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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 5, 20182 min read
The Economic Benefits of Low Taxes
It seems likely that 2019 will be the year of tax reform in Arkansas. The members of the Tax Reform and Relief Legislative Task Force are...
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Marc Kilmer
Nov 20, 20182 min read
Consider the Cases of North Carolina and Kansas Tax Reform
Tax reform may be coming to Arkansas in 2019. Whether the tax changes follow what Governor Asa Hutchinson proposed or what legislators...
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Marc Kilmer
Aug 22, 20182 min read
What is the Tax Reform Task Force Considering?
Arkansas taxes may be in for a pretty big overhaul. At least, that is what will happen if legislators adopt proposals being considered by...
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Marc Kilmer
Mar 21, 20182 min read
Time to Reform Arkansas’s Sales Tax?
Tax reform is in the air, at least in Little Rock. The state’s Tax Reform and Relief task force is looking at ways to overhaul the...
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Marc Kilmer
Oct 12, 20176 min read
How Do You Solve A Problem Like Texarkana?
One exemption in Arkansas’s tax code is, in some circles, famous: the Texarkana exemption. The Texarkana exemption, established in 1977,...
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Marc Kilmer
Jul 28, 20173 min read
Time For Back-To-School Sales Tax Holiday To End?
The Arkansas Tax Reform and Relief Task Force should end the back-to-school sales tax holiday —- so our tax code can be more competitive...
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Caleb Taylor
Apr 22, 20153 min read
Repeal The Death Tax
Dying is inconvenient enough, but — even worse — you can get heavily taxed for it. That’s why I was glad to see the House delegation...
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Caleb Taylor
Apr 14, 20151 min read
Tax Freedom Day Is Here!
Congratulations! If you live in Arkansas, today is the day that you — on average — have managed to pay off your 2015 tax bill, and you...
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Caleb Taylor
Apr 10, 20152 min read
No New Taxes Placed On E-Cigs In Arkansas
One of the most positive policy results to come out of the Arkansas legislative session earlier this year was the avoidance of a...
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Caleb Taylor
Apr 8, 20152 min read
Arkansas Second-Highest In Sales Tax Rate…Again!
The 2015 edition of the American Legislative Exchange Council’s (ALEC’s) “Rich States, Poor States” study came out today. Arkansas’s...
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Daniel Greenberg
Mar 4, 20151 min read
Practical Tax Reform For Arkansas
The best way to help Arkansas’s economy grow is through tax reform: policymakers who want to foster economic growth and attract...
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Caleb Taylor
Jan 15, 20152 min read
Here Come Tax Cuts!
We wrote this week about Hutchinson’s encouraging inaugural address for conservatives. His tax plan also introduced this week is another...
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Marc Kilmer
Dec 29, 20143 min read
Time to Revisit the ’86 Tax Reform — In America and Arkansas
What words come to mind when you think of taxes? If I had to guess, “simple” and “fair” aren’t among them. That’s too bad. An ideal tax...
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Daniel Greenberg
Dec 24, 20141 min read
A Christmas Present to Taxpayers
Governor-elect Asa Hutchinson has said that tax reform will be one of his top priorities. The Advance Arkansas Institute’s...
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Marc Kilmer
Nov 20, 20142 min read
Why Arkansas, and America, Needs Tax Reform
Now that the election is over, it’s time to think about what all these people who will be representing us should actually do once they...
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Caleb Taylor
Nov 12, 20141 min read
Join Us Next Friday!
The Advance Arkansas Institute will host a luncheon — entitled “Three Big Ideas” — on Friday, November 21, in Little Rock. During our...
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Caleb Taylor
Nov 7, 20142 min read
Arkansas 39th in Business Tax Climate
A central issue facing the legislature and Gov.-elect Asa Hutchinson in 2015: will they be able to lower the tax burden on Arkansans? ...
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Caleb Taylor
Oct 2, 20142 min read
Cato Doesn’t Want To Have Beebe’s Babies
A big chunk of the political class in Arkansas was chattering about the fawning profile of Gov. Mike Beebe in the New York Times...
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Marc Kilmer
Aug 14, 20142 min read
Making Arkansas a Rich State
What can Arkansas lawmakers do to grow the state’s economy in the years to come? That’s the question a new study, Rich States, Poor...
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Caleb Taylor
Jul 24, 20142 min read
Report: Arkansas Terrible On Transparency
Arkansans who care about transparency in government received some bad news today. According to an American Legislative Exchange Council...
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Nic Horton
Apr 15, 20141 min read
Happy (Belated) Tax Freedom Day, Arkansas: You Now Have Permission To Keep Your Money
Today is April 15th, the day that federal tax filings are due. (We hope this doesn’t come as a surprise to any of you.) So this seems...
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Nic Horton
Mar 25, 20141 min read
Sorry Arkansas, Our Taxes Still Suck
I know y’all have already heard about the incredible tax cuts Arkansas passed last year — and that, combined with the immense, nearly...
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Nic Horton
Sep 10, 20132 min read
Arkansas Has 2nd Highest Combined Sales Tax
A new study from our friends at the Tax Foundation spell bad news for Arkansans: according to their findings, Arkansas has the second...
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Nic Horton
Apr 18, 20134 min read
Et Tu, Republicans? No Meaningful Tax Cuts For Arkansans
For many weeks, the people of Arkansas have been led to believe that once the legislature passed Medicaid expansion, it would then...
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