US DOE sending mixed signals to Kentucky, Indiana Education, News, Smaller Government, Transparency and Accou...Richard InnesSeptember 11, 2014Common Core State Standards, Education, Federal Intrusion Into States' Rights, Next Generation Science Standards, testingComment
School Boards Association: Commissioner Holliday to meet with USED Secretary Duncan about the federal agency’s “overreach” into state education decision making Education, News, Smaller GovernmentRichard InnesSeptember 7, 2014Common Core State Standards, Education, Federal Intrusion Into States' Rights, Next Generation Science Standards, States' RightsComment
Federal hijack of Common Core gets more obvious Education, News, Smaller GovernmentRichard InnesSeptember 2, 2014Common Core State Standards, Federal Intrusion Into States' Rights, Next Generation Science StandardsComment
Louisiana’s governor says Feds violating nation’s education laws, sues Education, News, Smaller Government, Transparency and Accou...Richard InnesAugust 27, 2014Common Core State Standards, Education, Federal Overreach, Next Generation Science StandardsComment
Education commissioner opens season for public comment on Kentucky’s version of the Common Core State Standards Education, News, Smaller Government, Transparency and Accou...Richard InnesAugust 26, 2014Common Core State Standards, Education, Next Generation Science Standards, States' Rights Comment
Kentucky’s education commissioner: US Department of Education violating state and federal law with rejection of state’s request for more time to implement science standards Education, News, Smaller Government, Transparency and Accou...Richard InnesAugust 25, 2014Common Core State Standards, Education, Next Generation Science Standards, States' Rights, testing, Unbridled Learning Comments
Raising minimum wage while these statistics are declining seems reckless Labor, Smaller GovernmentRichard InnesAugust 20, 2014minimum wage Comment
Young freedom-loving citizen confronts Nanny State in Nelson Co. Smaller Government, UncategorizedJim WatersAugust 17, 2014Colin Howard, Kentucky Standard, light-bulb regulations, Nanny State, Nelda MooreComment
Bluegrass Beacon: Smoking-ban ruling impedes ‘ascendance of a fourth branch of government – the regulatory state’ Smaller Government, UncategorizedJim WatersJuly 6, 2014Bluegrass Beacon, Bullitt County Health Department, Justice Bill Cunningham, Ky Supreme Court, smoking bansComment
Victory for limited government: Ky Supreme Court overturns Bullitt Co. smoking ban, puts clamps on unelected health departments issuing bans on private property Smaller GovernmentJim WatersJune 20, 2014Bullitt Circuit Judge Rodney Burress, County health departments, Ky Supreme Court, smoking bans Comments
Value of Preschool? The debate widens with disturbing evidence from Tennessee Education, Smaller Government, Transparency and Accou...Richard InnesFebruary 20, 2014Education, PreschoolComment
Quote of the day: Supporters of minimum-wage hikes have minimum business experience Smaller GovernmentJim WatersJanuary 22, 2014minimum wage, Sam SlomComment
Bill introduced to eliminate the Common Core and the Next Generation Science Standards in Kentucky Education, News, Smaller GovernmentRichard InnesJanuary 21, 2014Common Core State Standards, Digital Privacy, Next Generation Science StandardsComment
BIPPS on KET's 'Ky Tonight': Should Kentucky pass a statewide smoking ban? Smaller Government, UncategorizedJim WatersJanuary 17, 2014Jim Waters, Ken Moellman, KET Ky Tonight, statewide smoking banComment
‘Too much of the public education dollars don’t make it to the people who are on the front lines, the classroom teachers’ Education, News, Smaller GovernmentRichard InnesJanuary 9, 2014Education, taxes, teachersComment
Pulling Kentucky out of the River of Poverty and through economic storms Increase Free Markets, Smaller GovernmentOctober 4, 2013Bluegrass Beacon Comments
Washington's fiasco is Kentucky's opportunity Smaller Government, UncategorizedJim WatersOctober 1, 2013Education, Energy, federalism, health careComment
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
Labor Cabinet procedures violate prevailing-wage law Increase Free Markets, Right to Work, Smaller GovernmentAugust 30, 2013Dr- William Smith, prevailing wage Comment
