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Rural America Saw a Surge in Homicides in 2020; it was Worse in Rural Kentucky
By Josh Crawford, Molly Rovinski and Austin Dillon The substantial increase in homicides in American cities has been given considerable...
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Jul 20, 20225 min read


A Commonsense Approach to Addressing Homelessness
Addressing America's homelessness problem.
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May 18, 20226 min read


Embracing a Better Foster Care System in Kentucky
By Erinn Broadus Kentucky has taken the lead in embracing a new, family-centered approach to foster care. Rather than deferring to child...
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May 5, 20225 min read


What’s Driving the Increase in Carjackings in Louisville?
By Josh Crawford Over the last several years, stories of carjackings seem to have blanketed the nightly news in Louisville. From teenage...
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May 2, 20224 min read


COVID-19 Lockdowns Devastating Impact on School Enrollment
By Molly Rovinski The COVID-19 lockdowns have had a myriad of unintended consequences. From economic health to domestic violence, the...
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Apr 19, 20223 min read


Kentucky's Opportunity for Fundamental Tax Transformation
With just two legislative days left in the 2022 Regular Session, legislators have an opportunity to pass two transformative tax changes....
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Apr 12, 20223 min read


Unbridled Energy: What a Coal to Nuclear Transition Could Mean for Kentucky
By Julian Colvin In the current polarized political climate, one issue seems more unifying yet more covert than any other. While rarely a...
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Apr 1, 20225 min read


GUEST BLOG: Louisville Needs Tax Modernization Now
The Kentucky State House has recently passed a constitutional amendment which would allow the state to give cities the authority to levy...
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Mar 31, 20223 min read


NEW REPORT: Affordable Housing and Kentucky's Workforce
A sustainable landscape for affordable housing fosters economic development, stable communities, and economic growth and betters the...
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Mar 10, 20222 min read


James Q Wilson and the Moral Sense
By Tyler Syck This post is from a new series that will highlight Conservative leaders from history. Once a month, Tyler Syck, a PhD...
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Mar 2, 20223 min read


GUEST BLOG: Stop Sacrificing our Children at the Altar of Adult Safety
By Councilman Anthony Piagentini We must stop sacrificing the health and futures of children at the altar of adult safety or useless...
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Feb 10, 20223 min read


William F. Buckley and the Importance of Conservative Unity
By Tyler Syck This post is from a new series that will highlight Conservative leaders from history. Once a month, Tyler Syck, a PhD...
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Feb 7, 20223 min read


Drug Use and Overdoses Continue to Plague Kentucky and the Nation
Drug overdose deaths in the US have surpassed 100,000 during a 12-month period for the first time in history.
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Jan 31, 20225 min read


Benjamin Disraeli and the Conservative Response to Change
By Jeffery Tyler Syck This post is from a new series that will highlight Conservative leaders from history. Once a month, Tyler Syck, a...
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Dec 28, 20213 min read


Kentucky continues to improve economic freedom ranking, still lags neighbors
By: Molly Rovinski Earlier this November, the Fraser Institute released its Economic Freedom Report for 2021, which compiles data for the...
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Dec 2, 20212 min read


Calvin Coolidge and The Duties of Businesses
By Jeffery Tyler Syck This post is from a new series that will highlight Conservative leaders from history. Once a month, Tyler Syck, a...
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Nov 30, 20213 min read


Louisville, Kentucky is Ground Zero for America's Homicide Crisis
By Josh Crawford & Abigail Hall Violent crime is on American minds again. A recent poll from Morning Consult/Politico found that 78...
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Oct 21, 20212 min read


Henry Clay and the Problem of Politics
By Jeffery Tyler Syck This post is the first in a new series that will highlight Conservative leaders from history. Once a month, Tyler...
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Oct 14, 20214 min read


NEW REPORT: Understanding and Evaluating a Financial Transaction Tax
Recently, a group of Reddit users generated national financial controversy. The users, members of the popular “r/wallstreetbets” Reddit...
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Oct 6, 20211 min read


Financial services need free markets
By Jared Crawford Washington politicians have a unique way of naming legislation after the very thing it undermines. Take, for example,...
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Sep 16, 20211 min read
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