Showing posts with label Kentucky. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Kentucky. Show all posts
Saturday, March 07, 2020

David MacMillan Writes OpEd Blasting Creationism, Ken Ham Fires Back

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David MacMillan, a former creationist, wrote an opinion/editorial for the Lexington Herald Leader, in which he blasted the Ark Encounter and...
Friday, October 06, 2017

Creation Museum Having Positive Impact on Economy of Florence, KY

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Cincinnati.com is running a story about the impact that the Creation Museum is having on the economy of a nearby town, Florence, Kentucky.  ...
Wednesday, September 20, 2017

Forbes: Ark Encounter Local Tax Scandal Not Very Scandalous

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I bit back I reported on the sale, not once but twice, of the Ark Encounter for $10 that, to all appearances, looked like a tax dodge gone b...
Sunday, July 16, 2017

Ark Encounter: Profit or Non-Profit?

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The Panda's Thumb is reporting yet another kerfuffle involving the Ark Encounter, the Town of Williamstown, and finances. Matt Young wri...
Wednesday, June 07, 2017

Ark Encounter Not Helping Local Economy

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From Linda Blackford , of the Lexington Herald Leader: Ark co-founder Mike Zovath said the attraction will attract its 1 millionth visitor...
Tuesday, February 28, 2017

The Law of Unintended Consequences Strikes Again

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WKYT TV has a note on how the county that gave tax incentives for the building and marketing of the Ark Encounter is going broke : Ham sai...
Monday, April 18, 2016

No Extra Vacation For Kentucky Schoolchildren

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 A bill that would have extended summer vacation for Kentucky school children has died.  NCSE writes : Kentucky's Senate Bill 50 (PD...
Wednesday, January 27, 2016

A Huge Win For Ken Ham

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Ken Ham has, apparently, won the ongoing battle involving hiring practices for the Ark Encounter.  Religion News Service reports : U.S. D...
Monday, April 06, 2015

AU, Baptist Ministers Seek to Intervene in Ark Encounter Suit Against Kentucky

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Baptist News is reporting that two Baptist ministers have joined forces with Americans United for Separation of Church and State to interve...
Tuesday, March 17, 2015

Ark Encounter Asks Judge for Injunction

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In a very short AP article, it is being reported that the Ark Encounter is asking the judge involved in the suit that it filed in February ...
Tuesday, February 10, 2015

Ken Ham Suing State of Kentucky

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Ken Ham is suing the state of Kentucky over the revocation of the tax credits for the Ark-n-Park.  Stoyan Zaimov of The Christian Post has t...
Thursday, December 11, 2014

Ark Encounter Loses Tax Incentives

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Reuters is reporting that the AiG-fronted Ark Encounter project has lost the tax incentives it so desperately wanted for the construction ...
Friday, October 10, 2014

Ark Encounter Hiring Update

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Yahoo News is running a story that the state of Kentucky has contacted the organizers of the Ark Encounter in connexion with its CAD designe...
Tuesday, August 26, 2014

AU Opposes Tax Incentives for Ark Encounter

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The organization Americans United for the Separation of Church and State has written a letter to Steve Beshear, the governor of Kentucky, ur...

General Distrust for Common Core

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Here is an article on the views of the public in general about the Common Core.  The problems identified are a microcosm of federalism as a...
Tuesday, May 20, 2014

Ark Encounter Begins Construction

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Catching up!   I have been snowed under with work and the end of the semester.  In the meantime, several things have happened.  First, it ap...
Friday, May 17, 2013

"Junk Science" From Kentucky

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From the land that gave us the Creation Museum, we now have a bold, public attempt to teach creationism in the public schools of Louisville....
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Thursday, January 17, 2013

Zack Kopplin on School Vouchers

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No sooner had I gotten the last post written when an email from Zack Kopplin appeared in my inbox (mailing list, not personal note) about hi...
Friday, August 17, 2012

Shocked! Simply Shocked!

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An amusing (or not) story is coming out of Kentucky where some state representatives have discovered that students are actually being tested...
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Monday, January 23, 2012

More Trouble in Kentucky

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Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear has drafted a state budget that calls for 286 million dollars in cuts, some of which will come in the form ...
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