Guest Essays
Opinion: Community action is key to improving education outcomes for Kentucky’s children
Brigitte Blom, opinion contributor The Big Bold Future National Rankings Report, released biennially by…...
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…...
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…...
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…...
Opinion: The commonwealth is strong and growing stronger
Andy Beshear, opinion contributor Earlier this month I delivered my fifth State of the…...
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…...
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,…...
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…...
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…...
Calendar
All times local.
- Dec. 10 Chamber Breakfast Club, Henderson Chamber of Commerce. Henderson County Public Library, Henderson. 8 a.m.
- Dec. 10 A Conversation with UofL president, Dr. Gerry Bradley, The Louisville Forum. Vincenzo’s, Louisville. 12 p.m.
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