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Chorus of concerns raised in hearing about crime bill’s cost, consequences

Criminal Justice ReformJim WatersMarch 13, 2024House Bill 5

Kentucky Right on Crime Director: The Good, the Bad and the Unknown about the 'Safer Kentucky Act'

Media, Criminal Justice ReformJim WatersMarch 12, 2024Joey Comley, Right on Crime, House Bill 5

Bluegrass Institute releases policy brief on ‘Safer Kentucky Act’

Criminal Justice Reform, LegalJim WatersJanuary 23, 2024Safer Kentucky Act, Violent crime, Fentanyl, Firearms, Protecting Law Enforcement, Carjacking, Workplace Violence, Domestic Violence, Homelessness, Involuntary Commitment, Juvenile Justice, Criminal Mischief, Charitable Bail Policy, Intimidating Participants in a Legal Process, Offender Re-entry

Bill decriminalizing possession of fentanyl testing strips passes Senate committee

Bill decriminalizing possession of fentanyl testing strips passes Senate committee

Criminal Justice ReformJim WatersMarch 29, 2023#KYGA23, Fentanyl testing strips

Changing policy, saving lives

Changing policy, saving lives

Bluegrass Beacon, Criminal Justice ReformJim WatersMarch 24, 2023Fentanyl testing strips

#KyGa23 Week Six: Bills passed to limit state ed board, keep politics out of pensions and decriminalize fentanyl testing strips

#KyGa23 Week Six: Bills passed to limit state ed board, keep politics out of pensions and decriminalize fentanyl testing strips

COVID-19, Criminal Justice Reform, Education Reform, Pensions, School Choice, TaxesGuest UserMarch 12, 2023Constitutional Amendment, KBE, Fetanyl, Barrel tax

Persistent Felony Offender bill offers 'more just and reasonable approach'

Criminal Justice ReformGuest UserMarch 7, 2023PFO sentencing reforms

KYGA23: Week Three

KYGA23: Week Three

Education, Education Reform, Labor, Pensions, School Choice, Criminal Justice ReformGuest UserFebruary 19, 2023school choice, Juvenile justice, ESG

Kentucky’s high incarceration rates ‘unacceptable’

Criminal Justice ReformGuest UserJanuary 26, 2023Incarceration rates, Treating inmates

‘Clear and convincing’ missing from proposed amendments on Kentucky's ballot

Bluegrass Beacon, Criminal Justice Reform, LegalOctober 13, 20202020 Constitutional Amendments, Extending judges' terms, Judge Amy Coney Barrett, Marsy's Law

Current environment provides opportunity to advance school choice

Bluegrass Beacon, Criminal Justice Reform, Education Reform, School ChoiceJune 25, 2020Black-white achievement gap, BLM, charter schools

Recommendations for a taxpayer-friendly COVID-19 legislative finale offering promise for post-virus recovery

Criminal Justice Reform, Economic Revival, Regulation, State Budget, Taxes, PensionsMarch 30, 20202021-22 State Budget, CERS new board, Marsy's Law, TRS hybrid plan

Kentucky climbing the ladder on criminal justice reform

Criminal Justice ReformFebruary 24, 2020Juvenile justice, Sentence credits, Theft thresholds

Marsy's Law bill would ill-advisedly - and unnecessarily - amend Kentucky's Constitution

Criminal Justice ReformJim WatersJanuary 11, 2020Marsy's Law, Schickel, Westerfield

Guest op-ed: Marsy's Law undermines Kentucky Constitution

Criminal Justice ReformOctober 26, 2018Constitutional Amendment, Franklin Circuit Court, Marsy's Law, Sen- John Shickel, Victims Bill of RightsComment

Former Kentucky Chief Justice comments on Trump's Supreme Court nominee

Criminal Justice Reform, Legal, RegulationJim WatersFebruary 1, 2017Chief Justice Joseph Lambert, Congress, Judge Antonin Scalia, Judge Neil Gorsuch, U-S- ConstitutionComment

Bluegrass Beacon: Second chances for felons and taxpayers

Criminal Justice Reform, Reduce Government Spen..., Health CareJim WatersApril 5, 2016Expungement, Kentucky Medicaid enrollment, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Comment

Bluegrass Beacon..Expungement: Don’t sacrifice the very good for the perfect

Criminal Justice ReformJim WatersJanuary 29, 2016Felony expungement, Gov- Matt Bevin, House Bill 40, Rebecca Collett, Rep- Darryl Owens, Rep- David Floyd, Rep- Robert Benvenuti, Smart on Crime Comment