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Some NKY Businessmen Duped into Entertaining Tax Increases
From Northern Kentucky Politics: Improving Northern Kentucky's workforce through more skilled laborers with degrees or training of some sort is the no. 1 priority for many businesses looking to...
View ArticleNesler Resigns to Join Ag Dept, Seat Likely to Remain Empty
Rep. Fred Nesler* of Kentucky's Second District has resigned his seat to become a "deputy executive director of strategic planning and administration" in the Kentucky Department of Agriculture. It's a...
View ArticleSen. Carroll All Over the Map
Apparently, Sen. Julian Carroll wants to hike cigarette taxes again in Kentucky. In a recent interview with Ryan Alessi, he suggests that the tax should increase more than 50% to $1 a pack. Former...
View ArticleMoffett Keeps Door Open on 2015 Governor Run
In a recent interview with Ryan Alessi, former Republican gubernatorial candidate Phil Moffett declined to close the door on a 2015 bid for the Governors office. Moffett discussed that win (0:20 and...
View ArticleJefferson Co. Schools Figure Out Parents Want School Choice
The Jefferson County Public School System is so intent on discrediting David Williams' efforts to end the ridiculous busing system in Jefferson County, that they have completely validated the...
View ArticleRep. Jim Wayne Does Not Like Speeders
In our review of the bills from the 2012 session, we noticed HB 439, a bill that would allow the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet to raise the speed limit on Interstate 69 to 70 miles per hour. HB 439...
View ArticleTax Reform Commission Beginning to Look like the Farce We Expected
So far, Steve Beshear's Tax Reform Commission looks like an orchestrated effort to demand tax hikes to support a major spending increase. We knew the Commission itself was stacked with liberal and...
View ArticleIncreasing Regulation and a Lack of Tort Reform Costing Kentucky
Not only does Kentucky have a worsening regulatory environment, increasing regulations increase the incidence of litigiousness, which conspire together to make the state unfriendly to business and...
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Kentucky Energy Policy Failing Kentuckians
The Heritage Foundation recently pointed out that energy-producing states have fared rather well in the recent years of the financial crisis: Household income rose faster in North Dakota than any other...
View ArticleSeveral Disapointing Proposals for Funding Roads
Two years ago, Kentuckians for Better Transportation asked the following perplexing question about the future of transportation funding in Kentucky: And so, it is crystal clear: the "plug-ins" are...
View ArticleHighlighting the Burgeoning Amount of State Contracts
State debt per capita has doubled in the last ten years. Kentucky has the most underfunded pension system in the country, with unfunded pension obligations totaling over $45 billion. As Kentucky's...
View ArticlePer Capita State Debt has Doubled in Ten Years
Between 2003 and 2011, the amount of debt issued by Kentucky's government skyrocketed, and the about of state debt obligations per person in Kentucky more than doubled. In 2003, every Kentuckian was...
View ArticleNew Accounting Rules Will Expose Kentucky's Pension Failure
It is commonly known that Kentucky is headed to a pension disaster. Years of underfunding a generous defined-benefit plan have left a hole estimated to exceed $37 billion. The Pew Center for States...
View ArticleA Tax Break Is Not "Spending"
We were greeted with this headline and article from the Lexington Herald Leader today: Kentucky spent $1.29 billion on economic development incentives over last decade Kentucky has spent $1.29 billion...
View ArticleThe 2011-2012 Scorecard
For the sixth year, the Kentucky Club for Growth is proud to release our Legislative Scorecard -- our ultimate taxpayer tool to see how your legislators are spending your tax dollars! While most...
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