Blog — The Bluegrass Institute for Public Policy Solutions

Blog — The Bluegrass Institute for Public Policy Solutions

Posts by Jim Waters

New analysis of Jefferson County Public Schools spending, performance finds increasingly less bang for increasingly more bucks

Education SpendingJim WatersApril 1, 2024NAEP, KSA, ACT data, Achievement Gaps

State Senate takes final step in giving voters the chance to support educational freedom for Kentucky families

School ChoiceJim WatersMarch 15, 2024House Bill 2, Constitutional Amendment

Education choice saving Arizona millions

Education choice saving Arizona millions

Bluegrass Beacon, School Choice, Education SpendingJim WatersMarch 14, 2024Arizona's ESA program, Vicki Alger Ph-D-

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

Give parents educational choice, save K-12 systems millions

School ChoiceJim WatersMarch 7, 2024Arizona's ESA program, Vicki Alger Ph-D-, Education spending

What research really says about school choice

School ChoiceJim WatersMarch 6, 2024John Schaff, Indiana, Ohio, Constitutional Amendment

BIPPS president makes the case for choice, transparency in KET debate

Media, School Choice, Transparency and Accou..., Education Reform, Education SpendingJim WatersFebruary 16, 2024Constitutional Amendment

Bluegrass Institute analysis of K-12 spending: Less bang for billions of Kentucky taxpayers’ bucks

Bluegrass Institute analysis of K-12 spending: Less bang for billions of Kentucky taxpayers’ bucks

Education Reform, Education Spending, School Choice, State BudgetJim WatersFebruary 12, 2024KERA, Education Efficiency

BIPPS on 'Ky Tonight': Education freedom on Monday's agenda

Media, School Choice, Education, Education SpendingJim WatersFebruary 11, 2024Kentucky Tonight

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

New Year’s wish for the ’24 legislature: Yield not to spending temptations

New Year’s wish for the ’24 legislature: Yield not to spending temptations

State Budget, TaxesJim WatersJanuary 10, 2024Budget Reserve Trust Fund, Budget surplus, Pension COLA

Bluegrass Institute Policy Point releases analysis of trends in K-12 education

Education SpendingJim WatersJanuary 4, 2024Black-White achievement gap, Teacher Salaries, SEEK Funding, Non-teaching staff

Franklin Circuit Court's charter-school ruling: Our founders would not agree

Franklin Circuit Court's charter-school ruling: Our founders would not agree

School ChoiceJim WatersDecember 11, 2023Charter schools, HB 9

Energy one of the three ‘E’s’ of Kentucky campaigns

Energy one of the three ‘E’s’ of Kentucky campaigns

Bluegrass Beacon, Energy, ElectionJim WatersNovember 6, 2023war on coal, PSC

Anticompetitive certificate of need laws: Wrong prescription with serious side effects

Anticompetitive certificate of need laws: Wrong prescription with serious side effects

Bluegrass Beacon, Health CareJim WatersOctober 17, 2023Certificate of need, Rural hospitals

Lawmakers outsmart governor, tuck universal school choice into the budget

School ChoiceJim WatersSeptember 27, 2023Universal school choice, North Carolina

New group's mission: Support choice, equip teachers, stress civics and offer ed solutions

BIPPS Broadcast, Education Reform, Civics, School ChoiceJim WatersSeptember 18, 2023

More for taxpayers means more for government, too

More for taxpayers means more for government, too

Bluegrass Beacon, Economic Revival, State BudgetJim WatersAugust 26, 2023Government spending, Rainy Day Funds

BIPPS @ the Table: CON laws interfere with competition, 'impedes entry of additional providers into markets'

BIPPS @ the Table: CON laws interfere with competition, 'impedes entry of additional providers into markets'

Health Care, Economic RevivalJim WatersAugust 23, 2023Certificate of need, Dr. John Garen, Legislative task force