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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.
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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Senator Rapert Calls Again for “Private Option” Delay
Yesterday I reported that state Senator Jason Rapert announced (while attending AAI’s Monday town hall meeting in Conway) that he wanted...
Nic Horton
Apr 11, 20132 min read
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How AAI’s Town Halls Have Changed the Medicaid Debate
Ed Haislmaier of Heritage speaks to a packed house in Conway. This week, while legislators were at the Capitol talking to each other, the...
Nic Horton
Apr 10, 20133 min read
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New Poll Shows Plurality Less Likely to Support “Private Option,” Oppose Medicaid Expansion
Today, as the Advance Arkansas Institute kicks off their Medicaid town hall tour across the state, AAI has released a new scientific poll...
Nic Horton
Apr 8, 20132 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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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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Why Voter ID Does Not Require a Supermajority Vote
Since the voter ID bill cleared House committee last week, opponents of election reform have been scrambling to derail it. I wrote last...
Nic Horton
Mar 12, 20133 min read
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Arkansas Taxpayers Find Relief In Act 312
HB1187 is now Act 312 after being signed into law by Governor Beebe today. The new law prohibits the use of public funds by a public...
Nic Horton
Mar 11, 20133 min read
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Will Voter ID Bankrupt Arkansas?
This morning, the House State Agencies Committee passed Sen. Bryan King’s voter ID bill (SB2) out of committee. It will now go to the...
Nic Horton
Mar 6, 20132 min read
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AAI Is the 6th Most Famous Think Tank on the Interwebs!
WE’RE NUMBER 6!!! Well, all right, we could have done better — we’ve got a ways to go before we can compete with our friends at the...
Nic Horton
Feb 28, 20132 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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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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Stephen Speaks!
Those thinkers over at the Advance Arkansas Institute made good on their promise yesterday to bring Steve Moore to Little Rock for a...
Nic Horton
Feb 8, 20131 min read
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Let’s Talk About Election Integrity!
Today, Advance Arkansas Institute President Dan Greenberg joined freedom fighter and all-around good guy Senator Bryan King to discuss...
Nic Horton
Feb 4, 20131 min read
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Steve Moore is Coming to Little Rock!
Those thinkers over at Advance Arkansas Institute pass along this exciting announcement about an event next week in Little Rock: WHO:...
Nic Horton
Feb 1, 20131 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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Math Over Emotion: Why Governor Beebe Is Wrong on Medicaid Expansion
Medicaid expansion in a picture. When Governor Mike Beebe took to the podium on Tuesday for his “state of the State” speech to the...
Nic Horton
Jan 17, 20135 min read
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Voter ID, Action Plan, & Cornball Brothers
Yesterday, I joined The Paul Harrell Program for our weekly segment on Arkansas politics, policy, and other stuff. We discussed Rep....
Nic Horton
Dec 14, 20121 min read
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AAI Releases “Action Plan for Arkansas”
The moment you’ve all been waiting for is here — and no, it’s not the next Twilight movie: Advance Arkansas Institute has released their...
Nic Horton
Dec 11, 20121 min read
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Advancing Arkansas: Rep. Nate Bell Aims For Ethics, Transparency Reforms
In 2013, Republicans will hold the top leadership position in the Arkansas House and Senate for the first time in modern history. It’s...
Nic Horton
Nov 26, 20123 min read
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How Arkansas Can Avoid “Flushing People Down the Commode”
Thanks to all of you who tuned in for our live election night coverage. I have updated that post to now show that Republicans captured 21...
Nic Horton
Nov 9, 20123 min read
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Election Coverage, Brought To You By The Arkansas Project!
Well, tomorrow night’s the big night that we’ve all been waiting for — Decision 2012. Many political commentators have called it (as they...
Nic Horton
Nov 5, 20121 min read
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AAI Announces Freedom Scorecard for State Legislators
Today, the Advance Arkansas Institute has unveiled its latest masterpiece: Arkansas’s Freedom Scorecard. The Scorecard ranks the voting...
Nic Horton
Oct 11, 20121 min read
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Arkansas Roundup, September 7
What a week in Arkansas politics… Vodka for votes: State Rep. Hudson Hallum pled guilty this week to conspiracy to commit election fraud....
Nic Horton
Sep 7, 20121 min read
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