Day of Reckoning in Saline County: Who Said It?

May 11, 2013 21 Comments
mystery legislator

Thursday night, the Saline County TEA Party hosted a town meeting so that their members could question the Saline County legislators who had supported the “private option.” About five state legislators representing Saline County attended; at least as many legislators from outside Saline County attended as well. Almost every public official who was there has been a friend of the Advance Arkansas Institute and, in some way, has fought for good-government reforms. But I have become … [Read more...]

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AAI Surges to 2nd Place in Social Media Ranks

May 4, 2013 1 Comment
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The Frontier Lab has released their latest rankings of social media influence. The results? The Advance Arkansas Institute has surged to second place in the State Policy Network, passing policy giants such as the Goldwater Institute, the Texas Public Policy Foundation, and the Mackinac Center in the month of April -- and trust me, this was no easy task. AAI (the parent organization of The Arkansas Project) made its first appearance in the SPN Social Media Top 10 in January, coming in at #10 … [Read more...]

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Talking Constitutional Carry with Paul Harrell

April 26, 2013 Leave a Comment
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Yesterday I did my weekly segment with The Paul Harrell Program. The hot topic, as it has been for much of the week here at The Arkansas Project, was constitutional carry. We discuss the governor's input, comments from the director of the state police, and much more. The segment begins around the 1:06:00 mark: Video streaming by Ustream … [Read more...]

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Constitutional Carry: Governor’s Impression or Legislative Intent?

April 25, 2013 14 Comments
A new map of Arkansas.

Our post earlier in the week about Act 746 -- and the possibility that it brought constitutional carry to Arkansas -- has created a bit of a stir. In fact, that story has gotten more pageviews than any story in the history of The Arkansas Project, even including the fabled Kinkade Era. This is no small accomplishment. Our story has been referenced by a multitude of websites and newspapers; it was even a brief topic of discussion on KARK-4 this morning. That discussion has often invoked the … [Read more...]

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Arkansas Project Named Top State-Based Blog

March 5, 2013 2 Comments
#1 Arkansas

Thanks to the dedication of awesome readers like you, TheArkansasProject.com has been named to The Washington Post’s list of “best state-based political blogs.” We are not entirely sure how this happened, but hey, we’ll take it! There are five Arkansas blogs on the list and the article says they are listed alphabetically, but they’re actually not -- and since we’re listed first, we can only assume that means we are #1 in Arkansas. Again, we’re not really sure how this happened, … [Read more...]

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AAI Is the 6th Most Famous Think Tank on the Interwebs!

March 1, 2013 1 Comment
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Well, all right, we could have done better -- we’ve got a ways to go before we can compete with our friends at the Illinois Policy Institute. But given that there are 60 or so think tanks in our professional organization, we feel like we’re doing OK. According to a new ranking issued by The Frontier Lab, we are #6 in the State Policy Network for social media in the month of February! Here’s some of what they had to say about our work: The Advance Arkansas Institute is a great … [Read more...]

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Church Protection Act Passes the House, Heads to The Beebe

February 5, 2013 2 Comments
Rep. Bell, the Gnome of Mena, wielding his fully automatic Glock assault rifle.

Yesterday, the House passed SB71, “The Church Protection Act,” which we have been following for a few weeks now. It was a landslide: 85 for and only 8 votes against, with 7 not voting. See how your legislators voted by clicking here. I would remind you (at the risk of sounding like a broken record) that the bill will not mandate that churches allow concealed carry. In fact, the bill's default rule is that concealed carry is still prohibited unless a church specifically decides to allow … [Read more...]

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Advancing Arkansas: Incoming Speaker Carter Seeks Tax Reform Debate

January 10, 2013
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I recently sat down with incoming Speaker of the House Davy Carter to discuss his plans for the legislative session that begins on Monday. Carter is entering his third and final term as a state representative from Cabot. He was elected as Speaker this past November. Speaker Carter agrees with essentially every other state legislator I have talked to: Medicaid is by far the biggest challenge facing the state. So, how do we fix it? The Speaker declined to offer a specific plan at this point, … [Read more...]

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