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The Arkansas Policy Foundation is a nonpartisan, non-profit organization that analyzes the impact of public policy on Arkansas and makes recommendations. The Foundation emphasizes the importance of tax policy and education reform.

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January 2024

State Retains Mckinsey & Co. For Efficiency Initiative

(1Q-2024) The state of Arkansas has retained management consulting firm McKinsey & Co. for a three-year efficiency initiative, according to...Read More
January 2024

Arkansas Higher Education Spending

"All post-secondary students enrolled in public, private or for-profit colleges and universities operating in Arkansas are our customers. To successfully...Read More
December 2023

State School Choice Market Nears 115,000

(December 2023) Nearly 115,000 Arkansas students attend charter, home or private schools, or are enrolled in a public school choice...Read More
October 2023

Nearly 5,000 Students Utilize LEARNS Act ESAs

(October 2023) Nearly 5,000 Arkansas K-12 students have taken advantage of the education savings account (ESA) component of the LEARNS...Read More
September 2023

Income Tax Chronology

"The state's income tax should be reduced … Consider an across-the-board cut, reduce the marginal rates, exempt taxpayers below a...Read More

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    Media Highlights

    Established in 1995, the Arkansas Policy Foundation (APF) is a conservative think tank based in Little Rock, Arkansas. According to APF, the organization "emphasizes the importance of tax policy and education reform. Check our media highlights for news and insights on the latest policy and updates.

    2018 Policy Foundation Media Highlights

    2018 Policy Foundation Media Highlights "A good sign" Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Benton County Daily Record Northwest Arkansas Times December 28, 2018 "State's joblessness rate ticks up to 3.6%" Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Benton County Daily Record Northwest Arkansas...

    2017 Policy Foundation Media Highlights

    "County buoys state income rankings" Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Northwest Arkansas Times Benton County Daily Record November 28, 2017 "Support Ag Department efficiency" Jonesboro Sun November 27, 2017 "Arkansas' out-of-job rate rises to 3.6%;analyst notes lag in...

    2016 Policy Foundation Media Highlights

    "State jobless rate holds steady at 4%" Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Northwest Arkansas Times Benton County Daily Record December 17, 2016 "More with less: Government efficiency possible" Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Northwest Arkansas Times Benton County Daily Record December...

    2015 Policy Foundation Media Highlights

    "For first time since '08, state's jobless rate at 5%" Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Northwest Arkansas Times Benton County Daily Record December 19, 2015 "DHS To Get Efficiency Review" Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Northwest Arkansas Times Benton County Daily...

    2014 Policy Foundation Media Highlights

    2014 Policy Foundation Media Highlights "School Choice Advances In Region" Jonesboro Sun December 14 2014 "The Arkansas Labor Pool Migrates from Manufacturing to Service Sectors" Talk Business & Politics November-December 2014 "Arkansas jobs rate at...

    2013 Policy Foundation Media Highlights

    2013 Policy Foundation Media Highlights "State's unemployment rate holds at 7.5%" Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Benton County Daily Record Northwest Arkansas Times December 21, 2013 Dave Elswick Show KARN-AM 920 November 26, 2013 November 20, 2013 "Arkansas...

    2012 Policy Foundation Media Highlights

    2012 Policy Foundation Media Highlights "Best Books 2012" Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Benton County Daily Record Northwest Arkansas Times December 23, 2012 "State jobless rate dips to 7%, but work force is shrinking" Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Benton County...

    2011 Policy Foundation Media Highlights

    2011 Policy Foundation Media Highlights Best Books Arkansas Democrat-Gazette December 18, 2011 "Incometaxinsaw" Arkansas Democrat-Gazette December 5, 2011 "State recovery seen beating '01 rally" Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Benton County Daily Record November 11, 2011 "Manufacturing Jobs...

    2010 Policy Foundation Media Highlights

    2010 Policy Foundation Media Highlights "Snyder: We've got to think, act positive" Detroit Free Press December 30, 2010 "Fort Smith area running low on publicly held companies" City Wire December 8, 2010 "Arkansas Policy Foundation...

    2009 Policy Foundation Media Highlights

    2009 Policy Foundation Media Highlights "Best Books '09" Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Benton County Daily Record Northwest Arkansas Times Herald-Leader (Siloam Springs) December 20, 2009 "State's jobless rate dips to 7.4%" Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Benton County Daily Record...

    2008 Policy Foundation Media Highlights

    2008 Policy Foundation Media Highlights "Recession A Year Old, Bureau Says. Economists Confirm Its 2007 Start" Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Northwest Arkansas Times December 2, 2008 "Making The Grade" Log Cabin Democrat (Conway) October 10, 2008 "Economist...

    Visibility: Media Highlights

    "Job growth, tax revenue remains strong in Arkansas' top metro areas"
    Talk Business
    September 21, 2023
    
    "The Compass Report: Arkansas, metro area economies 'robust' to begin 2023"
    Talk Business
    June 13, 2023
    
    "UAFS, Talk Business partner to relaunch The Compass Report"
    Talk Business
    June 4, 2023
    
    "A Top 10 Arkansas Metric"
    Talk Business
    March 10, 2023
    
    "Market Growing"
    Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
    Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
    February 27, 2023
    
    "School Choice in 2023: 10 States to Watch"
    Washington Examiner
    January 25, 2023
    "Expansion, Not Recession"
    MIRS Michigan
    August 2022
    
    "State of the State Mid-2022"
    Talk Business
    August 9, 2022
    
    "Why Utah leads the U.S. in Economic Growth"
    The Salt Lake Tribune
    June 7, 2022
    
    "A Capital Proposal"
    Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
    Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
    May 27, 2022
    
    "A Sandbox to Create Jobs In?"
    Jonesboro Sun
    May 9, 2022
    
    "U.S. Economic Expansion, Year Three"
    Talk Business
    May 8, 2022
    
    "Sharp County's Economic Potential"
    Village Journal
    April 6, 2022
    "Improved Position"
    Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
    Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
    December 16, 2021
    
    "Civil justice solutions emerge in Little Rock, not Washington"
    Jonesboro Sun
    November 29, 2021
    
    "State Income Tax Front And Center"
    Arkansas Money & Politics
    October 14, 2021
    
    "White County's educational advantage"
    The Daily Citizen (Searcy)
    October 9-10, 2021
    
    "Local Economic News Is Good"
    Jonesboro Sun
    August 26, 2021
    
    "The Shortest Recession"
    Talk Business
    August 18, 2021
    
    "Border States Reduce Income Taxes"
    Jonesboro Sun
    August 3, 2021
    
    "Inflation"
    Natural State News
    June 22, 2021
    
    "Tax Cut On The Agenda"
    Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
    Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
    June 4, 2021
    
    "Fort Smith's Educational Advantage"
    Southwest Times Record
    May 2, 2021
    
    "Fort Smith's Niche"
    Talk Business
    April 18, 2021
    
    "State departments fail to provide review of savings"
    Jonesboro Sun
    April 1, 2021
    
    "State jobless rate hit 4.2% last month; Arkansas' figure 9th-lowest in U.S."
    Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
    January 27, 2021
    
    "Steep increase reported in Arkansas job numbers; December jobless rate falls to 4.2%"
    Talk Business
    KATV-ABC 7
    January 26, 2021
    "Early in the game"
    Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
    Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
    November 16, 2020
    
    "Licensing Reform"
    Jonesboro Sun
    October 29, 2020
    
    "Arkansas jobless rate dips to 7.3% in September, but number of unemployed rises more than 100%"
    Talk Business
    October 20, 2020
    
    "Arkansas Improves Economic Ranking"
    Arkansas Business
    October 19, 2020
    
    Second federal stimulus plan
    Talk Business
    October 8, 2020
    
    "Arkansas' 'remarkable' tax revenue"
    Talk Business
    October 2, 2020
    
    "Concurrent Enrollment: An Innovation"
    Baxter Bulletin
    September 16, 2020
    
    "Market economy key to future prosperity"
    Hot Springs Sentinel-Record
    August 2, 2020
    
    "State's jobless rate decreases to 9.5%"
    Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
    El Dorado News-Times
    Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
    June 20, 2020
    
    "Hope For Future: Past Can Inform Outlook"
    Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
    Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
    June 12, 2020
    
    "Education markets exist in Faulkner County"
    Log Cabin Democrat
    June 11, 2020
    
    "NBER: U.S. enters recession, ending longest economic expansion in U.S. history"
    Talk Business
    June 8, 2020
    
    "Most postwar recessions did not exceed 10 months"
    Talk Business
    May 10, 2020
    
    "Dimensions of School Choice"
    Pocahontas Star Herald
    April 23, 2020
    
    "Number of unemployed rises 37.4% in March,jobless rate rises to 4.8%"
    Talk Business
    April 17, 2020
    
    "February jobless rate in state still at 3.5%"
    Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
    Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
    March 28, 2020
    
    "Embrace change"
    Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
    Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
    March 21, 2020
    
    "Unemployment rate for state in January holds steady at 3.5%"
    Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
    Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
    March 17, 2020
    
    "Should government compete with the private sector?"
    Jonesboro Sun
    February 24, 2020
    
    "State's joblessness rate holds at 3.6%"
    Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
    Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
    January 25, 2020
    
    "Arkansas job numbers up 1.25% in 2019,jobless rate holds at 3.6% in December"
    Talk Business
    January 24, 2020
    "Arkansas jobless rate up to 3.6% in November, jobs up 1.07% year-over-year"
    Talk Business
    December 20, 2019
    
    "State jobless rate stays rooted at 3.5%"
    Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
    Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
    November 20, 2019
    
    "Arkansas' jobless rate remains steady at 3.5%; more than 1,600 new jobs added last month"
    Talk Business
    November 19, 2019
    
    "State's jobless rate creeps up to 3.5%"
    Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
    Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
    October 19, 2019
    
    "Arkansas' jobless rate edges up to 3.5% as state labor pool sheds workers"
    Talk Business
    October 18, 2019
    
    "Fort Smith accountant plays role in government reorganization"
    Booneville Democrat
    Southwest Times Records
    October 13, 2019
    
    "Accounting and Reorganization"
    Jonesboro Sun
    October 10, 2019
    
    "More of Arkansas' schools graded A in year evaluation: Also, fewer F's handed out"
    Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
    Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
    October 10, 2019
    
    "How low can it go? (Arkansas' Unemployment Rate)"
    Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
    Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
    September 30, 2019
    
    "Recession Call Is Premature"
    Talk Business
    September 8, 2019
    
    "Unemployment rate in state dips to 3.4%"
    Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
    Benton County Daily Record
    Northwest Arkansas Times
    August 17, 2019
    
    "Jobless rate falls in state to 3.5%, lowest on record"
    Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
    Benton County Daily Record
    Northwest Arkansas Times
    July 20, 2019
    
    "State's jobless rate steady at 3.6%"
    Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
    Benton County Daily Record
    Northwest Arkansas Times
    June 22, 2019
    
    "Arkansas jobless rate holds at 3.6%, nonfarm payrolls at record levels"
    Talk Business
    June 21, 2019
    
    "New era for performance measures"
    Jonesboro Sun
    May 23, 2019
    
    "For efficiency: agency will define reorganization"
    Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
    Benton County Daily Record
    Northwest Arkansas Times
    May 6, 2019
    
    "Reorganizing state government"
    Arkansas Business
    May 6, 2019
    
    "The Texas school choice market"
    Abilene Reporter-News
    April 6, 2019
    
    "Notes on a high-performing Delta county"
    Talk Business
    March 27, 2019
    
    "State jobless rate up: industry gains"
    Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
    Benton County Daily Record
    Northwest Arkansas Times
    March 23, 2019
    
    "Tax liens an overlooked problem in Arkansas"
    Batesville Daily Guard
    March 22, 2019
    
    "State's jobless rate holds in January"
    Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
    Benton County Daily Record
    Northwest Arkansas Times
    March 12, 2019
    
    "Speakers Circuit"
    El Dorado News-Times
    March 10, 2019
    
    "Citizenship informs efficiency"
    El Dorado News-Times
    March 9, 2019
    
    "Incentives to Pander"
    Regulation
    Spring 2019
    
    "Give Families Freedom to Choose"
    Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
    Benton County Daily Record
    Northwest Arkansas Times
    February 5, 2019
    
    "Arkansas manufacturing sector faces dearth of skilled workers with tight labor pool, low unemployment"
    Talk Business
    February 2, 2019
    
    "Senate panel takes up governor’s transformation plan, asks for financial impact analysis"
    Talk Business
    January 22, 2019
    
    "Arkansas joblessness rate stays put at 3.6%"
    Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
    Benton County Daily Record
    Northwest Arkansas Times
    El Dorado News-Times
    January 19, 2019
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