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MEDIA ALERT: News Conference on Thursday, Oct. 29, to oppose proposed resataurant tax increase in Shelbyville

Media, TaxesJim WatersOctober 28, 2015Restaurant tax, ShelbyvilleComment

Innes going live on WLLV Friday morning

Education, Media, News, Transparency and Accou...Richard InnesOctober 22, 2015Achievement Gaps, Common Core State Standards, Jefferson County, Next Generation Science Standards, testing, Unbridled LearningComment

News release: Bluegrass Institute releases online report addressing Kentucky Education’s shaky ‘college and career readiness’ statistics

Education, Media, News, Transparency and Accou...Richard InnesOctober 9, 2015College and Career, College and/or Career Ready Rates, Common Core State Standards, graduation rates, Unbridled LearningComment

On the air September 28: Another ‘Bluegrass Monday’ with Mandy Connell on 840 WHAS

Education, Media, News, Transparency and Accou...Richard InnesSeptember 23, 2015Education, Transparency, Unbridled LearningComment

National Great Communicators competition will have a Kentucky participant!

MediaJim WatersSeptember 11, 2015Great Communicators Tournament, right to work, SPN, Think Freely MediaComment

Innes to talk with Mandy Connell on WHAS 840 tonight

Education, Media, NewsRichard InnesAugust 27, 2015ACT, EducationComment

BIPPS’ Innes discusses Common Core on air Monday

Education, Media, News, Transparency and Accou...Richard InnesAugust 19, 2015Common Core State Standards, Federal Involvement in Education, Next Generation Science Standards, Social Studies StandardsComment

Bluegrass Beacon: Politically inconvenient facts about Ky’s economic comeback

Economic Revival, Media, PensionsJim WatersAugust 8, 2015BIPPS Scholar Brian Strow, BLS, Eileen Norcross, Gov- Steve Beshear, High-school degree jobs, Joe Arnold, Kentucky pension crisis, KET Ky Tonight, Ky earnings, Mercatus Center, Rainy Day Fund, Site Selection, WHAS-TVComment

Publisher, councilman and successful businessman was a friend of the Bluegrass Institute

Media, NewsJim WatersAugust 8, 2015Ed Lane, Lexington-Fayette Urban County Council, The Lane ReportComment

BIPPS Scholar on 'Kentucky Tonight' @ 8 p.m. today

Economic Revival, Labor, MediaJim WatersJuly 27, 2015Americans for Prosperity, Kentucky Center for Economic Policy, KET Ky Tonight, United Food and Commercial Workers UnionComment

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

Kentucky Tonight Follow-Up – What’s the real story on Kentucky’s College and Career Readiness?

Education, Media, Transparency and Accou...Richard InnesJune 24, 2015ACT, Common Core State Standards, Education, graduation rates, Next Generation Science Standards, Unbridled LearningComment

Innes to appear on Kentucky Tonight Monday

Education, Media, NewsRichard InnesJune 19, 2015charter schools, Common Core State Standards, Education, Next Generation Science Standards, Public Pensions, school choiceComment

Kentucky teachers on Common Core problems someone might not want you to hear about

Education, Media, Transparency and Accou...Richard InnesMay 12, 2015Common Core State Standards, Next Generation Science Standards, Suppressed Report, teachersComment

Test publisher monitoring social media to catch kids in test compromises!

Education, Media, News, Transparency and Accou...Richard InnesMarch 14, 2015Common Core State Standards, Next Generation Science Standards, PARCC, testing, TransparencyComment

Liberty’s boosters & busters, courtesy of the Kentucky Legislature

Media, Reduce Government Spen..., Regulation, UncategorizedJim WatersMarch 8, 2015Antiquated telecom regulations, Bluegrass Beacon, Deregulation, ElectionsComment

In the media: Responding to the State of the Commonwealth speech

MediaJim WatersJanuary 8, 2015Bowling Green Daily News, Gov- Steve Be, Medicaid expansion, smoking bansComment

Media alert: Governor offers 'alternate reality' of Ky's dire condition

MediaJim WatersJanuary 7, 2015Achievement gap, Employment growth, Gov- Steve Beshear, Manufacturing sector, Per capita income, Private sector earnings, Public-pension crisis, right to work, State of the Commonwealth'15Comment

Right-to-work: Coming to a Kentucky county near you

Labor, MediaJim WatersJanuary 6, 2015County Right-to-Work Ordinance, KNN, Todd County, WHOPComment

Fulton County ignores union threats, Frankfort's political squabbles and passes right-to-work

Labor, Media, UncategorizedJim WatersJanuary 5, 2015David Gallagher, Fulton Co- Fiscal Court, right to work, WCMTComment