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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.
Heritage Has A Plan That Could Actually Fix Healthcare
Supporters of Obamacare love to instruct us all that we can’t repeal this disastrous law because people will be left without health...
Nic Horton
Nov 7, 20132 min read
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How Would Dan Sullivan Vote On Funding The “Private Option?”
I hope you had a chance to listen to The Paul Harrell Program yesterday. I sat in as a co-host and, at the start of the show, Paul and I...
Nic Horton
Nov 6, 20134 min read
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Where Does Dan Sullivan Stand On The “Private Option?”
As you probably know, the special Senate election in Jonesboro has been pared down to four candidates — two from each party. On the...
Nic Horton
Nov 4, 20135 min read
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Well, The ‘Private Option’ Is In Trouble
Earlier in the week, State Rep. Ann Clemmer announced her candidacy for Congress. During remarks after her announcement, Clemmer told...
Nic Horton
Nov 1, 20132 min read
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The “Private Option’s” War On Women (Updated)
Update, Monday, November 4th: I received an email from DHS spokesperson Amy Webb late Friday afternoon. Apparently, she gave me incorrect...
Nic Horton
Oct 31, 20133 min read
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Arkansas Medicaid Rolls Increasing Under Expansion
Negotiations over government budgeting works something like this: “You give me a massive increase in government spending now, and I’ll...
Nic Horton
Oct 28, 20133 min read
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Memo To GOP Legislators: We Tried To Warn You
Back during the debate over Medicaid expansion (which lawmakers attempted to rebrand as “the private option”), this blog, in conjunction...
Nic Horton
Oct 24, 20133 min read
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POLL: Pryor Approval At 34%, Cotton And Asa! Lead
The University of Arkansas has released their 15th annual Arkansas Poll. The results spell bad news for our friend Senator Mark Pryor. ...
Nic Horton
Oct 23, 20131 min read
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Beebe’s School Funding Plan Derailed
State Rep. Mark Lowery Last week, we warned you about a deal that was going on behind the scenes: Governor Beebe was using the teacher...
Nic Horton
Oct 22, 20132 min read
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Arkansas Individual Health Costs To Skyrocket Under Obamacare
We often talk about the horrible impact of Obamacare in general terms: “It’s socialized medicine. It’s going to lead to rationing. It’s...
Nic Horton
Oct 22, 20131 min read
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Special Legislative Session Cost Taxpayers (At Least) $88,500
Over the weekend, the legislature wrapped up a special session on “fixing” the teacher health insurance premium spike. You’ll recall that...
Nic Horton
Oct 21, 20131 min read
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Beebe's "Non-Starter" Wish List Becomes Starter For Some GOP Legislators
Yesterday, I wrote about Governor Beebe’s redistribution plan for Arkansas school funding. As part of that story, I shared several mass...
Nic Horton
Oct 15, 20133 min read
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GOP Legislators Spar Over Beebe’s Plan For School Funding
For the past few weeks, legislators have debated (mostly behind closed doors) how to solve the teacher insurance premium hike “crisis.”...
Nic Horton
Oct 14, 20135 min read
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Matt Campbell Knows Better
Earlier this week, I spoke on tort reform to the State Agencies committee of the Arkansas General Assembly; yesterday, I noticed an...
Daniel Greenberg
Oct 11, 20134 min read
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It Got Better For John Cooper
The preliminary results for the Jonesboro state senate primary suggest that John Cooper received just a few more votes than Dan Sullivan...
Daniel Greenberg
Oct 8, 20131 min read
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Cooper Receives Endorsements From Republican Legislative All-Stars, Niell Receives Non-Endorsement E
Today, Jonesboro Senate District 21 candidate John Cooper announced he had received the endorsement of seven sitting legislators. In my...
Nic Horton
Oct 2, 20133 min read
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Obamacare Exchanges, Day 1: Add Arkansas To The List Of States Without Access
Much to the surprise of, well, no one, the Obamacare exchanges that were set to go live today are failing miserably all over the country....
Nic Horton
Oct 1, 20131 min read
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What’s Happening With Obamacare Ad Spending In Arkansas? No One Knows
This morning, the Arkansas Legislative Council blocked an additional $4.5 million in pro-Obamacare advertising spending in the state — or...
Nic Horton
Sep 30, 20133 min read
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Arkansas Democrats Float Ethics Ideas For Everyone Else
Arkansas Democrats love ethics. In fact, they love ethics so much, three of their state elected officials have been forced to resign from...
Nic Horton
Sep 24, 20133 min read
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Arkansas Carry PAC Endorses John Cooper for Senate District 21
Arkansas Carry PAC, the political wing of Arkansas’s largest gun rights advocacy group (Arkansas Carry), has endorsed John Cooper for...
Nic Horton
Sep 23, 20131 min read
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The Unraveling Stories of Chad Niell
Pictured: Chad Niell (left) with his trusty campaign spokesman Keith Emis (right). Earlier this month, the Blue Hog blog suggested that...
Nic Horton
Sep 21, 20132 min read
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Ethics Commission Releases Book On Bookout
The Arkansas Ethics Commission has released a 127-page document that outlines the investigation into the campaign spending of former...
Nic Horton
Sep 19, 20132 min read
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The Treachery of the ‘Private Option’
Pictured to the right is a minor classic of 20th century art: Rene Magritte’s “The Treachery of Images,” a famous example of the...
Nic Horton
Sep 12, 20132 min read
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Niell On ‘Private Option:’ “I Can't Tell You How I Would've Voted Before, And I Can’t Tell
As I’ve noted before, the “private option” is a mysterious business. Winston Churchill famously said that “Russia is a riddle wrapped in...
Nic Horton
Sep 11, 20134 min read
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