Public workers: Underpaid or over-appreciated?

There's a perception that government workers are underpaid and therefore deserve better benefits than are typically offered in the private sector. The facts offer a different view.

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Bluegrass Bullet: Rewarding Failure

The Bluegrass Institute's recent commentary "Rewarding Failure" took a look at how many superintendent evaluations in Kentucky are rubber-stamped and essentially meaningless.  You can read the full report here.

D.C.'s health care demands means bloated Medicaid rolls in Kentucky

The federal health care mandate will hit Kentucky hard. Its required increases in eligibility will swell Kentucky's Medicaid rolls and drive up costs in a state ill-equipped to handle such bloated growth. Why aren't Kentucky policymakers following the example of other states' leaders who are standing up to Washington to get better deals for their constituents?

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Diagnosis of KY's Medicaid Program: Unhealthy

In order to cover this year's Medicaid deficit, Gov. Beshear proposes borrowing from the program's 2012 budget.

KY education dollars are not spent where you think!

The brighter the research shines, the darker the hole of wasteful spending in Kentucky’s public schools becomes. Half of all education spending – by far the largest single item in the state budget’s General Fund – is spent for unnecessary personnel, unproven programs and unwelcomed experiments. When will this end?