Policy Research

(2Q-2021) Cutting Arkansas' top income tax rate to 4.79% would place it among the third of states with the lowest rates, a reversal of its relative position in 2015 when it ranked among states with...

"Arkansas would benefit from comprehensive, pro-growth reform; Arkansans are not under-taxed; taxes and rates do matter to entrepreneurs; dynamic scoring of tax changes and effects provides benefits." Arkansas Policy Foundation Mission Statement (December 2021) A...

(UPDATED: November 12, 2021) More than 110,000 Arkansas students will attend charter, home or private schools,or are eligible to participate in a public school choice program in the current (2021-22) school year, state Department of...

(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...