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When states temporarily waived CON rules during COVID-19, researchers found roughly:
20 fewer COVID deaths per 100,000
30 fewer deaths from natural causes per 100,000
If suspending the rules saved lives in a crisis, what are they doing the rest of the time? #KYCON #KYGA27 bluegrassinstitute.org/certi…
States that repealed hospital CON laws saw facilities grow over the following two decades:
📈 +3.8% rural hospitals 📈 +3.9% urban hospitals
Repeal didn't empty out rural Kentucky's competitors. It added options. #KYCON #KYGA27 bluegrassinstitute.org/certi…
Sending congratulations to our friends to the north at the @TheBuckeyeInst. The Supreme Court has taken their case, McNutt v. U.S. Department of Justice. Here's some TV coverage of our event with Robert Alt in March. youtube.com/watch?v=jmF_KRI_…
On his birthday, take note of one Kentucky's greatest champions for freedom: Cassius Marcellus Clay.
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Tired of silent property tax hikes that you only learn about after they're passed? Truth in Taxation to the rescue. bluegrassinstitute.org/kys-f…
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Eager to hop a plane tomorrow to present at this conference a health insurance affordability effort that @cobrown and @bluegrasspolicy are bringing to Kentucky.
(Special treat: presenting alongside former Cato colleagues Brittany La Couture and Trisha Singh.)
If you work in healthcare economics, public policy, political science, or related fields, we want to hear from you.
The Consumer Choice Center and King's College London are joining forces for the 1st Health Economics Symposium. A 2-day global forum on the governance roots of the US healthcare crisis.
October 20–21, 2026. London, United Kingdom. 🧵 ⤵️
Good standards say what students will learn. Kentucky’s draft uses the word “may” more than 100 times. If content is optional, it isn’t a standard. bluegrassinstitute.org/socia…
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Kentucky released its 2026 public school assessment and accountability program scores today. My first puzzle involves scores from the 11th grade testing with the SAT, which replaced the ACT for the first time.
State law requires testing English, reading, math and science, but SAT only actually tests math and combined reading and writing. So, SAT said they would somehow create science scores for Kentucky from those two test elements (they ignored English completely).
Below is an example of what got reported today. Can anyone explain to me how science got scored so differently from the actual SAT subjects of math and reading and writing? How can anyone make much use of the science scores. Also notice how much smaller the achievement gap is with science. Does that seem credible?
Clay was a white Kentucky aristocrat who attacked slavery with the power of the pulpit, the press, and, when necessary, brass cannons. bluegrassinstitute.org/cassi…
One camera error. One innocent woman nearly facing charges. Abby Hall tells @LelandShow why Flock license plate readers demand urgent oversight. 🎙️ ow.ly/l5gH50ZWrKI
In 2022, UofL Health asked to convert 33 acute care beds into 33 psychiatric beds. Same building. Same bed count.
Denied.
The hearing officer even noted the need-determination formulas were "likely flawed." Kentucky can do better. #KYCON #KYGA27 ow.ly/MywF50ZMVpA
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A single Flock camera error nearly got an innocent woman charged with a crime. Abby Hall of the Bluegrass Institute joined @LelandShow on the radio to explain what that tells us about trusting automated surveillance without question. Listen: bluegrassinstitute.org/abby-…
Before a data center developer comes knocking, what should Kentucky communities know? Bluegrass Institute's Joseph L. Verruni walked through the key economic and energy policy questions on the Kentucky Focus Show. Watch: bluegrassinstitute.org/josep…
When officials call surveillance technology a "reasonable compromise," it's worth asking: reasonable for whom? Abigail R. Hall joined @LelandShow to explain why she calls Flock cameras a gross overreach. Listen: ow.ly/sQSm50ZS1ZQ
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CEO of AWS @MattGorman comes out swinging at rate increases. aboutamazon.com/news/company…
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New educational opportunities are coming to Kentucky families!
Caleb O. Brown of @bluegrasspolicy joined Kentucky Focus to discuss how the federal scholarship tax credit will expand access to educational resources and learning options for students.
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A $24 million surgery center in Fort Mitchell sat tied up for more than two years — delayed by litigation from a rival hospital system.
170,000 northern Kentucky residents waited.
Kentucky has less than half the national average of ambulatory surgical centers per capita. #KYCON #KYGA27 ow.ly/n6Q750ZMVoV