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Editoral calls for comprehensive tax reform
The Louisville Courier Journal ran an editorial calling on the Governor and state legislative leaders to take the need for tax reform seriously.
Coal corruption scandal in India involves key figure in India-KY coal deal
A major public corruption scandal involving coal-connected politicians and industrialists is rocking India's business and political circles. At the center of the $34 billion scandal is a man named Mr. Manoj Jayaswal, the chairman and managing director of a company known as the Abhijeet Group.
U of L president critical of cuts to education
University of Louisville President James Ramsey spoke out yesterday against unnamed politicians who "talk of education’s failures while espousing policies that fail to invest in education.” He noted that the university has been through 13 rounds of cuts in 12 years.
Northern Kentucky members weigh in at Blue Ribbon tax meeting
Tuesday night was the 4th of six Blue Ribbon Tax Commission Public Input Meetings, and KFTC members showed up with grace and good solutions for raising revenue and making our tax structure fairer and more just.
Austerity's Big Winners Prove To Be Wall Street and The Wealthy
The poor and middle classes have shouldered by far the heaviest burdens of the global political obsession with austerity policies over the past three years. In the United States [and Kentucky], budget cuts have forced states to reduce education, public transportation, affordable housing and other social services. But the austerity game also has winners.
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