Guest Essays
Opinion: This legislative session threatens to lower the quality of life for many in the commonwealth
Dustin Pugel, guest contributorEvery year, the General Assembly proposes a host of bills ostensibly aimed…...
Opinion: Madison supported transparency. Yet in closing government, Ky. officials create secrecy that is dream of tyrants
Amye Bensenhaver, guest contributor‘The people, in delegating authority, do not give their public servants the…...
Opinion: By eliminating income tax, House tax bill would wreck Kentucky’s budget to benefit the wealthy
Jason Bailey, guest contributorAs the inflation of today shows us, you can have more dollars…...
Opinion: House Bill 9 is a ‘naked financial and political power grab’ at the expense of Kentucky’s public schools
Tina Bojanowski, guest contributorCharter schools could recruit student athletes, would drain coffers at public schoolsKentucky…...
Opinion: It’s time to get serious about crime
Mitch McConnell, guest contributorLiberals argue that their soft-on-crime attitudes come from a place of compassion. …There…...
Opinion: Kentucky must increase investment in child care and preschool to meet future workforce needs, economic stability
Susan Elkington, guest contributorThese statistics hit home for me: 3.5 million mothers with school-age children…...
Federal funds, state support and industry input help plug Kentucky’s abandoned oil, gas wells
Ryan Watts, guest essayEarlier this month, Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell announced Kentucky would receive…...
Opinion: Giving Kentucky seniors the choice to recover at home is patient choice, will save millions for Medicare
Evan Reinhardt, guest contributorAs COVID-19 continues to impact the lives of all Americans, nursing homes…...
Opinion: Kentucky lawmakers need to end vehicle tax
By Jim Waters, guest essayWith an enormous surplus of funds rolling into state coffers and a…...
Opinion: Danny Carroll, Republicans bullheaded in pushing government secrecy legislation
Amye Bensenhaver, guest contributorEditorial boards, First Amendment experts, open government advocates, and pundits across Kentucky…...
Calendar
All times local.
- April 15 Eggs ‘N Issues: Cybersecurity, Northern Kentucky Chamber of Commerce. Receptions Banquet and Conference Center South, Erlanger. 7:30 a.m.
- April 23 Intellectual Property in the Bluegrass State, University of Kentucky Innovate and others. Gatton Student Center Ballroom, University of Kentucky, Lexington. 3 p.m.
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