The Downsides of Corporate Welfare
I am a regular reader of Max Brantley’s musings on Arkansas Blog at the Arkansas Times. As you may assume, I don’t often agree with the...
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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
Dec 19, 20173 min read
Targeted Subsidies Don’t Help the Economy
Politicians love to hand out money to businesses, don’t they? These business subsidies allow elected officials to put out nice press...
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Caleb Taylor
Oct 23, 20172 min read
Report: Tax Reform Would Raise Wages, GDP
President Donald Trump’s tax reform proposal would lead to economic growth and bigger paychecks, while being revenue neutral — according...
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Caleb Taylor
Oct 17, 20171 min read
REPORT: Arkansas 39th In Nation For Business Tax Climate
Arkansas’s business tax climate ranks among the worst in the nation for yet another year, according to a new study by the Tax Foundation....
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Caleb Taylor
Oct 6, 20172 min read
EPA’s CPP Repeal To Give Arkansas Ratepayers Relief
The Trump Administration will soon begin the process of repealing the Obama-era Clean Power Plan (CPP) that would’ve led to large...
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Caleb Taylor
Oct 4, 20173 min read
Fayetteville Coughs Up $500K For TV Series
The city of Fayetteville plans to pay an unnamed television production company $500,000 if the company’s series is filmed in that city....
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Caleb Taylor
Sep 28, 20174 min read
Trump Unveils Tax Reform Plan
President Donald Trump announced a bold plan for tax reform yesterday — and it’s possible that the policies he wants could be passed into...
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Caleb Taylor
Sep 21, 20172 min read
Report: State Debt Up In Arkansas
The amount of state debt per citizen increased dramatically from 2013 to 2016, according to a recent report. Truth In Accounting’s annual...
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Caleb Taylor
Sep 14, 20172 min read
AAI’s Greenberg Urges Congress To Pass Tax Reform
We wrote recently about the Advance Arkansas Institute’s work advising legislators on how to bring tax reform and relief to Arkansas. You...
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Caleb Taylor
Sep 13, 20172 min read
Griffin: Tax Cuts Will Depend On Transformation Savings
Savings will need to be found in state government spending in order to achieve tax cuts in the near future, according to Lt. Gov. Tim...
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Caleb Taylor
Sep 1, 20173 min read
Legislators, Economists Scrutinize Texarkana Exemption
Legislators and the public got a small taste Thursday morning of just how difficult it’s going to be to reform Arkansas’s tax code....
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Caleb Taylor
Aug 31, 20172 min read
More On AAI’s New Tax Reform Paper
The Advance Arkansas Institute’s Marjorie Greenberg spoke with legislators at the Economic and Tax Policy Committee today about tax and...
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Caleb Taylor
Aug 30, 20172 min read
Trump Begins Tackling Tax Reform
President Donald Trump began his push for tax reform with a speech in Missouri earlier today. Trump said the four principles of his tax...
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Caleb Taylor
Aug 28, 20172 min read
New AAI Paper: How To Bring Tax Reform And Relief To Arkansas
Members of the Arkansas Tax Reform and Relief Legislative Task Force have a little over one year left to submit a written report to Gov....
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Caleb Taylor
Aug 8, 20172 min read
Arkansas No Fantasy For Fantasy Sports Industry
The fantasy sports industry has seen tremendous growth in recent years. Fantasy sports not so long ago was a hobby reserved for a few...
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Caleb Taylor
Aug 3, 20172 min read
Canadian Company Gets Taxpayer Assistance For Not Creating New Jobs
Arkansas giving away state taxpayer dollars to private companies who promise to create jobs is nothing new. Yesterday, however, the state...
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Caleb Taylor
Aug 2, 20173 min read
Arkansas House Delegation Supportive of Tax Reform
After Congress’s failure to pass legislation reforming health care, it looks like our federal representatives are going to give tax...
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Marc Kilmer
Jul 20, 20172 min read
Arkansas Ranks 20th In State Fiscal Health
Arkansas ranks twentieth in state fiscal health–up eight spots since 2016–according to a recent report from the Mercatus Center. From the...
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Marc Kilmer
Jul 11, 20172 min read
Task Force Delays Consultant Selection One Month
Earlier today, the Tax Reform and Relief Legislative Task Force voted for a one-month delay on any decision to hire consultants to help...
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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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Marc Kilmer
Jun 21, 20172 min read
Highway Department Begins Tax Hike Push For 2018
If you want your taxes raised in 2018, the Arkansas Highway and Transportation Department (AHTD) has a survey for that. The Arkansas...
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Marc Kilmer
Jun 14, 20172 min read
STUDY: Arkansas Lacks Tracking Of Tax Incentive Effectiveness
Arkansas is behind most of the nation when it comes to tracking the effectiveness of its tax incentives, according to a recent study by...
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Marc Kilmer
Jun 13, 20172 min read
16 Attorneys General Urge Trump To Reform Federal Regulatory State
Sixteen state Attorneys General called on President Donald Trump week to begin reforming the way federal bureaucrats implement and...
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Marc Kilmer
Jun 9, 20173 min read
Arkansas House Delegation Repeals Costly Dodd-Frank Regs
All four members of Arkansas’s House delegation just voted to roll back costly financial regulations created by the Dodd-Frank Wall...
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