Bluegrass Beacon: Some government distancing, anyone? Bluegrass Beacon, Economic Revival, Smaller Government, Individual LibertyApril 10, 2020COVID-19, sick leave, state budget
Use COVID-19 crisis to make good spending decisions Bluegrass Beacon, State BudgetApril 8, 2020COVID-19, Kentucky Wired, state budget, UofL-Jewish Hospital
Bluegrass Beacon: Why the political war dance against pension reform? Bluegrass Beacon, PensionsAugust 20, 2018Gov Paul Patton, Gov- Steve Beshear, KERS, Senate Bill 142, state budgetComment
BIPPS on 'Ky Tonight': Is Bevin’s proposed budget anti-education? Education, MediaJim WatersFebruary 4, 2018Black-white achievement gap, Kentucky Tonight, SBDM Councils, school choice, state budgetComment
Mark Twain MIGHT have been writing about some current school board members Education, News, Transparency and Accou...Richard InnesOctober 4, 2016Education, Reduce Government Spending, School Funding in Kentucky, SEEK Funding, state budget, taxes, TransparencyComment
Feds contribute less to education in 2014! Education, News, Transparency and Accou...Richard InnesJuly 8, 2016Education, education spending, Federal Education Spending, state budget, taxesComment
Bluegrass Beacon - ‘Just Say No’: Good for campaigning, bad for governing ElectionJim WatersMarch 18, 2016Divided government, Gov- Matt Bevin, House Speaker Greg Stumbo, Political gridlock, President Barack Obama, Rep- Jeff Taylor, Special elections, state budgetComment
OKI’s claim that Cincy Eastern Bypass would cost twice that of a new bridge: Wholly unsubstantiated, defies common sense Reduce Government Spen..., TransportationJim WatersFebruary 10, 2016Brent Spence Bridge, Cincy Eastern Bypass, Gov- Matt Bevin, Joe Meyer, Mark Policinski, NKyUnited, OKI, state budgetComment
Education feeding at the federal trough Education, Transparency and Accou...Richard InnesFebruary 1, 2016Education, Federal Education Spending, Federal Intrusion Into States' Rights, Federal Overreach, Reduce Government Spending, state budget, taxes Comments
Spending cuts? What spending cuts? Reduce Government Spen...Jim WatersJanuary 12, 2016Government spending, state budgetComment
Kentucky Tonight Follow-Up – How do Kentucky’s taxpayers really perform for education? Education, Media, Transparency and Accou...Richard InnesJuly 2, 2015Education, Education Finance, state budget, taxesComment
Unfunded teacher salary mandate forcing staff out of schools Education, NewsRichard InnesApril 24, 2014Education, state budget, teachers, Unfunded MandatesComment
Inconsistent priorities splitting education in two, or worse Education, NewsRichard InnesJanuary 30, 2014Common Core State Standards, Next Generation Science Standards, state budget, taxesComment
Bluegrass Institute’s Kentucky Legislative Economics Seminar: Maurice McTigue Education, Smaller Government, Transparency and Accou...Richard InnesSeptember 19, 2013Future Shock, Pension reform, Reduce Government Spending, state budget, taxesComment
Bluegrass Institute’s Kentucky Legislative Economics Seminar Increase Free Markets, Reduce Government Spen..., Smaller Government, Transparency and Accou...Richard InnesSeptember 13, 2013Future Shock, Pension reform, Public Pensions, Reduce Government Spending, state budget, taxesComment
Education Secretary called out over inflated claims about sequestration Education, News, Transparency and Accou...Richard InnesMarch 1, 2013Sequester, state budget, taxes, TransparencyComment
Moving Kentucky’s minimum dropout age to 18 will cost how much? EducationRichard InnesFebruary 11, 2013Age 18 Dropout Law, Age 18 Dropout Minimum, Dropouts, graduation rates, state budget, taxesComment
Bluegrass Institute talks tax and budget reform on WHAS Reduce Government Spen..., Transparency and Accou...Jim WatersSeptember 24, 2012Bluegrass Mondays on 84WHAS, state budget, tax reformComment
Reason to give #25: Transparency in the budget process Transparency and Accou...Jim WatersSeptember 4, 2012Kentucky 1792, state budget, TransparencyComment
Focus on wasteful spending, not more revenue Reduce Government Spen..., Smaller GovernmentJim WatersJune 26, 2012debt, Kentucky Club for Growth, state budgetComment
