Historic unemployment, struggling families won't deter the higher gas-tax crowd State Budget, Taxes, Transportation, Uncategorized, BudgetGuest UserJune 4, 2020
We’ve seen this parade of horribles before … and it’s not the crisis portrayed by the Left Economic Revival, State BudgetGuest UserMay 21, 2020Rainy Day Funds, Restricted Funds
MEDIA ALERT: Former Deputy State Budget and Policy Director joins Bluegrass Institute team as Visiting Fellow Bluegrass Institute, Economic Revival, State Budget, TaxesMay 18, 2020Andrew McNeill
Use COVID-19 crisis to make good spending decisions Bluegrass Beacon, State BudgetApril 8, 2020COVID-19, Kentucky Wired, state budget, UofL-Jewish Hospital
Recommendations for a taxpayer-friendly COVID-19 legislative finale offering promise for post-virus recovery Criminal Justice Reform, Economic Revival, Regulation, State Budget, Taxes, PensionsMarch 30, 20202021-22 State Budget, CERS new board, Marsy's Law, TRS hybrid plan
Lawmakers give teachers' pension fund an extra $1B instead of awarding it to ailing KERS State Budget, PensionsGuest UserMarch 30, 2020KERS underfunded, Political courage, TRS structural reforms
Sarah Durand's testimony on U of L bail out of Jewish Hospital Bluegrass Institute, Education, Higher Education, Reduce Government Spen..., State BudgetMarch 6, 2020
Ousted KBE members take stand; hospital ruse offers ‘myopic malarkey’ Bluegrass Beacon, Education, State BudgetFebruary 8, 2020Kentucky Board of Education, UofL-Jewish Hospital
Bluegrass Beacon: The politics of priorities Bluegrass Beacon, Election, Event, State BudgetOctober 27, 2019Attorney General Andy Beshear, Budget priorities, Campaign debates, Gov- Matt Bevin
Who voted to raise your taxes and protect wasteful spending? Reduce Government Spen..., State Budget, TaxesJim WatersMay 21, 20182018 General Assembly, House Bill 200, House Bill 366 Comment
Bluegrass Beacon: Both parties scheme to soak taxpayers Bluegrass Beacon, Reduce Government Spen..., State Budget, Taxes, PensionsJim WatersMay 19, 2018Attorney General Beshear, Gov- Matt Bevin, Senate Bill 151Comment
Kentucky legislators have an opportunity to be a hero to their taxpayers by supporting scholarship state tax credits Bluegrass Institute, Education, Media, News, School Choice, State Budget, Taxes, Transparency and Accou..., Featured NewsJim WatersMarch 8, 2018Comment
Bluegrass Beacon: Will pension funding engulf entire budget? Bluegrass Beacon, State Budget, PensionsJim WatersJanuary 29, 2018Budget deficit, Pension funding, Pension reform, Spending cuts Comment
What if Kentucky Raised Its Education Level Just a Little Bit? Education, News, State Budget, Transparency and Accou...Richard InnesOctober 4, 2017Education, Pension reform Comment
Outrageous contracts: Cutting spending in the state Higher Education, State BudgetJuly 19, 2017Contracts, Eastern Kentucky University, education spending, Morehead State University, Spending, University of Kentucky, University of LouisvilleComment
Bluegrass Beacon: Tobacco-tax advocates suffer from policy schizophrenia State Budget, Taxes, TobaccoJim WatersDecember 11, 2016Blue Ribbon Commission, cigarette tax, Paducah Sun, The Tax Foundation Comment
Bluegrass Beacon: Chicken Little visits a college campus near you Higher Education, State BudgetJim WatersOctober 7, 2016Bevin lawsuit, EKU, KCEP, Morehead State University, Murray State University, UK, University of Louisville, WKUComment
Bluegrass Beacon: Bravo! for Bevin’s veto State BudgetJim WatersMay 31, 2016Budget vetoes, CollegeCalc, Community college, Tuition increasesComment
