Your Christmas Gifts From Government!
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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.
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- Dec 17, 2013
- 4 min
Term Limits Camouflage
![Heritage Action Is Coming To Arkansas](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/f370ea_c196d29fb056414899f9d3cada978e93~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_292,h_142,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_auto/f370ea_c196d29fb056414899f9d3cada978e93~mv2.webp)
- Aug 18, 2013
- 1 min
Heritage Action Is Coming To Arkansas
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- Aug 12, 2013
- 1 min
Talkin' U.S. Senate Race With Paul Harrell
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- Aug 6, 2013
- 1 min
Cotton Leads Pryor In First Post-Pre-Announcement Poll
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- Aug 2, 2013
- 1 min
Talkin' School Safety & Butch Wilkins With Paul Harrell
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- Jul 26, 2013
- 4 min
Darr: I Would’ve Voted Against ‘Private Option’
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- Jul 10, 2013
- 4 min
Rep. Farrer: “Private Option” Cost Could Exceed Four Times Original Projections
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- Jul 8, 2013
- 2 min
What’s the Most Hilariously Shocking Story of the Day?
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- Jul 2, 2013
- 5 min
Your Taxes Bursting In Air, Gave Proof Through the Night That the Pork Was Still There
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- Jul 2, 2013
- 5 min
Hot Air: Beebe and Nordex Fail to Keep Lofty Promises, Taxpayers Left Holding the Bag
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- Jun 17, 2013
- 2 min
Expanding Medicaid In Michigan Won’t Fix It
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- Jun 4, 2013
- 9 min
Talkin’ New Faculty Carry Law With Rep. Charlie Collins
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- May 30, 2013
- 3 min
Court Finds Wisconsin Voter ID Law Constitutional
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- May 29, 2013
- 1 min
Arkansas’s Conservative Farm Team Featured in Ad
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- May 20, 2013
- 2 min
On the Arkansas Times, Part III: Are Private-Option Advocates Really That Much Smarter Than We Are?
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- May 17, 2013
- 2 min
The Warring Messages of the Private Option
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- May 11, 2013
- 7 min
Day of Reckoning in Saline County: Who Said It?
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- May 9, 2013
- 1 min
Legislators to Convene With Saline Co. TEA Party Tonight
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- May 8, 2013
- 6 min
Is Constitutional Carry Under Fire?
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- May 6, 2013
- 3 min
Senator Pryor’s Gun Re-Un-Conversion
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- Apr 23, 2013
- 4 min
The Greatest Untold Story of the 89th General Assembly
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- Apr 20, 2013
- 1 min
Legislature Expands Medicaid, Spurs Arkansas Project Response
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![Et Tu, Republicans? No Meaningful Tax Cuts For Arkansans](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/76cb58_d2c3968ec1054f2fb1be0248f0b701d0~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_292,h_287,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/76cb58_d2c3968ec1054f2fb1be0248f0b701d0~mv2.webp)
- Apr 18, 2013
- 4 min
Et Tu, Republicans? No Meaningful Tax Cuts For Arkansans