
Becoming L-FUC
North of Center Reading W.E. Lyons’ The Politics of City-County Merger during the Sustainable Parks Funding campaign Every few months, I make the trip down to the Book Seller,...

MALGA Repeating Rupp mistakes in planning Town Branch Commons (Danny’s Version)
North of Center In doing some background research on my last piece, “Failed leaders should not be leading new city initiatives,” I stumbled across what might be the only...

Let’s start paying Lexington Councilmembers $100K per year to attract better candidates
Editors Note (Oct. 17, 2024) – In light of recent events, we are republishing this editorial. It was originally published on January 10, 2024. In Lexington, several incumbent councilmembers...

Amendment 2 Proponents Misrepresent Education Spending to Tell False Tale About Kentucky Public Schools
Republished from Kentucky Center for Economic Policy An article by the Bluegrass Institute (BIPPS), and a series of follow-ups on individual school districts, tell a grossly inaccurate story about...
Broad Language of Amendment 2 Would Have Far-Reaching and Unpredictable Consequences
Republished from Kentucky Center for Economic Policy Kentucky has one of the nation’s strongest constitutions when it comes to public education. But Amendment 2, on the ballot next month,...

Failed leaders should not be leading new city initiatives
North of Center Yes, I know this statement applies to most things Shatty. In this article, I am referring specifically to the Sustainable Parks Funding campaign In the past...

Lexington Times faces cyberattack after publishing ‘Park Tax’ donor list
Earlier this week, The Lexington Times faced a significant cyberattack shortly after we published an article disclosing the list of wealthy donors supporting the “Vote Yes for Parks” ballot...

Federal Investments Are Funding Improvements and Creating Jobs in Nearly All Kentucky Counties
Republished from Kentucky Center for Economic Policy Two recent federal industrial policies, the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) and the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), have led to significant investments in...

New FBI Data Shows No Evidence of a Violent Crime Wave in Kentucky
Republished from Kentucky Center for Economic Policy Recently-released FBI crime data for 2023 shows a slight increase in total violent crime in Kentucky compared to 2022, but a closer...

Don’t Let the Wealthy Hijack Lexington’s Future: Vote NO on the Parks Tax this November
Make no mistake: the proposed Park Tax on Lexington’s ballot this November, called the “Parks Funding Ballot Initiative” by its supporters, is not about improving parks for everyone. It’s...