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Find the courage to do tax reform; Beshear stalling on task force ideas
Tax reform will never happen without strong, very strong, executive leadership.
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Collect taxes from online sales
It seems like the biggest argument against the proposed Marketplace Fairness bill is that it would just be too much trouble.
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Fighting facts in rush for revenue; Public has right to instant-racing info
Money is a powerful thing. The most recent reminder of this enduring truth is the Commonwealth of Kentucky's argument against the legal process of discovery.
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Other voices: Apology is due
So it turns out that Susan Rice, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations and, before a group of leading Senate Republicans decided that she was evil incarnate, a top contender to replace Hillary Clinton as secretary of state, had nothing to do with formulating the White House's response to the...
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Protect women from Gosnells; Keep abortion safe and legal
If you want the Kermit Gosnells of the world to multiply and prosper, outlaw abortion.
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Government overreach: Scrutiny of Tea Party, AP unnerving
The Internal Revenue Service's targeting of Tea Party groups for extra scrutiny and the Justice Department's secret seizure of Associated Press phone records are egregious examples of government overreach.
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Audit of HealthFirst deal a good move
Mayor Jim Gray did the right thing asking State Auditor Adam Edelen to have a look at the peculiar real estate transactions between HealthFirst Bluegrass and developer Ted Mims and his associates.
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Small schools, districts squeezed; Population shifts demand vision
The value of Kentucky's small schools and independent districts can never be measured in just dollars and cents.
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Medicaid expansion right for Ky.; Now Beshear must make it all work
Kentucky can't waste any chance to improve the health of its people. If you doubt it, study the map below. Women 75 and younger in much of Kentucky are living shorter lives than in the past.
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Rethink salaries for college chiefs; reward them for meeting goals
On the one hand, it's all too easy to understand why the Eastern Kentucky University Board of Regents offered such a generous compensation package to its new president. In the end it boils down to this: Everybody's doing it.


