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This is the first part of a two-part research update series on Medicaid. Part 1 will look at the current state of Medicaid as well as issues that the federal…
Former special assistant to President Trump at the National Economic Council, Brian Blase, and University of Kentucky economics professor, Aaron Yelowitz, wrote an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal about…
Ann Marie Adams writes for the Martin Center about student subsidies of college sports in Kentucky. The specific problem is that successful revenue-producing sports programs are categorized differently from non-successful…
Joseph Warta writes for Martin Center that a planned new home for N.C. State University basketball players sends the wrong message. Athletes need a good night’s sleep to maximize their…
Of course, that’s not the goal. But that’s the likely consequence of new workplace rules adopted in Seattle, as reported by Bill McMorris of the Washington Free Beacon. Seattle became…
Bill McMorris reports for the Washington Free Beacon on unintended consequences of labor rules in the city by the bay. San Francisco regulations pushed by union organizers to set employee…
Sam Miller of ESPN The Magazine offers up a highly informative look at why Tommy John surgeries are now so very common in baseball. A key point: What makes an…
In a new National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) study, Thomas Ahn of the University of Kentucky and Jacob Vigdor of the University of Washington examined the performance of North…
One problem with reforming government are permanently entrenched bureaucracies, seeking ever more dollars to do things the way they’ve always been done. And that’s especially true in the military. With…
Weird one going on regarding Louisville hoops coach Rick Pitino and woman accused of extorting him. Certainly looks like that the Courier-Journal cropped a photo it had posted on its…
I always got a kick of out of Gregg Doyle, the former Uptown paper sports scribe gone rogue. Ever so calculatedly rogue, usually with a good dose of common sense.…