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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.
Some Good Ideas for Income Tax Reform
The state’s tax reform task force has been discussed a lot on TAP recently, but its work deserves close attention. This task force...
Marc Kilmer
May 8, 20182 min read
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This is Why You Can’t Have Lower Taxes
If there is one thing that conservatives can agree upon, it’s that Arkansas needs tax reform. The state has a high tax burden and...
Marc Kilmer
May 3, 20183 min read
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The “Tricky Language” of the “Liberty Defense Network”
While poking around Facebook the other day, I came across the page of some organization called the “Liberty Defense Network.” As someone...
Marc Kilmer
May 2, 20183 min read
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Don’t Squander the Opportunity for Tax Reform
The Arkansas tax reform task force is continuing to deliberate about ways to change the state’s tax code. One of the issues they are...
Marc Kilmer
May 1, 20183 min read
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The Flawed Logic of Rose Mimms on Tort Reform
As discussed in my recent blog post, Arkansas right-to-life leader Rose Mimms has penned an op-ed for Townhall that attacks Issue One,...
Marc Kilmer
Apr 27, 20183 min read
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Rose Mimms: A Source of Continued Confusion on Tort Reform
The effort to attack tort reform on “right-to-life” grounds continues. The latest example is an op-ed in Townhall by Rose Mimms, the...
Marc Kilmer
Apr 26, 20183 min read
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Balanced Budget Amendment Fails in the House
Should the U.S. Constitution mandate that the federal budget be balanced? The Arkansas members of the House of Representatives think so....
Marc Kilmer
Apr 19, 20183 min read
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Therapy Dog Case Shows Need for Tort Reform
Taking sex offenders off the streets really ought to be squarely in the realm of public policy discussion in Arkansas. There is certainly...
Marc Kilmer
Apr 18, 20182 min read
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Arizona Protecting Nonprofit Donors
There is a move afoot to stifle political speech. Some people want to see mandatory government reporting for nonprofits that talk about...
Marc Kilmer
Apr 17, 20183 min read
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Legislators Name Possible Sales Tax Exemptions for Elimination
I was sitting at lunch today with someone who asked me what I did for a living. I said that I work for think tanks and write about things...
Marc Kilmer
Apr 12, 20182 min read
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Arkansas Lagging in Occupational License Reform
Arkansas is a national leader in requiring licenses for workers looking to find jobs in a variety of occupations. Unfortunately, it is...
Marc Kilmer
Apr 11, 20182 min read
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Has the NRA Bought Rep. French Hill?
If you read some news stories, you’d think that Rep. French Hill is the Congressman from the National Rifle Association (NRA). He is...
Marc Kilmer
Apr 10, 20183 min read
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Film Subsidies under Scrutiny Nationwide
A couple years ago, I wrote a paper for AAI that examined the folly of film subsidies in Arkansas. In it, I wrote: In states around the...
Marc Kilmer
Apr 5, 20182 min read
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How Does Arkansas Compare to Other States on Taxes?
Every state does tax policy differently. This is good for policymakers at the state level, because they can look around the country for...
Marc Kilmer
Apr 4, 20182 min read
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Arkansas Ranks Low in Political Giving Freedom
If you want to influence public policy, you can do a lot of things – you can write letters, publish op-eds, talk to your friends, or...
Marc Kilmer
Apr 3, 20183 min read
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Time for Arkansas to Embrace Occupational Licensing Reform
More than almost every other state, Arkansas requires workers to obtain government permission before starting work. That needs to change....
Marc Kilmer
Mar 29, 20182 min read
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Cotton, Westerman Oppose Omnibus Spending Bill
Late last week, Congress approved a $1.3 trillion omnibus spending bill. The votes for and against this bill did not fall along partisan...
Marc Kilmer
Mar 28, 20183 min read
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Academic Freedom under Attack?
The battle over academic freedom in the University of Arkansas system continues. You may remember a TAP post last year that discussed a...
Marc Kilmer
Mar 27, 20183 min read
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Moving People into Work
The federal government is vast. It has a lot of programs aimed at tweaking nearly every aspect of our society. No one should be surprised...
Marc Kilmer
Mar 22, 20183 min read
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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...
Marc Kilmer
Mar 21, 20182 min read
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Rep. Westerman Pushing Positive Federal Land Bill
The federal government owns a lot of land – roughly 640 million acres. That is 28% of the total area of the United States. With that huge...
Marc Kilmer
Mar 20, 20182 min read
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Stop Subsidizing Wind
A proposed wind farm being built by SWEPCO in Oklahoma is causing controversy in Arkansas. Whether you support this proposal or not, I’d...
Marc Kilmer
Mar 15, 20183 min read
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Checking and Balancing the Judiciary
How should checks-and-balances – the heart of our governmental system – be applied to the judiciary? This question is at play in the...
Marc Kilmer
Mar 14, 20183 min read
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Who Makes the Rules?
The system of checks and balances is fundamental to our system. There are three branches of government – legislative, executive, and...
Marc Kilmer
Mar 13, 20184 min read
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