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Chris Tobe: ‘With Kentucky’s pension crisis, regional growth will all be in Southern Indiana’ Tuesday, May 21 2013
Business and Chris Tobe and Community and Kentucky Retirement Systems and News and Politics 11:00 am
(Editor’s note: The Q&A section of this post was edited for length and continuity.) Kentucky has a $30 billion hole in its budget. In about five years, Kentucky Employees Retirement Systems will run out of money. It’s a problem that could trigger major companies exiting Louisville to Southern Indiana because there’s only one way to [...]
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Loyal opposition?: Republican responses to Mayor Fischer’s proposed budget mainly positive Monday, May 20 2013
Community and Kelly Downard and Ken Fleming and Mayor Greg Fischr and Metro Councilman Kevin Kramer and Politics 7:44 pm
Metro Mayor Greg Fischer released his proposed fiscal year 2013/2014 budget today. We haven’t done a deep dive on the numbers, but we will. At least at first blush, Republicans on the Louisville-Jefferson County Metro Council aren’t emulating their counterparts in the U.S. Congress. Fischer proposed general fund spending of $528 million, an increase of [...]
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In other news… the week in review: Rand Paul, Mitch McConnell and the Great Gatsby Friday, May 17 2013
Arts and Entertainment and Jennifer Lawrence and loiuisviille slugger and News and Politics and Rand Paul and Sen. Mitch McConnell 11:00 am
Mr. Paul Goes to Washington: One of life’s great truths is that nobody likes a whiner. And I’ve been whining for weeks about what I would find in the national press post-Derby. And then I remembered we have a couple guys in the Senate that tend to make a headline or two. So. Anything going [...]
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Stephan Gohmann: What does economic freedom have to do with poverty in Kentucky? Thursday, May 16 2013
Bluegrass Institute and Business and Kentucky and News and Opinion and Politics and University of Louisville 11:00 am
By Stephan Gohmann, Bluegrass Institute Out of the 50 U.S. states and 10 Canadian provinces, Kentucky ranks No. 56 in economic freedom, as measured by the Frasier Institute’s Economic Freedom of North America Index. Among Kentucky’s surrounding states, only West Virginia ranks lower. The index is a measurement of the size of government, amount of taxation and [...]
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NBA not DOA: Kentucky econ-dev czar Larry Hayes says NBA team would be ‘a state asset’ Wednesday, May 15 2013
AEG Facilities and Community and KFC Yum! Center and Larry Hayes and NBA and News and Politics and Sports business 10:00 am
It’s a cliche, but what a difference a week makes. Last week, the big news was the NBA market assessment commissioned by Greater Louisville Inc. A market study that appeared to put a stake in the heart of the NBA2Louisville movement. Then Monday, with very little media notice, Kentucky Cabinet for Economic Development Secretary Larry Hayes gave [...]
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What would it take for you to become a bike commuter? Test it out on Bike to Work Day Wednesday, May 15 2013
Bike to work day and Environment/Green and fitness and Health and News and Politics and sports 7:00 am
According to an infographic that we published earlier this week, most Americans live within five miles of their workplace. Louisville has recently been named to a list of the top 50 bike-friendly cities. Humana has been offering its “Freewheelin‘” bike share program for more than five years now. The University of Louisville has offered a [...]
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JCPS officials clarify proselytizing policy; Intelligent Design, Creationism not part of core curriculum Tuesday, May 14 2013
Dr. Donna Hargens and Education and Jefferson County Public Schools and News and Politics 3:21 pm
Last week, our top-read story was about the controversial evangelical group that conducted a seminar at Gheens Academy, part of Jefferson County Public Schools. Louisville Area Christian Educator Support, or LACES, leased meeting space at Gheens. LACES is affiliated with Southeast Christian Church, and the seminar addressed how evangelicals can act as missionaries in the classroom. Which [...]
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Save the date for #Hackville: National Day of Civic Hacking in Louisville June 1 Tuesday, May 14 2013
Community and hacking and Michael Schnuerle and open hack and Politics and Start-up/entrepreneurism and Technology and Your Mapper 10:00 am
Would you like to use your tech, leadership or other talents to help Louisville create solutions for municipal problems? Maybe even in a single day? Well, mark Sat., June 1 off on your calendar. A National Day of Civic Hacking will take place around the nation on June 1 and June 2. Cities all around [...]
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TACKLE with TAC4 presents forum on Kentucky coal with Tom FitzGerald, Jim Waters Monday, May 13 2013
Bluegrass Institute and Coal and Jim waters and News and Politics and Sen. Mitch McConnell and Tackle with TAC4 2:20 pm
On Tues., May 21 TACKLE with TAC 4 will present Tom FitzGerald, director, Kentucky Resources Council, and Jim Waters, president of the Bluegrass Institute for Public Policy Solutions, based in Frankfort. FitzGerald, an environmental lawyer, is often mentioned as a possible Democratic challenger to Sen. Mitch McConnell. He’s been president of the Kentucky Resources Council since 1984. Waters runs [...]
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