Guest Essays
Opinion: Kentucky must increase investment in child care and preschool to meet future workforce needs, economic stability
Susan Elkington, guest contributor These statistics hit home for me: 3.5 million mothers with school-age…...
Federal funds, state support and industry input help plug Kentucky’s abandoned oil, gas wells
Ryan Watts, guest essay Earlier this month, Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell announced Kentucky would…...
Opinion: Giving Kentucky seniors the choice to recover at home is patient choice, will save millions for Medicare
Evan Reinhardt, guest contributor As COVID-19 continues to impact the lives of all Americans, nursing…...
Opinion: Kentucky lawmakers need to end vehicle tax
By Jim Waters, guest essay With an enormous surplus of funds rolling into state coffers and…...
Opinion: Danny Carroll, Republicans bullheaded in pushing government secrecy legislation
Amye Bensenhaver, guest contributor Editorial boards, First Amendment experts, open government advocates, and pundits across…...
Opinion: Shift and shaft tax policy is no way to prosper
Jason Bailey, guest contributor When states cut taxes for wealthy, services wane as costs shift…...
Opinion: To modernize, Kentucky Democratic Party should allow officials to endorse candidates in its primary elections
Leo Haggerty, guest contributor In an essay I wrote for The Kentucky Gazette after the…...
Opinion: Abuse, neglect reflect lack of investment in child-welfare system
Julie Raque Adams, guest contributor As we convene for the 2022 legislative session, stabilizing the…...
Opinion: Nurse shortage prompts Anthem to create scholarship fund
Leon Lamoreaux, guest contributor For generations, Kentucky’s rural communities have been built by families, separated…...
Opinion: Auditor should ‘follow the data’ and scrutinize ‘tacit collusion’ between road contractors and the state Transportation Cabinet
Jim Waters, guest contributor A new year would be an opportune time for Kentucky’s Transportation…...
Calendar
All times local.
- Oct. 14 Annual Meeting Dinner, Kentucky Chamber of Commerce. Marriott Downtown, Louisville. 5 p.m.
- Oct. 14 Business @ Lunch, The Chamber of Murray-Calloway County. The Murray Room of the CFSB Center, Murray. 11:30 a.m.
- Oct. 15-17 2025 Annual Meeting, Southern Demographic Association. Hilton Lexington Downtown, Lexington. 4 p.m.
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