Bluegrass Institute President and CEO Jim Waters spoke on Friday to an excited group of school choice supporters at the Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame and Museum in Owensboro. The event was organized by EdChoice Kentucky as part of National School Choice Week, which was Jan. 26 – Feb. 1, 2020). The following are President…
1. Implement a TRS hybrid plan for new teachers. Teachers should have access to a defined benefit plan that’s safe, dependable and designed for the workforce of 2020 and beyond. Taxpayers also deserve to have safeguards in place to protect them from the poor decisions of the past that have resulted in a debt…
Good for Senate President Robert Stivers, who today noted: “[Gov. Beshear] has appointed my former colleague David Karem, who helped bring KERA, school takeovers and a tax increase that was the largest in the history of the Commonwealth.” Read more at the Lexington Herald-Leader: https://www.kentucky.com/article238349993.html
What’s good is that school-choice policy dominated much of the closing days of this year’s gubernatorial campaign. It’s a critical issue for Kentucky, which trails most other states when it comes to school-choice policies for parents. What’s not good is that Gov.-elect Andy Beshear seems just fine with supporting organizations and policies that oppose giving…
Opponents of giving Kentucky parents more alternatives when it comes to educating their children want to distract families and taxpayers and the lawmakers who represent them from the true success being achieved by public charter schools and tax-credit scholarships in some of the nation’s most challenging educational environments. The fact that national test results show…
Editor’s note: This is the first in a new series of Liberty Letters by father-daughter authors Rob and Lauren Hudson of Northern Kentucky, which are based on their book, It can be done. We believe our readers will appreciate their perspective. Look for a new letter each week! Fellow Americans, We write at a time…
The recent gubernatorial-campaign debate held at the University of Kentucky featured a statement you rarely hear uttered by a politician of either party, but especially one who portrays himself as a progressive with a spending wish list long enough to cover every inch of the 380 miles between the commonwealth’s westernmost and easternmost borders. “Budgets…
Why should taxpayers be forced to fund or finance projects the private sector doesn’t consider worth the risk? A “For Sale” sign has hung around Louisville’s Jewish Hospital – a mega-money-losing operation – for years. Private investors – even of the hedge-fund variety – refuse to accept the risk of taking on KentuckyOne Health’s various…
The Lexington Herald-Leader reported that Democratic gubernatorial candidate Andy Beshear in a recent news conference claimed he would, if elected, appoint a new state Board of Education “on day one” and then would expect that new board would “select a new commissioner on day two.” Beshear, the state’s current attorney general, wants to replace Wayne…
“Jesus Christ, Super Socialist” is Ivonne Rovira’s recent missive on Forward Kentucky in which she equates socialism with true Christianity. “It’s time to re-claim the connection between loving our neighbor and how we treat the poor, the powerless, and the earth itself,” Rovira moralizes. “So the next time someone accuses you of being a socialist…