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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.
Representative Alexander Makes The Case for Milk Freedom
I wrote yesterday about Representative Randy Alexander’s bill to legalize the sale of lacteal secretion, more commonly known as raw cow...
Nic Horton
Mar 15, 20133 min read
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Legalize Milk!
The Arkansas legislature is faced with a question: Do Arkansans have the right to buy and eat what they choose? The question may sound...
Nic Horton
Mar 14, 20133 min read
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Rep. John Walker Says Voter ID Means Black Legislators Aren’t Really Legislators
This message brought to you by the NAACP. Today, the Arkansas House passed SB2, the Voter ID bill, by a vote of 51-44. This is a victory...
Nic Horton
Mar 13, 20134 min read
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Why Voter ID Does Not Require a Supermajority Vote
Since the voter ID bill cleared House committee last week, opponents of election reform have been scrambling to derail it. I wrote last...
Nic Horton
Mar 12, 20133 min read
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Arkansas Taxpayers Find Relief In Act 312
HB1187 is now Act 312 after being signed into law by Governor Beebe today. The new law prohibits the use of public funds by a public...
Nic Horton
Mar 11, 20133 min read
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Representative Richey’s Drive By
Rep. Richey driving by the polls, presumably without identification. Now that election reform is only one hurdle away from becoming law...
Nic Horton
Mar 7, 20132 min read
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The Tyranny of Property Rights
Yesterday, I took a field trip to the state capitol in Little Rock, as I often do, to see what our government was up to. I wandered into...
Nic Horton
Mar 6, 20134 min read
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Raising the Minimum Wage: Unfair to Working Students And Still a Bad Idea
The House Public Health Committee is slated to take up Rep. Butch Wilkins’s minimum wage hike tomorrow morning. The proposal would raise...
Nic Horton
Mar 4, 20133 min read
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Senator Chesterfield: “I Do Not Have a Constitutional Right To Buy Alcohol”
Last week, the Arkansas Senate passed a voter ID bill for the first time in history (it was considered before the House State Agencies...
Nic Horton
Feb 28, 20133 min read
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Massachusetts State Rep. Admits Something Resembling Voter Fraud (or “Gives a Voice to the Leg
Now, I know what you’re thinking: “Why does Nic Horton keep writing about voter fraud? Doesn’t he know what voter fraud does not exist?...
Nic Horton
Feb 27, 20131 min read
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Arkansas State Police Oppose Second Amendment
Photo by Oleg Volk The House Judiciary Committee heard HB1408, The Open Carry Act, this morning. Before the bill was presented, it was...
Nic Horton
Feb 26, 20134 min read
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AAI: Prosecutors Should Be Non-Partisan
Advance Arkansas Institute has released a new paper in their series of fantastic public policy briefs. This paper, entitled “Removing...
Nic Horton
Feb 25, 20131 min read
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Why Hiking the Minimum Wage is Bad for Everyone
This week, state Representative Butch Wilkins introduced a bill to increase the government-mandated minimum wage from $6.25 to $8.25 per...
Nic Horton
Feb 24, 20132 min read
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Confirmed: Representative Leding Has Not Called Me Back
Sherlock Leding, in search of scandal. It has been well over 24 hours now and I am yet to hear back from Rep. Greg Leding about his claim...
Nic Horton
Feb 22, 20132 min read
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An Ad Hominem in Search of a Target That Doesn’t Exist
Yesterday afternoon, State Rep. Greg Leding took to the twittosphere to claim that a Republican state Senator “speaking on the Senate...
Nic Horton
Feb 21, 20132 min read
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David Johnson: “Who are you going to believe, me or your own eyes?”
Senator David Johnson, intently studying AAI’s latest policy brief. I have always admired Senator David Johnson. He and I rarely agree,...
Daniel Greenberg
Feb 21, 20133 min read
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VIDEO: Senate Debates, Passes Voter ID Bill
Today, for the first time in state history, the Arkansas Senate passed a voter ID bill. The bill, SB2, carried with a bipartisan vote of...
Nic Horton
Feb 20, 20131 min read
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Policy Mythbusters: AAI Debunks ‘Voter ID’ Myths in New Brief
OK, those thinkers over at the Advance Arkansas Institute have really done it this time: today they’ve released a new policy brief on SB...
Nic Horton
Feb 20, 20131 min read
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It’s Time to Stop Using Taxpayer-Funded Resources to Influence Elections
HB1187 would prohibit government entities from using taxpayer funds or taxpayer-funded resources to influence the outcome of ballot...
Nic Horton
Feb 18, 20133 min read
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VIDEO: King, Greenberg Testify in Favor of Voter ID Bill
It took a little longer than expected, but as promised, here is some video from Thursday’s Senate State Agencies Committee meeting at...
Nic Horton
Feb 17, 20131 min read
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Latest ‘Church Carry’ Proposal Raises Constitutional Concerns
Do you want this sign displayed on your church door? As readers of this blog know, the Arkansas legislature passed a “church carry” bill...
Nic Horton
Feb 14, 20135 min read
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Voter ID Bill Clears Senate Committee
Today, the Senate State Agencies Committee passed a voter ID bill for the first time in Arkansas history. The bill will now head to the...
Nic Horton
Feb 14, 20131 min read
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VIDEO: Greenberg Testifies Against Prevailing Wage Law
Dan Greenberg, in his post earlier this morning, wrote about his experience before the House Public Health, Welfare, and Labor Committee...
Nic Horton
Feb 8, 20131 min read
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Church Protection Act Passes the House, Heads to The Beebe
Rep. Nate Bell, gnome de Mena, wielding his fully automatic Glock assault rifle machine gun. Yesterday, the House passed SB71, “The...
Nic Horton
Feb 4, 20133 min read
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