Thomas Hobbes described the state of Nature as the “bellum omnium contra omnes,” the war of all against all. This is exactly the state of higher education funding that is contemplated here by Senate President Pro Tem, David Givens, “Whoever’s shown the best performance for the budget period we’ve described would get 100 percent of
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I would not normally open a relationship with someone by naming them a fool, but I cannot help but call out this video for what it is–politically moronic. And worse, it’s not even funny. Modern technology allows us to comment on his “not ready for YouTube” political theater in the Vialogue embed below. You can just
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Kansas lawmakers struck back at the University of Kansas on Thursday by adding a provision to the state’s budget to restrict the university from spending certain money. The provision is a response to the university decision to circumvent the Legislature’s authority last month when it issued $326.9 million in bonds. KU relied on a Wisconsin
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Bill tracking browser for Kentucky 2016 Regular Session legislation Source: KY Legislation | 2016 | Regular Session | LegiScan If you want to keep track of legislation as it works its way through the Senate and House, you can’t beat LegiScan for ease of use and comprehensive coverage from the status of the bills to
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