ARKANSAS HIGHER ED TUITION COSTS OUTPACE INFLATION
(October 2013) In-state undergraduate tuition costs for students attending Arkansas’ largest public universities continue to outpace inflation despite the...
THE UNPRECEDENTED CONTRACTION OF ARKANSAS’ CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE
“Arkansas’ civilian labor force declined 4,800, a result of 4,800 fewer employed Arkansans.” Department of Workforce...
ARKANSAS EDUCATION NEEDS HIGH STANDARDS
“After three decades of rising education spending and dramatic personnel growth in the system, Arkansas’ academic...
LIMIT STATE SPENDING, CREATE JOBS & PAYCHECKS
“Government, in order to be lean and effective, needs to be infused with market forces, less...
MILTON FRIEDMAN’S EDUCATION REFORM IDEAS TO BE DISCUSSED AT JULY 31 CONWAY FORUM
The 101st anniversary of the birth of Dr. Milton Friedman (1912-2006), the 1976 Nobel Economics laureate...
Acorn & Taxpayer Funding
(June 2013) Three decades before Congress voted to defund1 a welfare lobby founded in Arkansas, congressional auditors...
THE OLIGOPOLY
Summary: Gov. Mike Beebe, state legislators and the Obama administration have not advanced a “private option”...
SURPLUS STATE REVENUES & A 6.5% TOP INCOME TAX RATE
“Reduce the state’s income tax…repeal the state’s capital gains tax.” Murphy Commission, Policy Foundation project, 1998 “State...
SCHOOL LETTER GRADES APPROVED
“Academic ratings and triggers for acclaim or sanctions should be issued for each K-12 public school...
MEDICAID EXPANSION & ECONOMIC SHORTAGES
(May 2013) Economists and medical professionals have understood for some time that shortages exist within Arkansas’...
