Fernando Figueroa: Work-based learning and apprenticeships provide opportunities for employers
In our current labor market, identifying a pool of suitable workers can be challenging for many employers. Today, some of…
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Danielle Corbin: Here are tips for how to choose the best child care center for your child and your family
Choosing the right child care center is one of the most important decisions you’ll make. Research shows that just choosing…
Tim Hanner: Supporting the Dialysis PATIENTS Act, an opportunity to improve renal care
Those who meet me may think I am a regular guy and perhaps even in good health for someone my…
Bill Straub: Hail, hail Fredonia; America is mired in Duck Soup under President Donald J. Trump
Perhaps the time has come to consider changing the name of the United States of America to Freedonia. For the…
Stuart Sanders: Legislature reflects on history, changes, during session in Old State Capitol
The Kentucky General Assembly recently held a session in the Old State Capitol in Frankfort. It was a special occurrence…
Sandmann attorneys: Washington Post doubles down on lies, we will double down on truth
By L. Linn Wood and Todd McMurtry In a span of 3 days beginning on January 19, The Washington Post…
Glenna Bevin: Scholarship tax credits expand education opportunities for all Kentucky’s children
During the next few weeks, our General Assembly has a remarkable opportunity to give thousands of Kentucky children a new…
Amye Bensenhaver: By stealth legislators go for more stealth; HB 387 is example, sadly, of ‘darkness as best disinfectant’
There is one provision of the Kentucky open records law that Representative Jason Petrie (R-Elkton) neglected to include in the…
Letter to General Assembly: Long list of advocates urge defeat of HB 3, barriers for children, families
To the Members of the Kentucky General Assembly: We, the undersigned, voice our strong opposition to House Bill 3. HB…
Commentary: Infrastructure investment is key to economic growth; we all depend on transportation
Kentucky is in a prime spot — within a day’s drive of two-thirds of the nation’s population. That makes the…
Bill Straub: Unavoidable to broach this subject again, but to clarify — it isn’t voter fraud, it’s election fraud
In a week where President Trump (Egads!) traveled to Vietnam — a country he assiduously sought to avoid some 50…
Danielle Corbin: Celebrate digital learning with less screen time; power those devices down
Considering the prevalence of screens in our lives — be it television, laptops, tablets or smartphones —it’s easy to feel…
Amye Bensenhaver: Public right to know; consumer lenders don’t deserve secrecy on disclosures
HB 285, sponsored by Michael Meredith, (R-Oakland), is a 30-page bill that is intended to “modernize” regulation and oversight of…
Sen. John Schickel: Shaping Commonwealth’s future; look at some of Senate bills considered last week
Squeaky floors. No vote-counting tote boards. And nearly two-century-old decor. That’s what greeted Senators when they convened for the…
Gov. Bevin on US-Mexico-Canada Agreement: Trade modernization benefits Kentucky and North America
Throughout the very complex trade negotiations to replace NAFTA via a trade deal known as the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement on…
Brent Cooper: Investing in Kentucky’s infrastructure is the key to our economy and quality of life
Reliable transportation is key to any successful economy. Business leaders are keenly aware of this fact. If you’re waiting on…
Dustin Pugel: Bills would worsen troubles for Kyians who get laid off, cutting unemployment benefits
New legislative proposals would cut Unemployment Insurance (UI) benefits for people who lose their jobs through no fault of their…
Al Cross: At 77, McConnell faces big decision about his legacy — a Trump enabler or a Senate leader?
Mitch McConnell turned 77 Wednesday. He’s at the point in life where you reflect, sometimes at length, on how you…
Bill Straub: McConnell has abdicated his leadership of the U.S. Senate to President Donald Trump
Well, the good news is Addison Mitchell McConnell has at long last abdicated his position as Republican leader of the…
Col Owens: ‘Where is the money we need?’ Income inequality puts too much money in hands of too few
I believe it is important to set out some guidelines for the discussion underway in the Democratic Presidential primary, about…
Andy Beshear: New Survivors Council Members provide resounding voice for KY victims of crime
When I entered public service three years ago, one of my core missions was to seek justice for victims. We…
Richard Nelson: Signs of life in the Kentucky legislature as flurry of pro-life bills moves through
A flurry of pro-life bills is moving through the Kentucky legislature as swiftly as a Midwestern snowstorm in February, bringing…