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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
Jul 31, 20182 min read
Looking at Arkansas’s High Debt Burden
Are legislators and the governor making wise choices for the financial future of Arkansans? A new report says that the answer to this...
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Marc Kilmer
Oct 21, 20174 min read
Where’s Our Instrument Panel?
Arkansas policymakers are saddled with a revenue system that provides little or no feedback about how it’s working. This is like trying...
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Caleb Taylor
Oct 10, 20172 min read
AAI Unveils Friends of Freedom For 2017
Today at the Capitol, 26 state legislators received “Friends of Freedom” awards from the Advance Arkansas Institute (AAI). Many of these...
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Caleb Taylor
Oct 9, 20172 min read
Legislators Consider Future Changes To GIF
The state’s grant system for funding local projects is due for a change after Arkansas’s Supreme Court ruled it unconstitutional last...
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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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Marc Kilmer
Sep 20, 20173 min read
How much is too much consultant spending?
The Arkansas Legislature recently hired two consultants to work on procurement and tax reform. The hourly rates are sky-high. We’re...
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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 12, 20172 min read
Succeed Scholarship Enrollment Up 500 Percent
Student enrollment in the state’s school voucher program has more than quintupled as the second academic year of its existence begins....
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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 24, 20174 min read
How the Contracts Clash Between the Governor and the Legislature Illustrates the Separation of Power
Gov. Asa Hutchinson is moving forward with a technology contract between the Department of Human Services and Deloitte Consulting despite...
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Caleb Taylor
Aug 15, 20172 min read
Yes, Arkansans Still Have The Right To Record in Public
A recent ruling by the Eighth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has led some to question whether Arkansans still have the First Amendment...
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Marc Kilmer
Aug 1, 20174 min read
No, Arkansas Isn’t “The Model” For America On Healthcare
Should America emulate Arkansas’s expansion of Medicaid through Obamacare? That’s what State Rep. Michael John Gray, the chairman of the...
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Marc Kilmer
Jul 27, 20172 min read
One Year Later, Still No Problems In Texas With Campus Carry
It’s been one year since “campus carry” was implemented in Texas — and its flagship university hasn’t seen a rise in gun shootouts in...
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Marc Kilmer
Jul 26, 20172 min read
Arkansas Health Insurers Ask State For Another Round Of Rate Hikes
Arkansas health insurance companies selling Obamacare plans are asking for rate increases as high as 22 percent in 2018. According to 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
Jun 26, 20173 min read
A (Second) Note on Conduit for Commerce’s 2017 Rankings
You might recall that I recently co-authored a piece critical of Conduit for Commerce: Conduit had provided a score for each legislator...
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Marc Kilmer
Jun 26, 20171 min read
Arkansas Panel Votes To Study Parents’ Rights Bill
A bill protecting parental rights in Arkansas died in the 2017 legislative session, but will be brought up again when the legislature...
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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 8, 20172 min read
Commission Approves Highway Plan To (Possibly) Raise Taxes…Again
A plan that could include a tax increase on Arkansans should be put before voters in 2018, according to the Arkansas State Highway...
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Marc Kilmer
Jun 5, 20173 min read
Senate Obamacare Repeal-And-Replace Bill Coming This Summer?
Legislation to repeal and replace Obamacare could pass the Senate by the end of summer, according to Sen. John Cornyn. A spokesman for...
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Marc Kilmer
Jun 2, 20172 min read
STUDY: Federal Regs Cost Americans $15k Per Household
President Obama spent his last year in office continuing to bury the country in red tape, but there might be a reprieve in sight....
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Marc Kilmer
May 31, 20172 min read
Expert: Professors All Talk, No Walk On “Campus Carry”
Left-wing professors may not like campus carry laws — but don’t expect them to quit in protest, according to one expert. The national...
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