Guest Essays
HB 398 puts Kentucky workers’ lives at risk, is bad for business
Al Gentry, opinion contributor I know firsthand what a workplace injury can take from you.…...
Opinion: Cuts to federal education grants harm students and weaken U.S. global competitiveness
Statement from the Alliance for Learning Innovation, Data Quality Campaign, Digital Promise, InnovateEDU, Knowledge…...
Opinion: McDaniel – 11th-hour pardons are call to action
Chris McDaniel, opinion contributor In President Joe Biden’s administration’s final days, we witnessed egregious and…...
Opinion: A Prescription for rural Kentucky – EKU’s proposed College of Osteopathic Medicine
David McFaddin, opinion contributor For many Kentuckians including myself, the mission to improve access to…...
Opinion: The commonwealth is strong and growing stronger
Andy Beshear, opinion contributor Earlier this month I delivered my fifth State of the Commonwealth…...
Opinion: President Carter’s secretary, her Kentucky connection, and her role in the Camp David Accords
Amye Bensenhaver, opinion contributor I was privileged to become acquainted with President Carter’s personal executive…...
Opinion: Legislators must restore public participation in Kentucky’s lawmaking process
Jennifer A. Jackson, opinion contributor Our representative democracy rests on a fundamental principle: We, the…...
Opinion: Closing public records cultivates civic ignorance and has a ‘very real human toll’
Amye Bensenhaver, guest contributor  An article in the Oct. 9 Lexington Herald-Leader – “KY nonresidents are…...
Opinion: Ensuring transparency and fighting ‘outlandish misinformation’ are everyday goals for journalists
Dena Sattler, guest contributor For more than 30 years, I worked among fellow journalists who…...
Opinion: The Biden administration is facing a defining moment on innovation policy and patent rights
Joseph P. Allen, Guest Contributor For nearly two years, progressive activists have lobbied the Biden…...
Calendar
All times local.
- March 5-7: Insurance Risk and Safety Conference, Kentucky League of Cities. Center for Rural Development, Somerset. 8 a.m.
- March 10: Kentucky Writers’ Hall of Fame induction ceremony, Carnegie Center for Literacy and Learning. Kentucky Theater, Lexington. 6:30 p.m.
- March 17-19: Kentucky Spirits Industry Conference, James B. Beam Institute for Kentucky Spirits and the Kentucky Distillers’ Association. Gatton Student Center, University of Kentucky, Lexington. 9:30 a.m.
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