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Policy Primer: Anti-SLAPP Legislation and the 1st Amendment

Strategic lawsuits against public participation (SLAPP) are a tool often used to intimidate or silence critics with expensive legal proce...

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NEW REPORT: Exploring Barriers to Kentucky Broadband Expansion

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Nov 23
2 min

NEW REPORT: Exploring Barriers to Kentucky Broadband Expansion

New research released by Pegasus Institute dives into the crucial question of “What state government action can Kentucky take to expand b...

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Kentucky State and Local Government Revenue Impacts from Covid-19 Episode

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Nov 18
2 min

Kentucky State and Local Government Revenue Impacts from Covid-19 Episode

Through the Spring and Summer, Kentucky faced unprecedented economic challenges due to the state shutdown. Record unemployment, business ...

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40 Restaurants Join Lawsuit Against Governor

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Nov 11
3 min

40 Restaurants Join Lawsuit Against Governor

By Erinn Broadus As coronavirus regulations continue to plague restaurants and businesses, some restaurant owners filed a lawsuit against...

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Misinformation muddies need for victims’ rights

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Oct 23
1 min

Misinformation muddies need for victims’ rights

By Josh Crawford, Executive Director In 1981, President Ronald Reagan proclaimed the first National Crime Victims’ Rights Week. In issuin...

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Louisville's Deadliest Year Reignites Conversation of Unnecessary Crime Scene Cleanup Costs

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Oct 21
3 min

Louisville's Deadliest Year Reignites Conversation of Unnecessary Crime Scene Cleanup Costs

2020 is Louisville’s deadliest year on record – and the year is not even over. As of October 20, a record-setting 131 homicides have been...

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Price Controls Are Not a Free-Market Solution

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Aug 27
2 min

Price Controls Are Not a Free-Market Solution

By Austin Dillon The Lower Health Care Costs Act (LHCCA) has recently gained new attention as a result of efforts to combat surprise bill...

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New Analysis Shows that Increases in Self-Initiated Police Activity Reduce Homicides

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Aug 26
3 min

New Analysis Shows that Increases in Self-Initiated Police Activity Reduce Homicides

In Louisville, Kentucky, we could see 1.16 fewer homicides a month for every 1,000 additional instances of SIPA.

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Business Protection is Critical for COVID Relief

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Aug 13
3 min

Business Protection is Critical for COVID Relief

By Erinn Broadus COVID has shocked the global economy and forced thousands of business owners to close their doors. A pivotal element of ...

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Senator Rand Paul Discusses the SCHOOL Act on the Pegasus Podcast

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Aug 12
2 min

Senator Rand Paul Discusses the SCHOOL Act on the Pegasus Podcast

This fall, we must make getting all of our kids back into in-person schooling a priority. Schools in Denmark, Austria, Norway, Finland, S...

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Continuing to Inflate Unemployment Checks Will Further Deplete Businesses

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Aug 4
3 min

Continuing to Inflate Unemployment Checks Will Further Deplete Businesses

By Erinn Broadus The end of July signaled the end of the weekly $600 unemployment checks many have been receiving. This deadline has been...

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Podcast: Relief for American's Justice System

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Jul 30
1 min

Podcast: Relief for American's Justice System

The last few months presented America’s justice system with many unprecedented challenges. As our public safety officials worked to balan...

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Don’t Defund The Police; Fund And Defend Them

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Jul 21
1 min

Don’t Defund The Police; Fund And Defend Them

By Josh Crawford Despite the media’s constant attention to the “defund the police” campaign, the movement remains extremely unpopular. A ...

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Podcast: Amid Calls to 'Defund Police', Record Breaking Violence Plagues America's Cities

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Jul 20
1 min

Podcast: Amid Calls to 'Defund Police', Record Breaking Violence Plagues America's Cities

For many years, America's largest cities saw decreasing crime rates. Places that once suffered from thousands of homicides, like New York...

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Kentucky Started a National Movement to Treat Female Prisoners Better, but More Work is Needed

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Jul 16
3 min

Kentucky Started a National Movement to Treat Female Prisoners Better, but More Work is Needed

By Courtney Spencer On May 14th of this year South Carolina was the 43rd state to pass a ban on shackling of pregnant women in prison wit...

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Podcast: Louisville on Pace for Most Violent Summer and Year Ever

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Jul 15
2 min

Podcast: Louisville on Pace for Most Violent Summer and Year Ever

Across the country, a number of cities, especially Louisville, are dealing with some of their most violent months in history. As of July ...

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Kentucky State Budget Grew 12 Times More Than Population Growth From 2000 to 2018

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Jul 13
2 min

Kentucky State Budget Grew 12 Times More Than Population Growth From 2000 to 2018

By Austin Dillon New data compiled by Americans for Tax Reform shows drastic growth in Kentucky’s state budget in the past eighteen years...

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Nearly Half of Kentucky’s Workforce Has Filed for Unemployment

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Jun 24
2 min

Nearly Half of Kentucky’s Workforce Has Filed for Unemployment

Even as states begin to loosen restrictions, KY is 2nd in the nation for the percentage of the labor force that has filed for unemployment.

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The remarkable folly of ‘defund the police’

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Jun 16
1 min

The remarkable folly of ‘defund the police’

On September 9, 1919, after an overwhelming vote by officers in favor of striking the day before, nearly 80% of the Boston Police Departm...

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NEW REPORT: Declaring an Emergency: Cross-State Comparisons and Recommendations for Reform

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Jun 10
1 min

NEW REPORT: Declaring an Emergency: Cross-State Comparisons and Recommendations for Reform

The American system of government is a calculated structure of limited and separate governmental powers. In times of emergency, however, ...

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