June 2009
Physician: Prevention, Team Approach Key To Medical Care Access In Rural Arkansas
"An emphasis on prevention in health care has the potential to create a broader population of healthy Arkansans. It can also serve as the catalyst for the conservation of scarce tax dollars." (Policy Foundation...
May 2009
Failing District In Foundation Survey Among Four Arkansas Districts That Face Restructuring
"The General Assembly should enact legislation which restructures ... Arkansas' existing 311 school districts into not more than 134 "administrative units" where an administrative unit is defined as "one superintendent and an associated superintendent's...
April 2009
Ex-St. Louis Fed Chief Criticizes Bank Bailouts, Sees Long-Term Inflation
(April 2009) Ex-St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank President William Poole criticized federal bank bailouts and forecast long-term inflation during three April 16 forums in Conway co-sponsored by Hendrix College and the Policy Foundation. Morning...
March 2009
Democratic State Sen. Mike Beebe’s Performance-Based Budgeting Pilot Program 1999
Excerpts from PA 222 of 1999 Title A Pilot Program Of Performance-Based Program Budgeting And Strategic Planning By The Legislative Council; And For Other Purposes Subtitle Performance-Based Program Budgeting And Strategic Planning Pilot Program Section...
March 2009
Blue Print For Hard Times
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. The most effective government concentrates its resources...
March 2009
Arkansas Government Misses Rolling Deflation
Summary: Rolling deflation surprises Arkansas government. (March 2009) The Consumer Price Index, an inflation measure, was zero in 2008, the lowest reading since 1955 (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis). Declining...
November 2008
Identifying the Uninsured
The term uninsured, the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons notes in a 2006 White Paper on Medical Financing is so widely used it is impossible to avoid. The national organization contends the term "self-paying" or "self-insured" is...
November 2008
Fiscal Discipline and the Beebe Grocery Tax Cut Proposal
Free market economists have opposed the taxation of food for more than two centuries. (Policy Foundation, 2002) "The sales tax on groceries should be phased-out over a multi-year period using excess state revenues. The...
October 2008
Medical Care in Rural Arkansas
Rural Arkansas suffers from a shortage of physicians. One way to address the problem is by exploring alternative systems of delivering medical care. Two alternative systems are advanced nurse practitioners and midwives. Advanced nurse practitioners are...
August 2008
Arkansas 2006-2007 School District Rankings
(August 2008) Eighteen K-12 public school districts in Arkansas earned the top grade (A or A-minus) in the Policy Foundation's third annual School District Rankings study. Fourteen districts received a failing grade of F in...
