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Kentucky has below average ACT scores, but there's a catch . . .
Many students, who are going back to school this week, will be taking the ACT later this school year. After many years as the less...
Jordan Harris
Aug 15, 20182 min read


More Kentuckians Employed Today Than Any Point in State History
This morning, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) announced that there were more American's employed in July than at any point in the...
Jordan Harris
Aug 3, 20181 min read


Drop in Homicides and Shootings a Step in Right Direction
As cities like Baltimore and St. Louis continue to struggle with rising homicides and non-fatal shootings, the release of the LMPD UCR...
Josh Crawford
Jul 24, 20183 min read


Trade Wars are Bad Policy and Bad for Kentucky Bourbon
This week, representatives from the whisky industry around the world will meet in one place - Louisville. This meeting should be exciting...
Jared Crawford
Jul 23, 20183 min read


New Report Shows Small Test Score Improvement Relative to Increase in K-12 Funding
A new report released today, authored by Pegasus Institute fellows John Garen and Steven Gordon, shows that Kentucky’s NAEP test score...
Staff
Jul 20, 20182 min read


Kentucky Leads US in Per Capita Prescriptions Filled
The Kaiser Family Foundation's most recent summary of the total number of retail prescription drugs filled at pharmacies in the US in...
Dasha Kolyaskina
Jul 18, 20182 min read


A Look Back at JCPS Testing Performance
The Kentucky Department of Education is phasing out its accountability standards and scores that have been in place for over a decade....
Dasha Kolyaskina
Jul 16, 20184 min read


Six Months After Federal Tax Law, Hundreds of Thousands of Kentuckians Have Already Benefited
Tomorrow, June 22nd, marks six months since the 2017 Federal Tax Reform was signed into law. The total impact of tax code changes have to...
Jordan Harris
Jun 21, 201815 min read


Lowest K-12 Achievement Scores in Louisville are West of 3rd Street and South of Watterson Expresswa
Every year, the Kentucky Department of Education releases report cards to assess the performance of the schools and school districts in...
Dasha Kolyaskina
May 9, 20182 min read


What Impact Will Reduction in Pension Exclusion Have?
Though it has been treated as if it was one of the Ten Commandments, Kentucky’s pension exclusion, which exempts pension income from...
Jordan Harris
Apr 25, 20183 min read


Press Release: Implementing Tobacco Harm Reduction Policies Will Save Lives and Taxpayer Money
Pegasus Institute released a Tobacco Harm Reduction Plan today aimed at saving lives, and reducing costs to taxpayers. The plan calls for...
Staff
Oct 10, 20172 min read


FBI Crime Report Shows Depth of Challenges for Crime in Louisville
Last Monday, the FBI released it’s 2016 Crime in the United States report, a publication of the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting Program, or...
Josh Crawford
Oct 3, 20172 min read


Statement on Louisville Metro Council Soccer Stadium Vote
STATEMENT: LOUISVILLE METRO COUNCIL SHOULD DELAY VOTE, PROVIDE FOR PUBLIC FEEDBACK, AND ANSWER IMPORTANT QUESTIONS BEFORE SUBSIDIZING...
Staff
Oct 2, 20173 min read


Tennessee Counties Along Kentucky Border Are Gaining Wealth. Kentucky Counties Are Losing It.
A few hundred miles of land and 30 counties make up the long border between Tennessee and Kentucky. The states have the same terrain, and...
Jordan Harris
Sep 15, 20172 min read


Kentucky's Abysmal Labor Force Particpation is Not Because of the Opioid Crisis
The opioid crisis is a frequently used as a catch-all for Kentucky's policy problems, attributing it to everything from the states poor...
Jordan Harris
Sep 5, 20173 min read


A Pro-Growth Plan for Kentucky Tax Reform
The tax code is the number one way that a state can dictate the direction of its economy. While states around us have made decisions that...
Staff
Aug 7, 20173 min read


Introducing Pegasus Institute's Policy Advisors
We are pleased to announce our policy advisors! We've worked hard to find the most talented collection of policy minds in the state of...
Staff
Jul 27, 20172 min read


(Even more) Evidence Louisville's Increase in Violence Isn’t Caused by the Opioid Crisis.
The central claim of our initial report on violence in Louisville was that gangs, not drugs, were the primary cause of our vast increase...
Josh Crawford
Jul 26, 20172 min read


Data Paints Grim Picture of Obamacare Exchanges
Over the weekend, the New York Times posted data from the Kaiser Family Foundation painting a grim picture of the Obamacare exchange...
Jordan Harris
Jun 12, 20171 min read


Press Release: Announcing the Louisville Initiative for Violence Eradication (LIVE) -- A Plan to Com
For Immediate Release: Pegasus Institute Announces “Louisville Initiative for Violence Eradication” (LIVE), Releases Reports Aimed at...
Staff
May 30, 20172 min read
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