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Article: Kentucky awarded $483M of single-bid asphalt contracts in 2025, report finds

February 19, 2026|Categories: Taxpaper Watchdog|

A free market think tank found Kentucky awarded $483 million of single-bid asphalt road contracts in 2025, calling for more scrutiny of the bidding process.

The Kentucky […]

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Release: KY Transportation Cabinet awarded $483 Million in Single-Bid Asphalt Contracts in 2025

February 13, 2026|Categories: Taxpaper Watchdog|

The Kentucky Forum for Rights, Economics & Education (KYFREE) released research today revealing the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (KYTC) awarded $483,342,466 in single-bid asphalt contracts in 2025, a […]

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Op-Ed: Kentucky’s new film council is playing the same old insider’s game

January 30, 2026|Categories: Taxpaper Watchdog|

Kentucky’s new film council is playing the same old insider’s game

Less than a year ago, the General Assembly created the Kentucky Film Leadership Council, […]

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DOGE FOR KENTUCKY: IS THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY UP TO THE TASK?

December 5, 2025|Categories: Taxpaper Watchdog|

The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is all the rage.

Conservatives like me are thrilled with this effort to root out the waste and abuse in federal spending. Liberals and […]

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Transportation Cabinet, stop wasting money on asphalt contracts

November 18, 2025|Categories: Taxpaper Watchdog|

Author: Andrew McNeill

Since those who don’t know history are doomed to repeat it, I suggest Kentucky’s Transportation Secretary Jim Gray read the Courier Journal’s 1994 multi-part series on the […]

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Op-ed: Kentucky’s Film Industry – Subsidize It and They Will Come

November 18, 2025|Categories: Taxpaper Watchdog|

Author: Andrew McNeill

Legislative sessions are dominated by interest groups seeking money or trying to tilt the playing field to their financial benefit. The most shameless […]

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