Policy Research

(November 2021) More than 20,000 K-12 students participate in the Pulaski County school choice market in the current school year, public records show. The market includes students enrolled in Pulaski County charter and private schools,...

"The most callused aspect of the (Arkansas) education monopoly is that it willingly and deliberately forces children--except those whose parents have wealth--to attend bad schools. And it does so with financial resources taken from parents...

(September 2021) Arkansas policymakers have taken action to boost Arkansas' economic competitiveness by cutting the top income tax rate from 7.0% to 5.9%. Gov. Hutchinson and state legislators are poised to take the next step...

"There is significant evidence that reductions in marginal state tax rates encourage state economic growth." Arkansas Policy Foundation, 1998  (July 2021) Opponents of tax cuts argue they do not impact economic growth. Yet federal data...

"There is significant evidence that reductions in marginal state tax rates encourage state economic growth ... Rates on productive behavior should be reduced." Arkansas Policy Foundation, 1998 (July 2021) Four of six states that border...

"There is significant evidence that reductions in marginal state tax rates encourage state economic growth ...Rates on productive behavior should be reduced." “Arkansas Policy Foundation, Murphy Commission project, 1998 (June 2021) Three states that border...

Department of Finance and Administration - Five-Year Review (2015-2020) In late 2015, Governor Asa Hutchinson directed executive agencies under his jurisdiction to assist the Arkansas Policy Foundation "in its evaluation of our state government and...

"Dr. Thomas A. Bruce, former dean at UAMS told a Policy Foundation forum that prevention and "a team approach" are key to improving medical care access in rural Arkansas." (Policy Foundation research memo, June 11,...

(March 2021) A proposal pending in the state House of Representatives would reduce Arkansas' top income tax ratefrom 5.9% to 5.8%, public records show. House Bill 1403, sponsored by State Rep. John Maddox, R-Mena, would...

(March 2021) Arkansas' job creation rate in the Leisure and Hospitality employment supersector declined after two minimum wage increases last decade, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) records show. Early in the 21st century, Arkansas'...