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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.

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Sick Child Denied Treatment As State Spends Billions On Able-Bodied Adults

Sick Child Denied Treatment As State Spends Billions On Able-Bodied Adults

Sick Child Denied Treatment As State Spends Billions On Able-Bodied Adults

A new report released last week details how Medicaid expansion will harm the most needy Americans. Because of the perverse funding...

advancearkansas

Jul 23, 20144 min read

New Poll: It’s Over for Arkansas Obamacare

New Poll: It’s Over for Arkansas Obamacare

New Poll: It’s Over for Arkansas Obamacare

Yesterday, Impact Management released a new poll showing Congressman Tom Cotton leading Senator Mark Pryor 47-43% in the race for U.S....

advancearkansas

Jul 10, 20142 min read

FGA: State Taxpayers ‘On The Hook’ For Millions In 'Private' Option Cost Overruns

FGA: State Taxpayers ‘On The Hook’ For Millions In 'Private' Option Cost Overruns

FGA: State Taxpayers ‘On The Hook’ For Millions In 'Private' Option Cost Overruns

Our guest article yesterday from Rep. Joe Farrer revealed the unanticipated costs to Arkansas taxpayers of the Obamacare-Medicaid...

Arkansas Legislature

advancearkansas

Mar 4, 20142 min read

What Happens If The Session Ends Without A Medicaid Budget?

What Happens If The Session Ends Without A Medicaid Budget?

What Happens If The Session Ends Without A Medicaid Budget?

You’ve probably heard about the allegedly terrifying consequences of the legislature ending the fiscal session without a Medicaid budget...

Arkansas Legislature

advancearkansas

Feb 27, 20142 min read

Separation Anxiety: Can “Private” Option Funding Be Split From The Medicaid Budget?

Separation Anxiety: Can “Private” Option Funding Be Split From The Medicaid Budget?

Separation Anxiety: Can “Private” Option Funding Be Split From The Medicaid Budget?

Yesterday on KARN, while discussing “private” option strategy, I argued that PO opponents should separate the vote for PO funding from...

Arkansas Legislature

advancearkansas

Feb 19, 20142 min read

New Report Focuses On Budget Impact Of Obamacare In AR

New Report Focuses On Budget Impact Of Obamacare In AR

New Report Focuses On Budget Impact Of Obamacare In AR

In conjunction with the Advance Arkansas Institute, Joe Luppino-Esposito of State Budget Solutions has published a new report on the...

Arkansas Legislature

advancearkansas

Feb 18, 20141 min read

Steve Rockwell’s Five False Claims About Medicaid Expansion

Steve Rockwell’s Five False Claims About Medicaid Expansion

Steve Rockwell’s Five False Claims About Medicaid Expansion

We learned something important about Senate District 21 candidate Steve Rockwell during his debate performance the other day: Rockwell...

Arkansas Legislature

advancearkansas

Jan 6, 20144 min read

Just Saying Hello (And Those Other Guys Suck!)

Just Saying Hello (And Those Other Guys Suck!)

Just Saying Hello (And Those Other Guys Suck!)

Last week, an email with the subject line “Just Saying Hello” went out to legislative supporters of the “private option”/Medicaid...

Arkansas Legislature

advancearkansas

Dec 16, 20134 min read

Beebe's Offensive Medicaid Offensive

Beebe's Offensive Medicaid Offensive

Beebe's Offensive Medicaid Offensive

I wrote a while back that the funding for the “private option” was in trouble. One strong indication was Governor Mike Beebe’s comments...

Arkansas Politics

advancearkansas

Dec 12, 20133 min read

REPORT: Medicaid Enrollment To Surpass Private Employment In Arkansas

REPORT: Medicaid Enrollment To Surpass Private Employment In Arkansas

REPORT: Medicaid Enrollment To Surpass Private Employment In Arkansas

Later this month, the legislature’s two Public Health, Labor and Welfare Committees will hold a joint meeting. At that November 18...

advancearkansas

Nov 8, 20132 min read

Arkansas Medicaid Rolls Increasing Under Expansion

Arkansas Medicaid Rolls Increasing Under Expansion

Arkansas Medicaid Rolls Increasing Under Expansion

Negotiations over government budgeting works something like this: “You give me a massive increase in government spending now, and I’ll...

Arkansas Legislature

advancearkansas

Oct 28, 20133 min read

Memo To GOP Legislators: We Tried To Warn You

Memo To GOP Legislators: We Tried To Warn You

Memo To GOP Legislators: We Tried To Warn You

Back during the debate over Medicaid expansion (which lawmakers attempted to rebrand as “the private option”), this blog, in conjunction...

advancearkansas

Oct 24, 20133 min read

What’s Happening With Obamacare Ad Spending In Arkansas? No One Knows

What’s Happening With Obamacare Ad Spending In Arkansas? No One Knows

What’s Happening With Obamacare Ad Spending In Arkansas? No One Knows

This morning, the Arkansas Legislative Council blocked an additional $4.5 million in pro-Obamacare advertising spending in the state — or...

advancearkansas

Sep 30, 20133 min read

Pennsylvania Propaganda: State Plays Word Games With Medicaid Expansion

Pennsylvania Propaganda: State Plays Word Games With Medicaid Expansion

Pennsylvania Propaganda: State Plays Word Games With Medicaid Expansion

The latest battleground over expanding Medicaid is Pennsylvania: earlier this week, Governor Tom Corbett (R) announced he will support...

Arkansas Politics

advancearkansas

Sep 18, 20132 min read

Dan Sullivan, Unfiltered

Dan Sullivan, Unfiltered

Dan Sullivan, Unfiltered

On Friday, I sat down with Jonesboro state Senate candidate Dan Sullivan. Sullivan is running for the Republican nomination in the...

Education Reform

advancearkansas

Sep 9, 20136 min read

Arkansas Pro-Obamacare Spending Is 2nd Highest In Nation, Per Capita

Arkansas Pro-Obamacare Spending Is 2nd Highest In Nation, Per Capita

Arkansas Pro-Obamacare Spending Is 2nd Highest In Nation, Per Capita

Yesterday we reported on the promotion of Obamacare in Arkansas using your tax dollars: roughly $4.3 million will be spent between now...

Arkansas Legislature

advancearkansas

Jul 25, 20131 min read

Greenberg: “Private Option” In Trouble

Greenberg: “Private Option” In Trouble

Greenberg: “Private Option” In Trouble

Advance Arkansas Institute’s Dan Greenberg has a great guest op-ed at Arkansas Business today. You’ll want to check it out. Here’s a...

advancearkansas

Jul 15, 20131 min read

Expanding Medicaid In Michigan Won’t Fix It

Expanding Medicaid In Michigan Won’t Fix It

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...

advancearkansas

Jun 17, 20132 min read

The Impending Collapse of the Private Option

The Impending Collapse of the Private Option

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...

Arkansas Legislature

advancearkansas

Jun 12, 20132 min read

The Warring Messages of the Private Option

The Warring Messages of the Private Option

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...

Arkansas Legislature

advancearkansas

May 17, 20132 min read

The Legislature’s Plan to Lock Arkansans Into Poverty

The Legislature’s Plan to Lock Arkansans Into Poverty

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...

Economic Policy

advancearkansas

Apr 15, 20132 min read

New Poll Shows Plurality Less Likely to Support “Private Option,” Oppose Medicaid Expansion

New Poll Shows Plurality Less Likely to Support “Private Option,” Oppose Medicaid Expansion

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...

advancearkansas

Apr 8, 20132 min read

AAI Announces Medicaid Town Halls

AAI Announces Medicaid Town Halls

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...

advancearkansas

Apr 2, 20132 min read

The Verdict Is In: Time for Conservatives to Abandon the “Private Option”

The Verdict Is In: Time for Conservatives to Abandon the “Private Option”

The Verdict Is In: Time for Conservatives to Abandon the “Private Option”

For the last several weeks, we have heard a few Republican legislators explain the wonders of the Medicaid expansion that has newly been...

advancearkansas

Mar 28, 20134 min read

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