ARKANSAS PAYROLL EMPLOYMENT DECLINES SINCE LAUNCH OF QUICK-ACTION CLOSING FUND
“Reduce the state’s income tax…repeal the state’s capital gains tax.” Arkansas Policy Foundation,...
ARKANSAS HAS HIGHEST INCOME TAX RATE AMONG BORDER STATES
“Reduce the state’s income tax. Among the reforms, consider an across the board...
STATE ISSUES NUMERICAL GRADES TO SCHOOLS
“Issue school-by-school performance report cards to parents and the public. Use the results...
MOST CHARTERS EXCEL, FOUR APPROACH ALERT
(October 1, 2011) Most Arkansas charters1 meet or exceed standards in a state report...
LITTLE ROCK HAS HALF OF FAILING SCHOOLS IN STATE EDUCATION REPORT
(October 1, 2011) The Little Rock School District, the state’s largest, has...
WEAK RECOVERY
“Nonfarm payroll employment was unchanged (0) in August, and the unemployment rate held...
MUNICIPAL BROADBAND: A CAUTIONARY TALE
(September 2011) The municipal government claimed its plan would expand broadband, a telecommunications...
MANUFACTURING LOSSES LEAD TO WEAKEST POSTWAR EMPLOYMENT GROWTH
(July 2011) Total national payroll employment growth in the current and preceding expansion...
FEW EMPLOYMENT SECTORS GROWING
(July 15, 2011) U.S. and Arkansas payroll employment has increased slightly since the...
DISCUSS DR. MILTON FRIEDMAN’S EDUCATION REFORMS AT JULY 29 FORUM IN CONWAY
(July 2011) The education reform ideas of Dr. Milton Friedman (1912-2006), the 1976...
