Legislators Consider Ending Ark Health Insurance Marketplace
Arkansas Insurance Commissioner Allen Kerr told state legislators yesterday that consolidating the Arkansas Health Insurance Marketplace (AHIM) into the Arkansas Insurance Department would save the...
View ArticleEfficiency In State Government: Arkansas Development Finance Authority
Burkes and the ADFA are just another example of the good work many state agencies have been doing in recent years to be more efficient with taxpayer dollars. The post Efficiency In State Government:...
View ArticleCotton Has a Plan for Rogue Federal Employees
Senator Tom Cotton is offering some advice to President Trump in dealing with the dispute over who heads the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). Richard Cordray, the former director of the...
View ArticleTime for Eminent Domain Reform
“Arkansas’s present eminent domain laws have a number of notable shortcomings that leave property owners vulnerable to abusive takings.” That is the conclusion of Ilya Somin, a George Mason University...
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Scalia: Article V Conventions Can Be Limited
One of the main fears expressed by opponents of an Article V convention is the perceived danger of a “runaway convention” — a convention in which delegates support changes to the Constitution that go...
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Tax Freedom Day Is Here!
Congratulations! If you live in Arkansas, today is the day that you — on average — have managed to pay off your 2015 tax bill, and you may now spend the remaining 8.5 months of the year working to put...
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The Cost of Corporate Welfare
While they disagree on a lot, both Democratic and Republican elected officials seem to believe that economic development incentives are vital to the state’s economy. These incentives, which are...
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Fixing Corporate Welfare in Arkansas
Can corporate welfare (or, if you prefer, “economic development”) be improved in Arkansas? The answer is clearly “yes,” but what would this improvement entail? For some, it would mean ending the Quick...
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An Absurd Idea to Regulate Social Media
The 92nd session of the Arkansas General Assembly convenes next month. Even though legislators haven’t yet met in Little Rock, I may have found the most absurd bill of this session: a proposal by Rep....
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The Human Cost of Cosmetology Licensing
It should come to no surprise to the readers of TAP that sometimes people use the political system to rig the game in their favor. While these interested parties often promote their policy preferences...
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