July 2010
POLICY FOUNDATION TO HOST JULY 30 EVENT HONORING DR. MILTON FRIEDMAN
(July 2010) The Policy Foundation will host a July 30 event honoring the late Dr. Milton Friedman (1912-2006), the 1976 Nobel Laureate in Economics and a proponent of educational choice. His wife, Rose D. Friedman...
July 2010
DATA SHOW LITTLE ROCK CHARTERS SAFER THAN TRADITIONAL PUBLIC SCHOOLS
(July 2010) Little Rock charter schools reported no discipline incidents but 26 of 34 local traditional public schools reported weapons incidents, staff assaults or student assaults, according to a Policy Foundation review of 2009...
July 2010
Ethics Reform: Expand Lobbyist Transparency
The Policy Foundation’s interest in ethics reform dates to 1998 when it made recommendations to prevent double-dipping in terms of compensation. Double-dipping has reemerged in the past year following media reports that Arkansas government officials returned...
July 2010
Continue to Phase-Out the Grocery Tax
Democratic Gov. Mike Beebe in 2007 proposed a 50 percent reduction in the state sales tax on groceries. The tax cut, enacted by the General Assembly reduced the grocery tax from six to three cents. The...
June 2010
ONE HIDDEN COST OF OBAMACARE: MORE RED TAPE FOR ARKANSAS SMALL BUSINESS
(June 2010) Arkansas small businesses face increased red tape as the result of a little-noticed provision in Obamacare that requires them to file a 1099 tax form with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) each time...
June 2010
ARKANSAS EMPLOYMENT AT 2004 LEVEL Job Losses Follow 4 Years of Subpar Growth
“The long-suffering people of Arkansas deserve policies that create a vast, stable and prosperous middle class, not ideas that create more poverty. They deserve the opportunity to achieve the American dream through good-paying private sector...
April 2010
THE ARKANSAS INFORMATION ECONOMY OBSTACLES AND OPPORTUNITY
Economic Overview Information is classified by the U.S. government as a private service- providing sector. The sector, despite adjusting for recession, has barely grown in a two- decade period. There were 17,200 Information...
April 2010
Reduce State Income Tax Rates
The following chart prepared by the Federation of State Tax Administrators shows that the Arkansas state income tax rate (top bracket) is higher than the six states that share its border: State Top Rate Arkansas...
April 2010
Policy Foundation To Host Virtual Education Conference May 4 At Clinton Presidential Center
(April 2010) The Policy Foundation is hosting a one-day conference on virtual education on May 4 at the Clinton Presidential Center in downtown Little Rock. There is no charge to attend the conference, and...
March 2010
Use Dynamic Analysis in Revenue Estimation
Dynamic analysis is an attempt to measure the full impact of fiscal policy revisions, including tax proposals, on revenue estimates. It can also provide legislators with more information when considering fiscal proposals. One example...
