Policy Research

February 2011

2009-2010 School District Rankings Status: Pending

“Issue school-by-school performance report cards to parents and the public. Use the results of this report card to hold schools accountable--rewards for those performing on an exceptional basis and sanctions for low performing schools.”  1998 Policy...
February 2011

A CAPITAL GAINS TAX CUT CREATES JOBS  

  The capital gains tax “makes Arkansas less competitive in attracting capital as compared with states with lower or no capital gains tax rates.” Murphy Commission, Policy Foundation, 1998   (February 2011) Legislative branch action...
January 2011

BUDGET ALTERNATIVE: 2011-2013 BIENNIUM  

(January 2011) Funding for core Arkansas government functions—education, corrections and transportation—could occur at slightly increased rates while other operations are frozen at current levels, providing $31 million in savings to cut state income, capital gains...
December 2010

THREE BUDGET ALTERNATIVES: 2011-2013 BIENNIUM  

(December 2010) Arkansas Gov. Mike Beebe has called on tax cut proponents to identify spending cuts.  But spending cuts are not required to cut income, capital gains or grocery tax rates. Three 2011-2013 budget alternatives that...
October 2010

THREE WAYS TO CUT THE ARKANSAS CAPITAL GAINS TAX

Tax policy recommendations extracted from a statewide conference on taxation and two Policy Foundation research papers include a proposal to repeal the state capital gains tax.  (Arkansas Policy Foundation, 1998) (October 2010) Arkansas Republicans are poised to increase...
August 2010

‘A’ districts In Foundation Studies Have Fewer Discipline Incidents Than Pulaski Schools

(August 2010) Five ‘A’-rated Arkansas school districts in four Policy Foundation studies have fewer discipline incidents, with one exception than three in Pulaski County (Little Rock, North Little Rock and the Pulaski County Special School...
August 2010

PERSISTENTLY HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT  

"Consider an across-the-board (tax) cut, reduce the marginal rates, exempt taxpayers below a certain income level from filing, and expedite the process of indexing for inflation (Arkansas Policy Foundation, 1998)   (August 2010) The federal...
July 2010

POLICY FOUNDATION TO HOST JULY 30 EVENT HONORING DR. MILTON FRIEDMAN

(July 2010) The Policy Foundation will host a July 30 event honoring the late Dr. Milton Friedman (1912-2006), the 1976 Nobel Laureate in Economics and a proponent of educational choice. His wife, Rose D. Friedman...
July 2010

DATA SHOW LITTLE ROCK CHARTERS SAFER THAN TRADITIONAL PUBLIC SCHOOLS

  (July 2010) Little Rock charter schools reported no discipline incidents but 26 of 34 local traditional public schools reported weapons incidents, staff assaults or student assaults, according to a Policy Foundation review of 2009...
July 2010

Ethics Reform: Expand Lobbyist Transparency  

The Policy Foundation’s interest in ethics reform dates to 1998 when it made recommendations to prevent double-dipping in terms of compensation.  Double-dipping has reemerged in the past year following media reports that Arkansas government officials returned...
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