Going Further to Reform Occupational Licensing
What should states do to advance worker freedom? My last blog post discussed a recent Federal Trade Commission report that outlined some...
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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
Sep 26, 20182 min read
Feds Weigh in on Occupational Licensing Portability
The state has erected a lot of barriers for Arkansans looking to work. Thankfully, Governor Asa Hutchinson recognizes the problem with...
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Marc Kilmer
Sep 13, 20182 min read
The Need for Occupational Licensing Reform
Arkansas may be on the path to reforming its burdensome occupational licensing laws. Governor Asa Hutchinson formed a Red Tape Reduction...
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Marc Kilmer
Aug 29, 20183 min read
Fighting for the First Amendment in Arkansas
It’s campaign season. That means people are going to be saying negative things about candidates running for office. To those running,...
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Marc Kilmer
Aug 7, 20182 min read
Looking at Rep. Rick Crawford’s Legislation
Last week, I explored some of the bills introduced by Arkansas’s two U.S. senators. Now it’s time to turn attention to the members of the...
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Marc Kilmer
Aug 2, 20182 min read
Senator John Boozman’s Bills
Yesterday we took a look at the bills being sponsored by Senator Tom Cotton. Today, I’ll run through some of the 22 bills or resolutions...
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Marc Kilmer
Aug 1, 20183 min read
Looking at Senator Tom Cotton’s Legislation
What are our elected officials up to in Washington? Many of us follow the big issues going on in Congress that we see on the news – the...
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Marc Kilmer
Jul 19, 20183 min read
Don’t Dump Your Plastics Yet
Richard Mason is worried about plastic. Mason is a geologist and past chairman of the Department of Environmental Quality Board of...
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Marc Kilmer
Jun 27, 20183 min read
Supreme Court Strikes a Blow for Free Speech
In an eagerly awaited decision, the Supreme Court ruled in Janus v AFSCME that government workers who are not members of a union could no...
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Marc Kilmer
Jun 26, 20183 min read
Politics at Play in Military Widow Amendment
As a member of Congress, Rep. Steve Womack is going to take votes that make people upset. That is the nature of the job. But a recent...
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Marc Kilmer
Jun 26, 20182 min read
Arkansas House Members Support High-Skilled Immigration Reform
Immigration is in the news again (of course, when hasn’t immigration been in the news during the Trump Administration?). This issue may...
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Robert Steinbuch
Jun 21, 20183 min read
The Municipal League’s Attack on the Freedom of Information Act
Here we go again. The Arkansas Municipal League has put out a series of proposals to gut the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). At least...
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Marc Kilmer
Jun 13, 20183 min read
Time for Eminent Domain Reform
“Arkansas’s present eminent domain laws have a number of notable shortcomings that leave property owners vulnerable to abusive takings.”...
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Marc Kilmer
Jun 8, 20183 min read
Arkansas Delegation Takes a Stand on Farm Subsidies
The House of Representatives recently debated (and then failed to pass) legislation governing federal agricultural programs....
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Marc Kilmer
May 24, 20183 min read
Time to Move on Yucca Mountain
Where should the waste from Arkansas Nuclear One (and every other nuclear power plant across the U.S.) be deposited? That question has...
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Marc Kilmer
May 17, 20182 min read
Will Wind Catcher Be Good for Arkansas Consumers?
In early May, the Arkansas Public Service Commission concluded that an Oklahoma wind farm would be in the public interest of Arkansas. It...
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Marc Kilmer
May 16, 20186 min read
Courtney Goodson’s Attack on Due Process and the First Amendment
Everybody in Arkansas who pays attention to elections knows that state Supreme Court Justice Courtney Goodson’s public profile is not...
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Marc Kilmer
May 15, 20183 min read
Evidence Mounts that Licensing Laws Harm Workers
When the government mandates that you must have a license in order to work, it stands to reason that this may hurt people looking to find...
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Marc Kilmer
Mar 29, 20182 min read
Time for Arkansas to Embrace Occupational Licensing Reform
More than almost every other state, Arkansas requires workers to obtain government permission before starting work. That needs to change....
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Marc Kilmer
Mar 22, 20183 min read
Moving People into Work
The federal government is vast. It has a lot of programs aimed at tweaking nearly every aspect of our society. No one should be surprised...
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Marc Kilmer
Mar 15, 20183 min read
Stop Subsidizing Wind
A proposed wind farm being built by SWEPCO in Oklahoma is causing controversy in Arkansas. Whether you support this proposal or not, I’d...
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Marc Kilmer
Mar 1, 20182 min read
Asking “How High?” When the Feds Say “Jump!”
The federalist system we have in the United States makes a lot of sense. The national government takes care of the big issues, like...
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Marc Kilmer
Feb 22, 20182 min read
The Governor’s Good Move on Freedom to Work
Arkansas ranks high when it comes to tying up its workers with red tape. Governor Asa Hutchinson has begun a process that could lead to a...
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Marc Kilmer
Feb 20, 20182 min read
Time to Make State Regulations More Transparent
As long as government has existed, regulations have, too. In the modern age, regulations cover nearly every aspect of our lives. Wouldn’t...
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