Brent Cooper: As a region, we are unhealthy; prioritizing health is good for business
As the President of the NKY Chamber of Commerce, I am often viewed as a cheerleader for the region. There…
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Letter from Kenton County Fiscal Court to Covington Catholic High School Principal Robert Rowe
The Kenton County Fiscal Court sent the following letter to Covington Catholic High School Principal Robert Rowe.
Adam Koenig: I Stood Up for my alma mater, Covington Catholic; and now something must change
We have officially reached a turning point in the current frenzied media environment. The rush to judgment over the media-created…
Dustin Pugel: Kentuckians need more from economy so stop blaming the safety net and get to work
As decision-makers go after the very assistance that hundreds of thousands of low-income Kentuckians use to help make ends meet,…
Mayor Joe Meyer: It is my role to protect and advance the City of Covington’s reputation and vitality
EDITOR’S NOTE: Covington Mayor Joe Meyer made these comments at a meeting of the Covington Board of Commissioners; they follow…
Stuart Sanders: Message from Pulitzer-Prize winner from 100 years ago is still relevant today
Citizens mired in apathy. International money and foreign agents influencing domestic politics. Americans ensconced in a bubble of prosperity and…
Paul Tenkotte: There’s always an opportunity to be better than we are — a lesson from DC experience
Years ago, a friend listened patiently as I droned on about how I was so angry that a certain issue…
Jesse Brewer: Catastrophe on many levels, students’ DC experience shows need to wait for all facts
The recent events that unfolded this past weekend in Washington D.C., involving students from Covington Catholic High School, are nothing…
David Holthaus: Beyond Civility, Covington Catholic incident in D.C. presents more than a teaching moment
For nearly a hundred years, Covington Catholic High School has nurtured its reputation as a place where young men can…
Aaron Thompson: Setbacks are inevitable, but on this Martin Luther King Day, let us celebrate progress
If Martin Luther King Jr. were alive today, he would have just celebrated his 90th birthday. Inevitably, I find myself…
Amye Bensenhaver: Legislators, public abandoned any pretense of compliance with open meetings
Amidst the usual controversies that attend the opening days of a legislative session, the first week of the 2019 Kentucky…
Mayor Joe Meyer: City is a place of opportunity for all; disturbing video does not reflect our values
Two days before the holiday honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., an intense discussion took place following breakfast at a…
Retired Justice Daniel Venters: The Governor’s verbal attacks on the courts are wrong — and ‘fake news’
Governor Bevin responded to the Kentucky Supreme Court’s recent unanimous opinion on the 2018 pension reform bill by accusing all…
Al Cross: Bevin’s chances for re-election, if he runs, are better than you think, popularity notwithstanding
FRANKFORT, Ky. – If Gov. Matt Bevin really does run for re-election, as he keeps saying he will, and as…
Richard Nelson: Whether or not life is found on Mars, it is found in the tiniest heartbeat of a human being
BBC Science Correspondent Jonathan Amos recently asked, “What chance has NASA of finding life on Mars?” He’s referring to the Mars…
Bill Straub: Character is indispensable, character matters, character first; did someone say ‘character’?
Apparently a person’s character doesn’t amount to a hill of beans in Sen. Rand Paul’s world. The Bowling Green Republican,…
Catrina Bowman-Thomas: Security, we can say it and spell it — but then the devil is in the priorities
se·cu·ri·ty (səˈkyo͝orədē) 1. the state of being free from danger or threat. As we head into another week of the…
Hank Phillips: State riding a big tourism wave, creating major economic impact across the state
Kentucky is riding a tourism wave that promises to grow, adding to its already impressive contributions to the state’s economy….
Wil Schroder: Reporting on happenings in first week of 153rd Kentucky General Assembly
The 153rd regular session of the Kentucky General Assembly convened last week with more than 150 profiled bills awaiting consideration….
Kristin Baldwin: NKY has dismal voter turnout; what to do to encourage participation, stronger voice?
Kentucky legislators elected in the 2018 midterm elections have taken office, ready to get to work on setting policy at…
Amye Bensenhaver: Some things shouldn’t change; ‘selective disclosure’ does not apply to open records
A bedrock principle of the open records law has recently come under fire. BR 821, pre-filed by Danny Carroll (R-Paducah),…
Mark Glasper: Stop pharmacy benefits managers from fleecing Kentuckians – eliminate middlemen
Thanks to new federal and state laws, including Rep. Michael Meredith’s House Bill 463 from 2018, your pharmacist can finally…