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Jul 31, 2019
3 min

Term limits are popular. There is little evidence they are effective.

It is quite common for politicians, especially those running for the Executive to pontificate about term limits. It's a sensible politica...

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Guest Blog: The Importance of Celebrating Independence Day

Nathan Coleman

Jul 4, 2019
4 min

Guest Blog: The Importance of Celebrating Independence Day

Independence Day arrives this week. All across the country, Americans will be eating grilled hamburgers and hotdogs while watching firetr...

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Kentucky's New Concealed Carry Law Goes into Effect Today. Will Crime Increase?

Josh Crawford

Jun 27, 2019
2 min

Kentucky's New Concealed Carry Law Goes into Effect Today. Will Crime Increase?

Today Kentucky becomes one of 15 states that do not require a permit to carry a concealed firearm. The new law does not change where indi...

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Kentucky's most successful Millennials are leaving. Where are they going?

Jordan Harris

Jun 25, 2019
3 min

Kentucky's most successful Millennials are leaving. Where are they going?

A study released earlier this month found that Kentucky is one of the worst states in the United States at retaining successful millennia...

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Lexington's Unemployment Rate is Below 3 Percent. How Do Other Metro Areas Compare?

Jordan Harris

Jun 24, 2019
3 min

Lexington's Unemployment Rate is Below 3 Percent. How Do Other Metro Areas Compare?

Every month the Bureau of Labor Statistics releases area specific wage and employment data for metro areas. Kentucky is in a unique posit...

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Kentucky’s Proposed Ban of Tattooing Over Scars is Government Overreach

Jared Crawford

Jun 17, 2019
3 min

Kentucky’s Proposed Ban of Tattooing Over Scars is Government Overreach

In early May, Kentucky’s Cabinet for Health and Family Services rolled out new proposed regulations for the tattoo industry, among them w...

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Kentucky's Imports from Mexico are 4th Highest as a Percentage of GDP in the US - Tariffs will b

Jordan Harris

Jun 6, 2019
2 min

Kentucky's Imports from Mexico are 4th Highest as a Percentage of GDP in the US - Tariffs will b

Throwing economic sensibilities and consensus to the wind, the Trump Administration is pursuing significant tariffs on products from Mexi...

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Unemployment Insurance Used Longer Than National Average in 9 of 10 Kentucky Regions

Jordan Harris

Jun 5, 2019
2 min

Unemployment Insurance Used Longer Than National Average in 9 of 10 Kentucky Regions

New Report: Since the deepest points of the Great Recession, the number of people in the labor market who are unemployed has dropped by 6...

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Kentucky Payroll Growth Among Highest in Southeast & Neighboring States in April

Jordan Harris

Jun 3, 2019
2 min

Kentucky Payroll Growth Among Highest in Southeast & Neighboring States in April

For Kentucky, virtually every indicator of economic growth is moving in a positive direction right now. The states labor force is among t...

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Kentucky has 15,000 More Open Jobs Than People Searching for Work

Jordan Harris

May 10, 2019
3 min

Kentucky has 15,000 More Open Jobs Than People Searching for Work

The U.S. economy is in the midst of one the longest growth periods in the post-War era creating a unique circumstance in the labor market...

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Fentanyl is Driving Overdose Deaths in Kentucky and Continuing to Increase

Dasha Kolyaskina

May 7, 2019
3 min

Fentanyl is Driving Overdose Deaths in Kentucky and Continuing to Increase

As authorities cracked down on prescription opioids and then on heroin, the black market offered up fentanyl as a substitute. Fentanyl – ...

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The Federal JOBS Act Can Restore TANF, Strengthen Families, Promote Work

Amy Searl

Apr 11, 2019
3 min

The Federal JOBS Act Can Restore TANF, Strengthen Families, Promote Work

Last year, several members of the U.S. House of Representatives proposed a bill that would reshape the way TANF (Temporary Assistance for...

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Meth is Kentucky's Most Abused Illicit Drug - Fentanyl Presents the Biggest Challenges

Dasha Kolyaskina

Apr 3, 2019
2 min

Meth is Kentucky's Most Abused Illicit Drug - Fentanyl Presents the Biggest Challenges

While national attention focused on waves of opioid and heroin crises, methamphetamine and fentanyl use across the country – and in Kentu...

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Research Shows Fewer Police Officers Means More Crime. Cutting Them Could Cost Louisville Much More.

Josh Crawford

Mar 28, 2019
4 min

Research Shows Fewer Police Officers Means More Crime. Cutting Them Could Cost Louisville Much More.

With the bipartisan rejection of an insurance tax hike, Louisville Metro Government must redirect $35 million to pension obligations for ...

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The Cost of Expungement in Kentucky is the Highest in the Region, SB 57 Could Fix That

Josh Crawford

Mar 11, 2019
2 min

The Cost of Expungement in Kentucky is the Highest in the Region, SB 57 Could Fix That

The Kentucky House Judiciary committee unanimously passed Senate Bill 57 sponsored by Senator James Higdon on Wednesday. What's in the bi...

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Decreases in Homicide Continue to Correspond with Increases in LMPD Self-Initiated Policing

Josh Crawford

Mar 4, 2019
1 min

Decreases in Homicide Continue to Correspond with Increases in LMPD Self-Initiated Policing

Eight months ago, after meaningful drops in homicides and shootings in Louisville, we first examined the role that self-initiated policin...

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Kentucky's Welfare Reform Bill is a Transformative Positive Step

Anne-Tyler Morgan, Esq.

Feb 26, 2019
5 min

Kentucky's Welfare Reform Bill is a Transformative Positive Step

House Bill 3 (“HB 3”) is a common-sense measure which seeks to target the administration of Kentucky’s welfare system to those services t...

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Unanswered Questions about Medical Marijuana and Its Implementation in Kentucky

Staff

Feb 21, 2019
7 min

Unanswered Questions about Medical Marijuana and Its Implementation in Kentucky

There is a great deal of discussion about legalizing marijuana in the state of Kentucky. Pegasus Institute has not taken a position on ma...

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Jonathan Shell joins Pegasus Institute as Director of State Initiatives

Staff

Nov 28, 2018
1 min

Jonathan Shell joins Pegasus Institute as Director of State Initiatives

Pegasus Institute is proud to announce that Jonathan Shell, the outgoing Majority Leader of the Kentucky House of Representatives will jo...

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Kentucky has one of America's highest pension income tax exemptions. And it doesn't even wor

Jordan Harris

Nov 27, 2018
3 min

Kentucky has one of America's highest pension income tax exemptions. And it doesn't even wor

Even after reducing its pension exclusion during the last legislative session, Kentucky still has one of the highest in the country. Retiree

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