Protect Our Schools KY Launches to Defeat Voucher Amendment
Republished from Kentucky Center for Economic Policy The campaign to protect Kentucky’s public schools from disastrous private school voucher schemes is under way. On Thursday, the Protect Our Schools...
Paint Lick: Put-in to grounding zone 1
North of Center We often think of paddling rivers and creeks as a strictly downstream activity. One starts in one place and ends in another. Lexington, however, is surrounded...
The unlikely wilderness of your home place
North of Center When Totality hit, I headed for Paint Lick. Lexington lay at around 90% Totality, maybe 70 miles from the Full Monty. This was close enough to...
Assessing Calipari: UK coach’s property taxes barely rose despite major upgrades, housing boom
North of Center John Calipari arrived to Lexington from Memphis on an 8 year, $34.65 million contract to coach the University of Kentucky boys basketball team, the pride of...
Kentuckian, Nurseryman: Interview with 6th Congressional District Democratic Candidate Todd Kelly
By Ülvi Gitaliyev Andy Barr (R), is running for his 7th term in Kentucky’s Sixth Congressional District. Representative Barr is known for his staunch conservatism, support of former president...
Building a Brighter Future Together: Shauna Rudd’s Campaign for the Sixth District of Kentucky
By Ülvi Gitaliyev and Ameer Abedy Andy Barr (R), is running for his 7th term in Kentucky’s Sixth Congressional District. Representative Barr is known for his staunch conservatism, support...
The General Assembly Took Small Steps to Reduce Hunger in 2024 But Could Have Gone Much Further
Republished from Kentucky Center for Economic Policy The General Assembly took meaningful but modest steps toward alleviating hunger in Kentucky during this year’s legislative session, funding several measures to...
Is UK entering the post-faculty era?
North of Center I attended the University of Kentucky for seven years during the early Aughts while earning my PhD in American Literature. At the time, the school was...
North of Center: Is CivicLex’s $95,000 city contract an ethical breach?
North of Center With the “local news and reporting” nonprofit set to receive a $95,000 city contract to audit local boards and commissions, why have local journalists kept quiet...
A Tale of Two Lexingtons: Glitz, Glamour, and the Forgotten
In the heart of horse country, beneath the veneer of bluegrass and bourbon, lies a startling dichotomy: two Lexingtons, each as real as the other but worlds apart. This...
