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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.
AFP on Medicaid: ‘Take Time To Get It Right’
Our friends at AFP-Arkansas have released a new ad against the Medicaid “private option.” You should take 30 seconds to watch it because,...
Nic Horton
Apr 4, 20131 min read
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AAI Announces Medicaid Town Halls
If you’re like me, you’ve been startled to see allegedly conservative lawmakers heralding the wonders of expanding government in Arkansas...
Nic Horton
Apr 2, 20132 min read
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The Private Medicaid Option: From the Sphinx’s Mouth
Yesterday, I attended a meeting of conservative activists and legislators at the Capitol. Senator David Sanders and Representative Randy...
Nic Horton
Mar 27, 20136 min read
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Today’s Pointless Government Policy: Secret Background Checks for Political Candidates
This afternoon, the Senate is scheduled to consider SB1029. The bill, sponsored by Senator Keith Ingram, would require candidates for...
Nic Horton
Mar 25, 20134 min read
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Medicaid Expansion Carries Hefty Price Tag for Arkansas Taxpayers
There’s been a lot of talk about the wonders of Medicaid expansion from the Arkansas media and from Republican and Democratic...
Nic Horton
Mar 22, 20133 min read
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Talking Obamacare, Medicaid Expansion With Paul Harrell
Yesterday I went on The Paul Harrell Program for our weekly segment. We spent the duration of the segment discussing Medicaid expansion,...
Nic Horton
Mar 22, 20131 min read
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Medicaid: Speak Now, Or Forever Hold Your Peace
I’ve received some off-the-record criticism just for recounting Michael Cannon’s opinions on health care reform the other day (boy, wait...
Nic Horton
Mar 21, 20132 min read
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Do I Hear Cannon in the Distance?
What’re you doing tomorrow? If you said anything other than “Going to hear Cato Institute’s Michael Cannon speak about health care policy...
Daniel Greenberg
Mar 18, 20131 min read
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My David Ramsey Problem – And Ours
Well, I see David Ramsey is at it again. Ramsey, a blogger for the Arkansas Times, faces a problem. What he’d like to do is criticize...
Daniel Greenberg
Mar 17, 20135 min read
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Rep. John Walker Says Voter ID Means Black Legislators Aren’t Really Legislators
This message brought to you by the NAACP. Today, the Arkansas House passed SB2, the Voter ID bill, by a vote of 51-44. This is a victory...
Nic Horton
Mar 13, 20134 min read
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AAI: Prosecutors Should Be Non-Partisan
Advance Arkansas Institute has released a new paper in their series of fantastic public policy briefs. This paper, entitled “Removing...
Nic Horton
Feb 25, 20131 min read
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An Ad Hominem in Search of a Target That Doesn’t Exist
Yesterday afternoon, State Rep. Greg Leding took to the twittosphere to claim that a Republican state Senator “speaking on the Senate...
Nic Horton
Feb 21, 20132 min read
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VIDEO: Senate Debates, Passes Voter ID Bill
Today, for the first time in state history, the Arkansas Senate passed a voter ID bill. The bill, SB2, carried with a bipartisan vote of...
Nic Horton
Feb 20, 20131 min read
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Policy Mythbusters: AAI Debunks ‘Voter ID’ Myths in New Brief
OK, those thinkers over at the Advance Arkansas Institute have really done it this time: today they’ve released a new policy brief on SB...
Nic Horton
Feb 20, 20131 min read
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‘Non-Existent’ Voter Fraud Strangely Still Exists
John Fund of National Review recently wrote a great piece entitled “The Voter Fraud That ‘Never Happens’ Keeps Coming Back.” He outlines...
Nic Horton
Feb 19, 20132 min read
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It’s Time to Stop Using Taxpayer-Funded Resources to Influence Elections
HB1187 would prohibit government entities from using taxpayer funds or taxpayer-funded resources to influence the outcome of ballot...
Nic Horton
Feb 18, 20133 min read
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VIDEO: King, Greenberg Testify in Favor of Voter ID Bill
It took a little longer than expected, but as promised, here is some video from Thursday’s Senate State Agencies Committee meeting at...
Nic Horton
Feb 17, 20131 min read
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VIDEO: Greenberg Testifies Against Prevailing Wage Law
Dan Greenberg, in his post earlier this morning, wrote about his experience before the House Public Health, Welfare, and Labor Committee...
Nic Horton
Feb 8, 20131 min read
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Saving Medicaid: Sensible, Free-Market Based Reforms for Arkansas
Mike Beebe can make it rain money — we just have to say “yes.” I was shocked to hear Governor Beebe in his “state of the state” address a...
Nic Horton
Feb 2, 20133 min read
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Jeb Bush Speaks to Arkansas Media
Former Florida Governor Jeb Bush was in town today to kickoff the A+ Arkansas education rally. Afterwards, he spoke with reporters. Below...
Nic Horton
Jan 29, 20131 min read
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Let’s Make Arkansas #1 in Education!
I know we’re already “5th in education” in Arkansas, so we should probably just declare victory and move on to other more meaningful...
Nic Horton
Jan 26, 20132 min read
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Dan Greenberg Is Everywhere!
Exhibit A: Dan Greenberg, in a chair, thinking — for which he is presumably being paid. Advance Arkansas Institute’s very own Dan...
Nic Horton
Jan 22, 20132 min read
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Let There Be Light!
More transparency is good for taxpayers. Perhaps the biggest achievement of the 89th General Assembly so far is the passage of a new rule...
Nic Horton
Jan 21, 20132 min read
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Advancing Arkansas: Incoming Speaker Carter Seeks Tax Reform Debate
I recently sat down with incoming Speaker of the House Davy Carter to discuss his plans for the legislative session that begins on...
Nic Horton
Jan 10, 20133 min read
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