Critics like to paint the TEA party as a racist movement. But here’s one black pastor who says the TEA party’s message is one that appeals to all Americans, including his community. Pastor Jerry Stephenson is the host of The Values Coalition radio show, which airs from 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. each Friday on…
Once again, the Advance Kentucky program to improve Advanced Placement (AP) course participation and performance in Kentucky’s high schools has produced some really impressive results. This program, which I have written about before, features many innovations such as very careful and thorough training of AP teachers along with merit pay for those teachers and rewards…
Jim Waters, vice president of policy and communications, will speak to the Kentucky Patriots at 1 p.m. Saturday at The Inn on Broadway in Lexington. He will also speak at a rally – along with U.S. Senate candidate Rand Paul in Shepherdsville at 4 p.m. The event will be held at the VFW Post.
Not all school boards are jumping on the tax-raising bandwagon. The Trigg County School Board recently declined to raise property taxes, citing the county’s struggling economy. This is a vast change from recent years in which the school board has typically raised the tax by 4 percent each year, the maximum amount allowed by state…
Kentucky officials continue their assault on private business. The latest infraction: A lawsuit filed against FedEx by Attorney General Jack Conway, who claims the non-union company is avoiding paying taxes by using independent contractors. It’s a ludicrous charge. Click here to read the latest Bluegrass Beacon.
While federal officials continue to tout the benefits of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), 20 states have won an important victory in the fight to sue the federal government over the constitutionality of the new law. Judge Roger Vinson of Federal District Court in Pensacola, Fla., struck down the government’s attempt to…
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Several weeks ago, the Bluegrass Institute released my new report, “Virtual schooling in Kentucky: Great promise with challenges,” about virtual learning systems in Kentucky. It focused on the Kentucky Virtual High School system which serves both advanced students who want to take Advanced Placement courses and those students who have fallen behind and need special…
U.S. District Judge Danny C. Reeves has ruled that Kentucky’s special interest election law limiting individuals’ contributions to candidates for local school board races is unconstitutional. The law restricts contributions from individuals to $100 while the union continues to poor hundreds of thousands into the campaign of its chosen candidates. That unfair and unbalanced policy…
The Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) increased regulations on coal mining in Kentucky and several other states have done more than just tighten the rules in coal states; they have fueled an angry response from supporters of coal. Coal workers are protesting the increased EPA regulations, as they both threaten their jobs and the coal industry…