Nearly 5,000 Students Utilize LEARNS Act ESAs
(October 2023) Nearly 5,000 Arkansas K-12 students have taken advantage of the education savings account (ESA)...
Income Tax Chronology
“The state’s income tax should be reduced … Consider an across-the-board cut, reduce the marginal rates,...
Marijuana Taxation
(July 2023) Arkansans defeated a marijuana legalization measure last November after approving an initiated medical marijuana...
Economic Expansions Tend To Produce State Revenue Surpluses
(July 2023) Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders; her predecessor, former Gov. Asa Hutchinson; and state legislators...
Little Improvement In Reading Scores In 21st Century
(2Q-2023) The average score of Arkansas fourth- and eighth grade students “was not significantly different” from...
No-Income Tax States Top Population Growth
(May 2023) States without an income tax recorded higher levels of population growth than the national...
No-Income Tax States Lead Private Jobs Growth
(May 2023) Policy Foundation research concludes states without an income tax create new private-sector jobs at...
Economic Indicators & No-Income Tax States
(May 2023) Historically, Arkansas critics of income tax cuts have relied on class-warfare arguments to oppose...
The Learns Act & Literacy
Phonics is the instructional practice that once made America the most literate nation on earth. It...
Pulaski School Choice Market Largest In State
Enrollment Greater Than Public School Districts “The most callused aspect of the (Arkansas) education monopoly is...
