Policy Research

"The Foundation encourages citizenship." Excerpt from the Policy Foundation's Mission Statement   (November 2018) On Nov. 27 the Policy Foundation hosted a Fiscal Policy Forum at Heifer Village in Little Rock to provide Arkansas citizens...

(October 2018) The Policy Foundation will host a fiscal policy forum Nov. 27  (10 a.m.-2 p.m.) at Heifer Village in Little Rock to examine ideas expected to be considered in the 92nd General Assembly (2019) of the...

  (September 2018) Utah leads the United States in jobs creation since the end of the Great Recession in mid-2009, expanding payroll employment at a 28.4% rate versus the 14% national average, U.S. Bureau of...

"There is significant evidence that reductions in marginal state tax rates encourage state economic growth ...Rates on productive behavior should be reduced." “Reduce the state's income tax…repeal the state's capital gains tax.” Arkansas Policy Foundation, Murphy...

  "Most Arkansans pay their state taxes on time but others, including some officials, have contributed to an accounts receivable backlog that experts say totals nearly $300 million. Transparency tools allow citizens to learn if...

"Define and implement a system of performance-based pay for all state employees." Policy Foundation research report,1 1998   "The most common piece of feedback received from interviews and survey respondents was that the current salary structure is...

"The (Education) department's performance measures are inadequate and must be strengthened." Policy Foundation, "Arkansas Efficiency Project, 2016   (June 2018) It pays to be a Little Rock School District employee more than a top state...

  "The (Education) department's performance measures are inadequate and must be strengthened." Policy Foundation, "Arkansas Efficiency Project, 2016   (May 2018) The Dollarway School District, taken over by the state in 2015, spent $8,309,639 on...

"Compliant taxpayers are suffering from a lack of service, as a result of lagged collection and payment activities" by Arkansans not paying their taxes. PricewaterhouseCoopers LLC, Efficiency Project report, 2016   (May 2018) The state Department...

"Mission Statements. Agency officials expressed support for efficiency as a concept, though few mission statements include the term. Each agency should include the word efficiency in their mission statement and post it online in an...