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(4Q-2025) Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders is the Natural State’s first female governor. Since taking office in January 2023, Sanders has also distinguished herself by advancing three separate reductions in Arkansas’ top income tax rate from 4.9 to 3.9 percent.

(September 2025) Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders’ administration is advancing Arkansas Forward, an efficiency initiative to save money and improve services for the people of Arkansas.

(Summer 2025) The Arkansas Policy Foundation is celebrating its 30th anniversary as a market-based, 501(c)(3) non-profit think tank. Following is a brief history of the Policy Foundation that illustrates how reform ideas are later enacted by policymakers.

(2025-2Q) The Arkansas Policy Foundation was founded by business leaders to serve the community and advance ideas to create more prosperity for Arkansans. The Policy Foundation was founded 30 years ago as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, nonpartisan think tank that publishes credible research, hosts forums to encourage citizenship and is cited in national and state news […]

RIGHT TO TRY 2.0   (2025-2Q) The idea behind Right-To-Try is that “terminally ill patients who have exhausted their government-approved options” should have the freedom to access treatments that may help them.(1)  The idea originated with the Goldwater Institute of Arizona, a member of the State Policy Network (SPN), a market-based group that includes the […]

(2025-2Q) Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom TV show was founded in 1963 after discussions between V.J. Skutt, the private insurance firm’s CEO and zoologist Marlin Perkins.(1) The program, viewed by millions, won multiple Emmy awards and nominations for educating viewers about nature.(2) The late Stan Brock (1936-2018) was a co-host of the popular TV program. […]

(April 2025) Total operating expenditures for cabinet level Arkansas state agencies totaled $19.4 billion in FY 2024, a 3% decrease from the previous year ($19.9 billion), state Department of Finance and Administration records show. Federal revenues accounted for $9.8 billion or 50% of the FY2024 total. Expenditures for FY 2025, which ends June 30 will […]

(March 2025) Arkansas continues to top the U.S. average in jobs creation since state policymakers first cut the state income tax rate starting in January 2015, according to the latest numbers from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). Arkansas nonfarm payroll employment, the broadest state-level economic indicator expanded 14.7% versus the national average (13.2%) between […]

(March 28, 2025) Arkansas led the nation (#1) in real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth for 4Q-2024, according to a news release today from the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA).(1) Arkansas also led the U.S. in real GDP growth in 3Q-2024(2), an unprecedented development for the state’s economy. The BEA release states, “Real gross […]

(December 2024) More than 120,000 Arkansas students attend charter, home or private schools, or are enrolled in a public school choice program in the current school year, state Department of Education and other records show. The niche school choice market has grown from 66,627 students (2013) to 121,421 in the 2024-25 school year.