Policy Research

(2Q-2022) States without an income tax led the Southeast and Arkansas' border region in jobs creation in the first two years of the national economic expansion that began in April 2020, Bureau of Labor Statistics...

First in a series of interviews. "What stays in my mind about Arkansas are the wide-open spaces. It was my first long-distance drive west of theMississippi in a car. Some people think this type of...

(2Q-2022) Three years into a national economic expansion, Arkansas trails the national average in jobs creation, according to a review of U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics records. Arkansas led 11 other states during the period....

(April 2022) Total Arkansas exports to Russia in 2020 were minuscule and totaled only $7,453,518 of Arkansas' total exports of $5,196,834,082, state Department of Commerce records show. Russia ranked 50th in the world that year...

(March 2022) Nearly 290,000 Arkansas filers paid the top state income tax rate last year, according to a state Department of Finance and Administration document. Tax cut opponents claim only a few Arkansans pay the...

"Arkansas would benefit from comprehensive, pro-growth reform; Arkansans are not under-taxed; taxes and rates do matter to entrepreneurs; dynamic scoring of tax changes and effects provides benefits." Arkansas Policy Foundation Mission Statement (March 2022) Thirteen...

(March 2022) The natural state of the U.S. economy is expansion, though recessions occur as a result of the business cycle. The economy is in the 13th expansion of the postwar era, according to the...

(2Q-2021) Cutting Arkansas' top income tax rate to 4.79% would place it among the third of states with the lowest rates, a reversal of its relative position in 2015 when it ranked among states with...

"Arkansas would benefit from comprehensive, pro-growth reform; Arkansans are not under-taxed; taxes and rates do matter to entrepreneurs; dynamic scoring of tax changes and effects provides benefits." Arkansas Policy Foundation Mission Statement (December 2021) A...

(UPDATED: November 12, 2021) More than 110,000 Arkansas students will attend charter, home or private schools,or are eligible to participate in a public school choice program in the current (2021-22) school year, state Department of...