Editor’s note: We came across this story of a charter school situation in California, and thought it would be instructive to show what CAN happen with for-profit charter schools. (Doesn’t have to, but certainly can.) We are cross-posting it with permission from the original publication, Voice of San
It takes a lot to shock or surprise veteran reporter and history professor Berry Craig. But the Graves County Democrats pulled it off. At their annual pre-Fancy-Farm breakfast, the group named Berry Craig their Democrat of the Year for 2019. To say he was surprised is an understatement. “Gobsmacked” is
In 2016, Jeff Yass, the billionaire founder of a Pennsylvania global trading company donated $100,000 to a political action committee called Kentuckians for Strong Leadership. The PAC, according to its website, is dedicated to preserving the political fortunes of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and in 2016, ensuring Republican
Kelly Craft, President Donald Trump’s nominee for U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, pledged Wednesday to be an “advocate for all countries to do their part in addressing climate change” – a stance at odds with the White House and Trump, who has questioned a human role. Craft, who
June 19 marks Juneteenth, a celebration of the de facto end of slavery in the United States. For hundreds of thousands of African-Americans stuck in pretrial detention – accused but not convicted of a crime, and unable to leave because of bail – that promise remains unfulfilled. And coming immediately after Father’
The verbal and legal back-and-forth between Governor Bevin and Attorney General Beshear has continued the past few months over a type of health insurance program known as Association Heath Plans (AHPs). AHPs were brought back into the healthcare policy debate following an executive order signed by President Trump in October
Education Czar Wayne Lewis decided to beat his reliable dead horse at Wednesday’s Kentucky Board of Education meeting: merit pay for teachers. Shouldn’t teachers whose students do better on high-stakes testing earn more money? “There is no incentive right now to be a great teacher,” Lewis told the
The Rev. Franklin Graham, Trump’s archbishop of bigotry, says Democratic presidential hopeful Pete Buttigieg should repent of his “sin.” “Mayor Buttigieg says he’s a gay Christian,” Graham tweeted to his fans. “As a Christian I believe the Bible which defines homosexuality as sin, something to be repentant of,
(Editor’s note: We don’t normally publish religious material. However, the comparison of “the spirit of Empire” seemed particularly apt and timely, so I asked permission to cross-post. It comes from a newsletter called “The Resistance Prays.” If you want to learn more about the publication, you can visit
Look around. People hurry to work. Shoppers stroll down the street, looking in store windows for the latest fashion. Cars and buses jostle for position. Teachers teach, judges rule, businesses operate. It’s a day like any other. Am I describing a normal day in Chicago, or Kansas City, or
Terrorists blast away with military-style semiautomatic rifles, slaughtering scores of innocent men, women and children. Such mass murders happen with alarming frequency in the richest and most powerful country on earth. In this rich and powerful country, laws regulating firearms are weaker than in almost every other country on Earth.
Apparently, my editorial about scholarship tax credits left a mark. Why else would multiple sites run rebuttals? I suppose they didn’t like the word “scam.” Unfortunately for them, people across the state are catching on to these “back-door vouchers.” Teachers, superintendents, policy wonks, and citizens of all kinds are
Not surprisingly, Rep. James Comer played presidential poodle dog during Michael Cohen’s dramatic appearance before the House Oversight Committee this morning. His performance ought to at least earn him another free ride on Air Force One. As expected, too, Trump’s former fixer ripped “his old boss as a
Abortion. Just say the word, and people are ready to fight. It’s one of the most emotion-laden issues to confront our body politic. I get that. But even given the emotions around it, why has the General Assembly lost its mind over this issue? I’m speaking, specifically, of
Even before the filing deadline hit, I started getting fund-raising emails from various campaigns. So, in order to keep anyone from feeling I am ignoring them, let me just say this: No, I cannot donate to your campaign. BUT – there’s a caveat. I cannot donate to your campaign during
As decision-makers go after the very assistance that hundreds of thousands of low-income Kentuckians use to help make ends meet, the harm to families and communities deepens. Erecting barriers to participation in food assistance, Medicaid, and other programs ignores what is really holding back Kentuckians: there are not enough quality
