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Ring education’s liberty bell in Kentucky, too

Bluegrass Beacon, Education, School ChoiceNovember 3, 2019Blacks charter schools' performance, Blacks Continue Falling Through the Gaps, Rev- Sharon Felton

Bluegrass Beacon: The politics of priorities

Bluegrass Beacon, Election, Event, State BudgetOctober 27, 2019Attorney General Andy Beshear, Budget priorities, Campaign debates, Gov- Matt Bevin

Bluegrass Beacon: Don’t force taxpayers to finance failing projects

Bluegrass Beacon, News, Taxes, Health CareOctober 25, 2019Gov- Matt Bevin, KentuckyOne Health, Neeli Bendaudi, Senate President Robert Stivers, Speaker David Osborne, UofL-Jewish Hospital

Bluegrass Beacon: Was Jesus a ‘Super Socialist’?

Bluegrass Beacon, School ChoiceOctober 22, 2019Ivonne Rovira, Jesus Christ, John 10, Mark 7, Save Our Schools Kentucky, Sen- Bernie Sanders, Sen- Rand Paul, Socialism, The Case Against Socialism

Bluegrass Beacon: Drama of disruptive protests exacerbates testing woes

Bluegrass Beacon, Education, Higher Education, School ChoiceJim WatersOctober 11, 20192019 ACT Benchmark scores, 2019 KPREP scores, CSI schools

Bluegrass Beacon: KEA chief’s ditty full of fearmongering, misinformation

Bluegrass Beacon, Education, School ChoiceOctober 4, 2019KEA, Scholarship Tax Credits, School choice savings, Vicki Alger Ph-D-

Bluegrass Beacon: Will the real AARP please stand up?

Bluegrass Beacon, Drug Pricing, Health CareJim WatersSeptember 27, 2019AARP, Affo0rdable Care Act, UnitedHealth

Bluegrass Beacon - Lacking: Transparency and judicial good sense

Bluegrass Beacon, Transparency and Accou..., PensionsJim WatersSeptember 8, 2019Franklin Circuit Judge Phillip Shepherd, Investment returns, Judicial bias, Kentucky Labor Cabinet, KRS, social media, State Auditor Mike Harmon, Teacher Sick Outs, TRS

Bluegrass Beacon: Is capitalism to blame?

Bluegrass BeaconJim WatersSeptember 1, 2019CREATES Act, Drug prices, Generic drug savings, Insulin, Kentucky Medicaid, Reverse settlement payments

Bluegrass Beacon: Simple awareness can thwart threats

Bluegrass Beacon, NewsJim WatersSeptember 1, 2019gun control, Kentucky Center for School Safety, Paul Laurence Dunbar HS, Red flag laws

Bluegrass Beacon: Kentucky’s campaigns: Right-left or rural-suburban?

Bluegrass BeaconJim WatersMay 31, 20192019 Primary Election, Voter turnout, Voting demographic patternsComment

Bluegrass Beacon: Retrofit Kentucky’s odd, off-year elections

Bluegrass Beacon, Election, Reduce Government Spen...May 30, 2019Judge-Executive Kenny Imes, Voter turnout

Bluegrass Beacon: Adkins could reap millions in pension windfall

Bluegrass Beacon, Election, PensionsJim WatersMay 24, 20192019 election, Adkins, Greed Bill, Pension reform

Bluegrass Beacon: Salvation for sins of the pension fathers

Bluegrass Beacon, PensionsMay 17, 2019Pension reform, QERSComment

Bluegrass Beacon: Opportunity costs of pleasing unions tragically high for charter-less minorities

Bluegrass Beacon, Education, School ChoiceJim WatersMay 12, 2019Academic achievement gap, Bill de Blasio, charter schools, Eva Moskowitz, Success AcademyComment

Bluegrass Beacon: Bigoted anti-choice statement a new low

Bluegrass Beacon, Education, School ChoiceJim WatersMarch 15, 2019Ad hominem attacks, Rep- Kelly Flood, Scholarship Tax Credits, School Choice ScholarshipsComment

Bluegrass Beacon: Defective SBDM policy foils education reforms

Bluegrass Beacon, EducationMarch 1, 2019Office of Education Accountability, SBDM Councils Comment

Bluegrass Beacon – Pension-reform reset: A win-win for teachers, taxpayers

Bluegrass Beacon, PensionsFebruary 24, 2019KentuckyPensionTruth-com, TRS unused sick days Comments

Bluegrass Beacon: Education facelift incomplete without school choice

Bluegrass Beacon, Education, School ChoiceJim WatersJanuary 25, 2019National School Choice Week, State Education SpendingComment

Bluegrass Beacon: Avoid ‘fatal’ delay-of-game penalties for needed policies

Bluegrass Beacon, Education, PensionsJanuary 4, 20192019 General Assembly, charter schools, Senate Bill 151, Teachers retirement planComment