Taking liberty to the airwaves: Jim Waters to host 'The Pulse' today

Jim Waters will be guest-hosting for Leland Conway today on "The Pulse" from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. on Clear Channel Radio's WLAP-AM 630 in Lexington. Click here to listen.

Phil Moffett, BIPPS new president and CEO, on 'The Joe Elliott Show'

Phil Moffett, the Bluegrass Institute’s new president and CEO, will be on "The Joe Elliott Show" on 970 WGTK-AM at 1 p.m. (EDT) today.

Moffett will be talking about the institute’s exciting future as it builds alliances to advance freedom, defend liberty and build a more prosperous Kentucky.

"The Joe Elliott Show" is broadcast weekdays from Noon to 3 p.m. EDT.

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Taking liberty to the airwaves: Preview of Medicaid un-sustainability report on the radio ... today

Jim Waters, the institute's vice president of policy and communications, will interview University of Kentucky economist John Garen, Ph.D., about the future of Kentucky's Medicaid program today at 3:30 p.m. (EDT) on "The Pulse" on Lexington's NewsRadio 630 WLAP-AM.

Garen is warning in a new report for the institute that will be released next week that Medicaid is on an unsustainable path towards fiscal disaster, putting Kentucky's most vulnerable citizens at risk.

Waters is guest hosting today for Leland Conway on "The Pulse," which airs 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. weekdays.

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Taking liberty to the airwaves: BIPPS on WLAP

Jim Waters, vice president of policy and communications for the Bluegrass Institute, will guest host for Leland Conway on "The Pulse" on Lexington's NewsRadio 630 WLAP-AM Thursday and Friday,from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. (EDT) each day.

Call in to join the conversation at (859) 280-2287

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Taking liberty to the airwaves: BIPPS on the Joe Elliott Show

Richard Innes, education analyst for the Bluegrass Institute, will be on the Joe Elliott Show on 970 WGTK-AM in Louisville on Monday at 1 p.m. EDT.

Innes will be discussing the current educational challenges in Kentucky.

The Joe Elliott Show is broadcast weekdays from Noon to 3 p.m. EDT.

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In a recent blog emphasizing the need to better prepare elementary school teachers in order to improve Kentucky students' sagging Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) results, Innes writes:

"Kentucky’s current requirements for elementary teachers create a set up for people who are math phoebes to get into teaching – a situation virtually guaranteed to create problems for students that will lock those kids out of any chance to go into the areas of science, technology, math and science – the so-called STEM areas."