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(May 2016) Total operating expenditures at four Arkansas state departments have increased at average annual rates...

(April 2016) The Policy Foundation noted more than a decade ago that state spending growth linked...

(March 2016) Revised federal data1 show Benton County achieved an all-time Arkansas high (153.2%) in per capita...

“The most callused aspect of the (Arkansas) education monopoly is that it willingly and deliberately forces...

“Boards and commissions have also undergone extraordinary growth since the early seventies when the number hovered around 175....

(October 2015) Boards and Commissions have been described as “low-hanging fruit” in terms of state government...

“Money is sound when it embodies the same virtues we all try to nurture in our...

Summary: The Arkansas Policy Foundation is celebrating its 20th anniversary. The Foundation focuses on fiscal and...

  Summary:  Sixteen states have school choice programs that provide tax credit scholarships to help students attend...

Summary: Arkansas jobs growth trails national and regional averages six years into the recovery.  States without income...