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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.
Senator King: Beebe Should Call Special Session For Medicaid Expansion Repeal
State Senator Bryan King has just put out the following statement regarding Obamacare implementation and Medicaid expansion in the state....
Nic Horton
Jul 9, 20133 min read
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What’s the Most Hilariously Shocking Story of the Day?
There are just so many hilariously awful news stories out in the last few days. Like, for instance, the revelation that the Obama...
Nic Horton
Jul 8, 20132 min read
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Talkin’ Employer Mandate Delay & “Private Option” With Paul Harrell
Our weekly segment with The Paul Harrell Program got moved up this week due to the holiday, so I was on the show today talking about the...
Nic Horton
Jul 3, 20131 min read
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Sometimes Foresight Is 20/20
Last night’s last-minute announcement about the delay in implementing Obamacare’s employer mandate is not just today’s front-page news —...
Nic Horton
Jul 3, 20134 min read
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Mike Beebe: Budgetary Brainiac or Bozo?
Governor Beebe’s speech about Medicaid expansion earlier this week received a remarkable headline from the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette:...
Nic Horton
Jun 20, 20134 min read
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Join Team Freedom!
Last week, the campaign arm of the White House — “Organizing For Action” — sent out an email asking folks to “join Team Obamacare!” All...
Nic Horton
Jun 18, 20131 min read
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Expanding Medicaid In Michigan Won’t Fix It
My friend Greg George has a great new piece up at Watchdog Wire. His home state of Michigan is currently embattled in a Medicaid...
Nic Horton
Jun 17, 20132 min read
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The Impending Collapse of the Private Option
You’ll probably remember that the “private option” – the Medicaid expansion that our legislature approved at the end of the session – was...
Daniel Greenberg
Jun 12, 20132 min read
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The Most Predictable News of the Year
In the most predictable news of the year, Senator Mark Pryor explained to Arkansas News on Friday that the passage of the “private”...
Nic Horton
Jun 3, 20131 min read
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Richard Womack: No Pie for Me!
There’s been a lot of gossip swirling around the vote to expand Medicaid in Arkansas. For example, how did proponents of expansion pick...
Nic Horton
May 21, 20132 min read
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On the Arkansas Times, Part III: Are Private-Option Advocates Really That Much Smarter Than We Are?
Speaker of the House Davy Carter Upon rereading David Ramsey’s piece on the genesis of the “private option,” it’s hard not to notice the...
Nic Horton
May 20, 20132 min read
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The Warring Messages of the Private Option
Leading proponents of the “private” option jumping out of a burning building. At the Saline County TEA Party meeting last week, Rep. Andy...
Nic Horton
May 17, 20132 min read
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On the Arkansas Times, Part II
David Ramsey of the Arkansas Times regularly distinguished himself this session with his thorough coverage of the debate over Medicaid...
Nic Horton
May 14, 20132 min read
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Day of Reckoning in Saline County: Who Said It?
Thursday night, the Saline County TEA Party hosted a town meeting so that their members could question the Saline County legislators who...
Nic Horton
May 11, 20137 min read
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The Health Care Boondoggle: Medicaid Doesn’t Improve Health Outcomes
Any government program is, by definition, a failure — unless it improves peoples’ lives. Some conservatives think that improving people’s...
Nic Horton
May 2, 20133 min read
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Fig Leaves & “Moving On”
Advance Arkansas Institute President Dan Greenberg was recently asked to summarize the battle over Medicaid reform for The Heritage...
Nic Horton
May 1, 20132 min read
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The Greatest Untold Story of the 89th General Assembly
You haven’t read about this story in the mainstream media. It wasn’t reported during the legislative session, and perhaps it would never...
Nic Horton
Apr 23, 20134 min read
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Legislature Expands Medicaid, Spurs Arkansas Project Response
Today, I have issued the following statement: On behalf of The Arkansas Project, the Advance Arkansas Institute, and the advocates of...
Nic Horton
Apr 20, 20131 min read
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Five Arguments Against State Obamacare Exchanges
Yesterday, the state Senate completed a deal to fund Medicaid expansion in Arkansas. Today, they’re considering a bill, HB1508, to setup...
Nic Horton
Apr 18, 20131 min read
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Obama Admin Admits Medicaid Expansion Won’t Protect Hospitals
We interrupt this broadcast to bring you two news items that could change the shape of the Medicaid expansion debate happening at this...
Nic Horton
Apr 17, 20131 min read
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“I Want to Believe” This Isn’t Obamacare
X-Files fans are familiar with the poster in Fox Mulder’s office. If you weren’t an X-files watcher, you probably don’t know that Mulder,...
Nic Horton
Apr 17, 20134 min read
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VIDEO: Greenberg, Roy Speak at Benton Medicaid Town Hall
Here is some video I grabbed from the Medicaid town hall meeting in Benton last night. Two videos of Advance Arkansas Institute President...
Nic Horton
Apr 16, 20131 min read
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Will the Medicaid Expansion “Triggers” Fire?
MEDICAID EXPANSION: You can check out, but can you ever leave? The House just passed HB1219 which includes funding for Medicaid...
Nic Horton
Apr 16, 20132 min read
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The Legislature’s Plan to Lock Arkansans Into Poverty
The thinkers at Advance Arkansas Institute have released a new paper entitled, “How Medicaid Expansion (and the “Private Option”) Will...
Nic Horton
Apr 15, 20132 min read
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