Kentucky’s projected budget surplus for the current fiscal year is stronger than initially anticipated, according to the Consensus Forecasting Group. The budget surplus for Fiscal Year 2023 is expected to grow about 6.4% from the $945 billion surplus in 2022 to $1.4 billion. This comes after Kentucky recorded a surplus of more than $1.1 billion for […]
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Supreme Court says school tax credit law unconstitutional: NKY educators weigh-in
The Kentucky Supreme Court upheld a decision from a Franklin Court Judge that Kentucky’s new tax credit scholarship program is unconstitutional. The ruling confirms another major win for public school advocates and educators in Northern Kentucky after Northern Kentucky University declined to take action on becoming a charter school authorizer on Tuesday, effectively taking them […]
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Beshear: Charter schools aren’t the answer to public education woes
“All you do in charter schools is create potential haves versus have nots,” Gov. Andy Beshear told LINK nky Monday in an end-of-year interview in Frankfort. His comments came just a day before Northern Kentucky University’s Board of Regents decided not to vote on a resolution to make them the authorizer of a charter school […]
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With NKU out, what happens next for Northern Kentucky’s charter school?
Outside Student Union Room 107A at Northern Kentucky University on Tuesday, public educators from around the region spoke animatedly in groups after NKU’s Board of Regents declined to vote on whether it would become an authorizer for the region’s impending charter school. Authorizers are the institutions that can approve, deny, and oversee charter school schools. […]
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NKU will not oversee Northern Kentucky charter schools
A charter school pilot is coming to Northern Kentucky, but the region’s largest university will not be its authorizer. Northern Kentucky University Board of Regents declined to take action Tuesday to be the authorizer — the institution that can approve, deny, and oversee a charter school — ending months of speculation about a project for […]
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Explainer: What does a charter school authorizer do?
On Tuesday, Northern Kentucky University will decide whether or not to become an authorizer for the charter school pilot scheduled to come to Northern Kentucky in 2024. House Bill 9, which passed in this year’s legislative session that established the Kentucky Charter School Pilot Program, listed NKU as the authorizer for the Northern Kentucky. It […]
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Kenton Co. judge dismisses two libel lawsuits filed by Eric Deters
Northern Kentucky gubernatorial candidate Eric Deters said that he plans to fight a Kenton County Judge’s decision to dismiss two libel lawsuits filed against another local attorney. Deters filed the lawsuits against Chris Wiest, an attorney representing two clients who have sued Deters for a breach of contract. On Thursday, Kenton Circuit Judge Patricia Summe […]
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Will eliminating the state’s income tax blow ‘a hole’ in its revenue stream?Â
In a series of tweets, the Executive Director of the Kentucky Center for Economic Policy, Jason Bailey, said that what Kentucky is doing by cutting the income tax and replacing it with sales tax revenue is “blowing a huge hole in KY’s revenue stream.” But, others argue that getting rid of the income tax will […]
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McConnell criticizes Trump over Constitution comments
Kentucky Senator Mitch McConnell issued criticism against former President Donald Trump over the latter’s comments calling for the suspension of the Constitution. “Anyone seeking the presidency who thinks that the Constitution could somehow be suspended or not followed, it seems to me would have a very hard time being sworn in as president of the […]
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Gov. Andy Beshear files for reelection in 2023
Though he announced his intention to again run for the state’s highest office in 2021, Gov. Andy Beshear officially filed to run for reelection on Monday. First elected in 2019 after defeating Republican incumbent Matt Bevin, Beshear signed the paperwork for a second term in the Office of the Secretary of State, joined by his […]