Policy Research

"As part of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) that President Barack Obama signed into law in 2010, states now have the option to expand their Medicaid programs so that the programs provide...

  "As part of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) that President Barack Obama signed into law in 2010, states now have the option to expand their Medicaid programs so that the programs...

“Reduce the state's income tax…repeal the state's capital gains tax.” Arkansas Policy Foundation, Murphy Commission project, 1998   "(Arkansas) revenues are expanding because the business cycle’s current state is expansion, not contraction." (Policy Foundation research memo,...

"When Edsel Ford died and Henry Ford had to reorganize his company board of directors there was a good deal of discussion of changes in "the Ford Empire."  Metaphors comparing a businessman with a monarch have become common.  But...

"As of Monday, more than 54,000 people--out of an estimated 250,000 who are eligible--had enrolled in the state's Medicaid program, an increase of at least 964 from the total six days earlier," the Arkansas Department...

(October 2013) In-state undergraduate tuition costs for students  attending Arkansas' largest public universities continue to outpace inflation despite the lowest multi-year increases in the Consumer Price Index (CPI) since the early 1960s.   CPI increased 12 percent between...

"Arkansas’ civilian labor force declined 4,800, a result of 4,800 fewer employed Arkansans." Department of Workforce Services, August 19, 2013   (September 19, 2013) Arkansas' civilian labor force--all employed and unemployed Arkansans--is contracting in an...

"After three decades of rising education spending and dramatic personnel growth in the system, Arkansas' academic achievement is well below national averages and lags most of the world's industrialized countries. The current public school establishment...

“Government, in order to be lean and effective, needs to be infused with market forces, less of a monopoly provider of services and measured for accountability and performance.” Murphy Commission, Policy Foundation project, 1998.  ...

The 101st anniversary of the birth of Dr. Milton Friedman (1912-2006), the 1976 Nobel Economics laureate will be commemorated at a July 31 forum hosted by the Policy Foundation in Conway.   The forum will...