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May 21, 2013
Government
Dave Adkisson
Legislators collaborate to improve education in the commonwealth
It was a short legislative session filled with tough issues for Kentucky, but legislators did find time to collaborate on a number of bills designed to improve education attainment in the commonwea...
Apr 01, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Dave Adkisson
2013 General Assembly will see new faces, familiar issues
When the General Assembly convenes in Frankfort this January, it will be full of new faces, but riddled with familiar issues. This year’s session is a “short session,” as it falls in an odd year an...
Jan 04, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Dave Adkisson
Unfunded pension system threatens Kentucky’s future
Less funding for schools. No employee pay raises. Service cutbacks for people in need. Construction projects canceled. Job-creating programs put on hold. Still higher college tuition. These and oth...
Dec 10, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
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Is state’s legal environment ready for jobs?
Kentucky’s failure to consider even modest tort reforms, such as medical review panels and caps on runaway verdicts, is earning our state a reputation as a bad place for business. The U.S. Chamber ...
Aug 23, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
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Ready for jobs?
In sports, in business, and in education, rankings matter. In education, top-ranked universities attract the best students, and top-performing graduates get the best jobs and enjoy higher earnings....
Jul 26, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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Test scores reflect new standards in Kentucky's schools
Kentucky’s schools have just finished an important year of work under new academic standards that hold great promise for the state. Students were tested in May and scores are expected later this ye...
Jun 21, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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Employers, use tax commission meeting to share
Purchase area employers have an important opportunity this month to share their views on Kentucky’s taxes with a blue ribbon commission that is expected to issue recommendations on ways to change t...
May 24, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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Time for answers for Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant
For decades, Paducah’s Gaseous Diffusion Plant has been an anchor for job creation for the entire western Kentucky region. Unfortunately, this valuable national asset that is so critical to Kentuck...
Mar 22, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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Businesses provide training for principals
More than $1 million pledged
Feb 23, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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Chamber fighting for sound budget, job creation
After three years of budget deficits, the General Assembly returns this month to begin writing a budget for fiscal years 2013 and 2014. Although there has been an uptick in revenue in past months, ...
Dec 22, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
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