Opinion – Al Cross: A trial balance on the legislature — Political agendas prevail
When the legendary Allan Trout was chief of The Courier-Journal’s Frankfort Bureau, he liked to work up “trial balances” on…
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Opinion — Brian Miller: BIA of NKY applauds new legislation on dual credits for trade students
The Building Industry Association of Northern Kentucky (BIA) proudly applauds the approval of Senate Bill 164 during the 2024 session…
Opinion – Tom Fitzgerald: The fault lies not in their stars — most likely, it’s in their laws
To the average person, “venue” is the place where some organized event happens — a concert, a conference, or (particularly…
Opinion – Moe Lundrigan: School Choice helps all students; parents leading KY to an educational boom
It’s always nice to see individuals cherry-pick information to fit the narrative they wish to push. The recent opinion pieces…
Joe Heller: A cartoonist’s look at news of week: Easter, Baltimore’s Key Bridge, growing nest egg
Joe Heller was the editorial cartoonist for the Green Bay Press-Gazette in Green Bay, Wis., from 1985 until being laid…
Opinion – Amye Bensenhaver: House Bill 509 did not emerge from the legislative session; will it be back?
Reporters frantically recapped the last day of the 2024 Regular Session — before the ten day veto period and final…
Opinion – Bill Straub: What’s “anti-American” about a surge in energy options and a focus on environment?
Rep. Brett Guthrie, who to this point has proven as exciting as a bowl of day-old oatmeal, has apparently decided…
Opinion – Tom Fitzgerald: The rise of the “Frankfort Knows Best’ legislature
It is said that a foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of a small mind. That is nowhere more apparent than with…
Opinion — John Schaaf: High-dollar lobbyists are moving some of Frankfort’s most controversial bills
As the last days of the Kentucky General Assembly unfold, big-dollar lobbyists in Frankfort are pushing their most controversial bills…
Opinion – James Klotter: Legislature plods on, falling victim to competing interests, narrow partisanship
During the current legislative session, the budget that finally emerges will be the result of some compromise and a good…
Opinion — Richard Nelson: Legislation mandating age verification to access adult content long overdue
A bill proposing age verification limits on websites where children can access adult content is currently making its way through…
Joe Heller: A cartoonist’s view of weeks news — Trump payment, ahh Spring!, brackets, airport security
Joe Heller was the editorial cartoonist for the Green Bay Press-Gazette in Green Bay, Wis., from 1985 until being laid…
Opinion – Amye Bensenhaver: Discussing House Bill 509 relating to access to public records and meetings
With only a few days remaining in the 2024 Regular Session, the fate of House Bill 509, “An Act relating to…
Opinion – Bill Straub: Jamie Comer, alias Comer Pyle, has proved to be abject failure; no facts on his side
It was brutal…BROOO-TAL! Had it been a beer league softball game the mercy rule would have been imposed, before the…
Letters to Editor: Joe Geraci urges fighting smoking, church officials decry HB 18’s housing prejudices
Joe Geraci, cancer survivor, urges action on smoking As our state faces an alarming rise in e-cigarettes and tobacco use,…
Opinion – Kimberly Kennedy: Legislature shattering higher ed, despite impact on job, student recruitment
Kentucky’s legislators are poised to take a sledgehammer to higher education, with SB 6, their latest attack on DEI (Diversity,…
Opinion – Andrew McNeill: New bureacracy would mean higher energy prices for Northern Kentucky
In late February, energy legislation (SB 349) that’s been promised from Senate President Robert Stivers, R-Manchester, arrived on the last day for…
Opinion – Katelyn Bunning: Senate Bill 349 is good for Kentucky’s energy future
Energy experts have been issuing dire warnings that the shift away from traditional electricity sources is happening too fast largely…
Joe Heller: A cartoonist’s view of week’s news — Kate photo, gold to Trump, TikTok, Rodgers VP?
Joe Heller was the editorial cartoonist for the Green Bay Press-Gazette in Green Bay, Wis., from 1985 until being laid…
Opinion – Mac Brown: CARR bill protects more than gun rights — it also protects the right to life
The problem with gun violence is not the gun, but rather the people who use a gun to inflict harm….
Opinion – Bill Straub: By any other word these actions would still be the same — just call it racism
Let’s call this what it is – soft-core racism. Over the past several sessions the Kentucky General Assembly has attracted…
Opinion – Amye Bensenhaver: Nearly 50 years of open records law dismantled in a matter of minutes
Approximately nine minutes. That was the duration of the March 12 floor debate in the House of Representatives on House…