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John Schaaf
Amendment 2 would send tax dollars to church schools
Many Kentucky churches are losing members and money, but they’re hoping taxpayers will vote to bail them out of their financial problems. Church lobbyists pushed Amendment 2 onto the November ballot, and if their scheme passes, hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars will flow into questionable religious schools operated in church basements across the commonwealth.? […]
School vouchers hurting students’ academic performance, several studies show
A few? weeks ago at the Capitol in Frankfort, a lobbying group called EdChoice Kentucky, Inc. organized a rally in favor of changing the state’s Constitution to funnel taxpayer money into private religious schools.?? Most of the people who showed up were students from Catholic and Christian schools who were bused in for the occasion. […]
Tax dollars are wasted in states with school vouchers
Like salmon swimming home to spawn, lobbyists are again roaming the hallways of the Kentucky State Capitol.?? This year, big-dollar lobbyists representing corporate-run private schools and churches are pushing House Bill 208 to change the state’s constitution to allow politicians to throw billions of tax dollars into private and religious schools.?? The bad news is, […]
On deck: Kentucky voters could be asked to OK public money for private schools next year
If you’re tired of endless political ads on television, radio and social media, just wait until next year when corporate lobbyists try to grab Kentucky tax dollars for privately-run charter schools. After years of defeats in the Kentucky Supreme Court, lobbyists and private school operators will attempt to push a radical constitutional amendment onto the […]
George Russell was dedicated to honest elections in Kentucky and around the world
George Russell, who died recently, was a champion of free and fair elections in Kentucky and around the world. His work and that of his colleagues across the globe for democracy and?freedom will always prevail against those who make false allegations about election?fraud or try to suppress the voting rights of their fellow citizens. George […]