas passed last year — and that, combined with the immense, nearly...
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Nic Horton
Sep 10, 20132 min read
Arkansas Has 2nd Highest Combined Sales Tax
A new study from our friends at the Tax Foundation spell bad news for Arkansans: according to their findings, Arkansas has the second...
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David Kinkade
Apr 3, 20121 min read
Smells Like….Freedom: Arkansas Tax Freedom Day April 11!
Click map for more. And here it comes, baby: Tax Freedom Day. Can you feel it? Can you feel all that freedom coming your way? The fiscal...
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David Kinkade
Jan 25, 20123 min read
Biz Tax Study Ranks Arkansas An Unimpressive 31st! (UPDATED!)
We have established before how much I like the Tax Foundation’s studies and maps as a tool for exploring tax policy. In fact, when it...
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David Kinkade
Jan 12, 20121 min read
Checking In On Arkansas Taxes: Yep, Still High!
Click to see original version Because it’s been some time since we checked in on the heavy tax burden on Arkansans…hey, look at this! The...
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David Kinkade
Nov 28, 20112 min read
Should Arkansas Lower Income Tax Rates? Let’s Go With ‘Yes’
Our friend Roby Brock over at Talk Business bursts out of the post-holiday gate today with a good report on a leading state lawmaker’s...
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