Category Archives: Politics

Next!: So one of the big stories popping out of Kentucky this week may sound a touch familiar: Democrats approach well-known to somewhat well-known celebrity to take on Mitch McConnell in the upcoming Senate race; makes national news even though the candidate-to-be has yet to say she will. So goodbye, Ashley Judd; Hello, Heather French [...]

(Editor’s note: The Q&A section of this post was edited for length and continuity.) Kentucky has a $30 billion hole in its budget. In about five years, Kentucky Employees Retirement Systems will run out of money. It’s a problem that could trigger major companies exiting Louisville to Southern Indiana because there’s only one way to [...]

Metro Mayor Greg Fischer released his proposed fiscal year 2013/2014 budget today. We haven’t done a deep dive on the numbers, but we will. At least at first blush, Republicans on the Louisville-Jefferson County Metro Council aren’t emulating their counterparts in the U.S. Congress. Fischer proposed general fund spending of $528 million, an increase of [...]

Mr. Paul Goes to Washington: One of life’s great truths is that nobody likes a whiner. And I’ve been whining for weeks about what I would find in the national press post-Derby.  And then I remembered we have a couple guys in the Senate that tend to make a headline or two.  So. Anything going [...]

By Stephan Gohmann, Bluegrass Institute Out of the 50 U.S. states and 10 Canadian provinces, Kentucky ranks No. 56 in economic freedom, as measured by the Frasier Institute’s Economic Freedom of North America Index. Among Kentucky’s surrounding states, only West Virginia ranks lower. The index is a measurement of the size of government, amount of taxation and [...]

It’s a cliche, but what a difference a week makes. Last week, the big news was the NBA market assessment commissioned by Greater Louisville Inc. A market study that appeared to put a stake in the heart of the NBA2Louisville movement. Then Monday, with very little media notice, Kentucky Cabinet for Economic Development Secretary Larry Hayes gave [...]

According to an infographic that we published earlier this week, most Americans live within five miles of their workplace. Louisville has recently been named to a list of the top 50 bike-friendly cities. Humana has been offering its “Freewheelin‘” bike share program for more than five years now. The University of Louisville has offered a [...]

Last week, our top-read story was about the controversial evangelical group that conducted a seminar at Gheens Academy, part of Jefferson County Public Schools. Louisville Area Christian Educator Support, or LACES, leased meeting space at Gheens. LACES is affiliated with Southeast Christian Church, and the seminar addressed how evangelicals can act as missionaries in the classroom. Which [...]

Would you like to use your tech, leadership or other talents to help Louisville create solutions for municipal problems? Maybe even in a single day? Well, mark Sat., June 1 off on your calendar. A National Day of Civic Hacking will take place around the nation on June 1 and June 2. Cities all around [...]