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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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POLL: Majority Support For PO Exit Strategy

POLL: Majority Support For PO Exit Strategy

POLL: Majority Support For PO Exit Strategy

After a midterm election that brought a tidal wave of conservative Republicans into the Capitol, the conversation about Arkansas’s...

advancearkansas

Nov 21, 20142 min read

McLean Desperately Attempting To Save O’Care In AR

McLean Desperately Attempting To Save O’Care In AR

McLean Desperately Attempting To Save O’Care In AR

As loyal readers of this humble blog know, state Rep. James McLean, inaugural member of the Davy Carter wing of the Democratic Party, has...

advancearkansas

Oct 23, 20143 min read

GAO’s “Cost Concerns” on PO, Part II

GAO’s “Cost Concerns” on PO, Part II

GAO’s “Cost Concerns” on PO, Part II

We wrote last month about a recent Government Accountability Office (GAO) report: it raised some red flags about the costs to taxpayers...

advancearkansas

Oct 13, 20142 min read

No Sympathy For Wal-Mart’s Health Insurance Troubles

No Sympathy For Wal-Mart’s Health Insurance Troubles

No Sympathy For Wal-Mart’s Health Insurance Troubles

You may have heard the news earlier this week: Wal-Mart announced that it will soon do away with health insurance for approximately...

advancearkansas

Oct 9, 20142 min read

Poll: Low Support for O’Care in Arkansas

Poll: Low Support for O’Care in Arkansas

Poll: Low Support for O’Care in Arkansas

A new poll out today from the Foundation for Government Accountability (FGA) shows that despite some campaigns’ and officials’ ideas to...

advancearkansas

Oct 8, 20142 min read

PO “Raises Cost Concerns” For Feds

PO “Raises Cost Concerns” For Feds

PO “Raises Cost Concerns” For Feds

One of the phrases you’ll often hear from pro-private option legislators is that the private option “isn’t Medicaid expansion.” Well, it...

Health Care Reform

advancearkansas

Sep 9, 20144 min read

Crittenden Regional Hospital Not “Saved” by the Private Option

Crittenden Regional Hospital Not “Saved” by the Private Option

Crittenden Regional Hospital Not “Saved” by the Private Option

Remember how the private option was going to save rural hospitals? Remember how hospital lobbyist Bo Ryall explained to the state...

Arkansas Legislature

advancearkansas

Aug 27, 20143 min read

Another Round of Obamacare Rate Hikes Coming

Another Round of Obamacare Rate Hikes Coming

Another Round of Obamacare Rate Hikes Coming

It’s almost time for another round of Obamacare health insurance rate hikes in Arkansas. From the Washington Examiner: In Arkansas,...

Economic Policy

advancearkansas

Aug 22, 20142 min read

Signing Off

Signing Off

Signing Off

I can’t tell you the number of times that, over the last two and a half years, I’ve told someone, “I have the best job in the world.” And...

advancearkansas

Aug 8, 20143 min read

Arkansas Has A New Chance To Fight Obamacare. Will We Take It?

Arkansas Has A New Chance To Fight Obamacare. Will We Take It?

Arkansas Has A New Chance To Fight Obamacare. Will We Take It?

Yesterday, I wrote about the steps Arkansas is taking to set up a state-based Obamacare exchange. The Halbig decision presents a huge...

advancearkansas

Jul 30, 20144 min read

Sick Child Denied Treatment As State Spends Billions On Able-Bodied Adults

Sick Child Denied Treatment As State Spends Billions On Able-Bodied Adults

Sick Child Denied Treatment As State Spends Billions On Able-Bodied Adults

A new report released last week details how Medicaid expansion will harm the most needy Americans. Because of the perverse funding...

advancearkansas

Jul 23, 20144 min read

Pryor Attacks Religious Liberty

Pryor Attacks Religious Liberty

Pryor Attacks Religious Liberty

Last week I wrote about Mark Pryor’s MIA stance on Senator Harry Reid’s (and his fellow Senate Democrats’) bill — the bill that would...

advancearkansas

Jul 17, 20142 min read

Breaking: Beebe Admin 'Increasingly Concerned' That Obamacare Critics Don't Like Obam

Breaking: Beebe Admin 'Increasingly Concerned' That Obamacare Critics Don't Like Obam

Breaking: Beebe Admin 'Increasingly Concerned' That Obamacare Critics Don't Like Obam

A new report at Forbes this morning reveals some troubling facts about how Arkansas Governor Mike Beebe’s staff is spending its time. In...

advancearkansas

Jul 15, 20142 min read

New Poll: It’s Over for Arkansas Obamacare

New Poll: It’s Over for Arkansas Obamacare

New Poll: It’s Over for Arkansas Obamacare

Yesterday, Impact Management released a new poll showing Congressman Tom Cotton leading Senator Mark Pryor 47-43% in the race for U.S....

advancearkansas

Jul 10, 20142 min read

The Greatest Political Contest in 2014: Who Can Be Most Offended?

The Greatest Political Contest in 2014: Who Can Be Most Offended?

The Greatest Political Contest in 2014: Who Can Be Most Offended?

In 2014, the most powerful thing you can do in politics is be “offended” or “outraged.” It’s a tool that campaigns and politicians — on...

advancearkansas

Jul 2, 20142 min read

As Only Southern State To Expand Obamacare, Is Arkansas Becoming A Medicaid Magnet?

As Only Southern State To Expand Obamacare, Is Arkansas Becoming A Medicaid Magnet?

As Only Southern State To Expand Obamacare, Is Arkansas Becoming A Medicaid Magnet?

The New York Times recently published this stunning report. It details how residents of Texarkana, TX are considering moving across the...

advancearkansas

Jul 2, 20143 min read

Which Candidate For U.S. Senate Wants To Kill The Death Tax The Most?

Which Candidate For U.S. Senate Wants To Kill The Death Tax The Most?

Which Candidate For U.S. Senate Wants To Kill The Death Tax The Most?

Of all the taxes that government imposes, perhaps none is more offensive than the federal Estate Tax, commonly referred to as the “Death...

advancearkansas

Jun 25, 20145 min read

Arkansas Policy Leaders Debunk Medicaid Myths

Arkansas Policy Leaders Debunk Medicaid Myths

Arkansas Policy Leaders Debunk Medicaid Myths

Over the weekend, two op-eds from Arkansas policy leaders appeared in one of Utah’s largest newspapers. The topic: Obamacare’s Medicaid...

advancearkansas

Jun 23, 20142 min read

Here’s Why ‘Private’ Option HIAs Will Be Nothing Like Actual Health Savings Accounts

Here’s Why ‘Private’ Option HIAs Will Be Nothing Like Actual Health Savings Accounts

Here’s Why ‘Private’ Option HIAs Will Be Nothing Like Actual Health Savings Accounts

On Thursday, we looked at the “Health Independence Accounts” that are being written up by state bureaucrats in order to make...

advancearkansas

Jun 20, 20143 min read

Brace Yourselves, Taxpayers: The Obamacare ‘Private’ Option Will Be Even Worse Next Year

Brace Yourselves, Taxpayers: The Obamacare ‘Private’ Option Will Be Even Worse Next Year

Brace Yourselves, Taxpayers: The Obamacare ‘Private’ Option Will Be Even Worse Next Year

On Tuesday, Arkansas Obamacare supporters rolled out a set of changes to the state’s newest entitlement program, misnamed the “private”...

advancearkansas

Jun 19, 20146 min read

Taxpayers Pay Twice For Some Obamacare Enrollees

Taxpayers Pay Twice For Some Obamacare Enrollees

Taxpayers Pay Twice For Some Obamacare Enrollees

Congrats, taxpayers: you get to hold the bag! News broke late last week that nearly 5,000 Arkansans would be kicked off of the Obamacare...

advancearkansas

Jun 4, 20142 min read

No Competition, Cost Overruns — Where Do We Go From Here On The ‘Private’ Option?

No Competition, Cost Overruns — Where Do We Go From Here On The ‘Private’ Option?

No Competition, Cost Overruns — Where Do We Go From Here On The ‘Private’ Option?

You’ll probably find this hard to believe, but things aren’t going to so well with the Obamacare “private” option: just last week, my...

advancearkansas

Apr 17, 20144 min read

The Henrys Liked Their Insurance Plan — But They Couldn’t Keep It

The Henrys Liked Their Insurance Plan — But They Couldn’t Keep It

The Henrys Liked Their Insurance Plan — But They Couldn’t Keep It

Obamacare in a picture. Dallas Henry is a small business owner in Saline County, Arkansas. Before Obamacare took effect, he and his wife...

Health Care Reform

advancearkansas

Feb 17, 20143 min read

Do We Need Obamacare To Cover “Pre-Existing Conditions?”

Do We Need Obamacare To Cover “Pre-Existing Conditions?”

Do We Need Obamacare To Cover “Pre-Existing Conditions?”

Contrary to what some folks in Washington would have you believe, there is a way to help people with pre-existing conditions obtain...

Health Care Reform

advancearkansas

Dec 9, 20132 min read

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