Pegasus Institute

House Bill 3 (“HB 3”) is a common-sense measure which seeks to target the administration of Kentucky’s welfare system to those services that Kentuckians need most, such as child care, work supports, and job training. States across the nation are effectively using federal funds to more effectively improve the lives and upward mobility of their constituents, and the passage of HB 3 will usher Kentuckians toward a bright and hopeful future. In 1935, President Franklin D. Roosevelt stated that, “The lessons of history show conclusively that continued dependency upon relief induces a spiritual and moral disintegration fundamentally destructive to the national fiber.” Indeed, as Economics Profes

There is a great deal of discussion about legalizing marijuana in the state of Kentucky. Pegasus Institute has not taken a position on marijuana legalization, and does not intend to. We do acknowledge that the conversation surrounding such legalization has ignored the very complex nature of creating a gray market for an illicit substance, which remains a schedule 1 drug under the Controlled Substances Act, meaning that the Federal Government does not currently accept medical use in treatment for marijuana and that there is a lack of accepted safety for use of the drug. Listed below are outstanding questions that lawmakers should consider before Kentucky can move forward with an efforts to le