Opinion – Wes Cottongim: Kentucky can do better and must; legislature should fund teacher raises
After lunch, I sat down to answer emails. To no surprise, my inbox had messages regarding the current legislative session…
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Opinion – Mitch McConnell: National security bill is a major investment in American strength and credibility
This year marks four decades since President Reagan’s landslide reelection victory in 1984, and my first election to the U.S….
Opinion – Howard Whiteman: Electric, hybrid vehicle fees should benefit environment, not infrastructure
By Howard Whiteman Murray State University “Is this vehicle a hybrid?” the nice young lady at the county clerk’s office…
Joe Heller: Cartoonist’s view of weeks news — Senior moment, He Gets Us, snow shovel?, super toll
Joe Heller was the editorial cartoonist for the Green Bay Press-Gazette in Green Bay, Wis., from 1985 until being laid…
Opinion – Richard Nelson: Legislature pushes back against DEI, viewpoint discrimination in higher ed
Pushback against DEI (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion) programs in Kentucky higher education is moving in the legislature with the passage…
Opinion – Bill Straub: GOP’s foreign aid and border debacles lay bare polarity between Paul, McConnell
WASHINGTON – Sen. Rand Paul, who has proved over the years to be as useless as a fishnet handkerchief, has…
Opinion – Al Cross: On Ukraine aid, McConnell acted on principle, not politics
When the Senate voted 70-29 Tuesday to send more aid to Ukraine, Republican Leader Mitch McConnell was in the majority…
Letter to Editor: More than 100 Kentucky groups urge lawmakers to reject House Bill 5
A diverse coalition of more than 100 Kentucky organizations, including faith, housing, justice, mental health, recovery and community groups sent…
Opinion – Nathan Thompson: I thought ‘they’ll never let this happen again’ — I was wrong
On an ordinary day, in an ordinary town, in an ordinary school, in an ordinary class, an extraordinary, horrifying —…
Opinion – John Schaaf: School vouchers hurting students’ academic performance
A couple of weeks ago at the State Capitol in Frankfort, a lobbying group called “EdChoice Kentucky, Inc.” organized a…
Joe Heller: Cartoonist’s view of week’s news — guns, immunity, Cupid, from dry to buy, Valentine’s Day
Joe Heller was the editorial cartoonist for the Green Bay Press-Gazette in Green Bay, Wis., from 1985 until being laid…
Opinion – Jonathan Shell: Make an impact in Ky agriculture by donating to state’s ‘Ag Tag’ fund
Small things can make a lasting impact. It’s one of the things I learned early in life while riding around…
Opinion – Bill Straub: Unable to guide ‘increasingly sneering’ GOP, McConnell stumbles yet again
For a certified political genius who knows all the levers to pull and bells to ring, the master of the…
Opinion – Kelly Taulbee: Some investments pay for themselves; Medicaid, child care help Kyians thrive
It’s that time of every-other-year again: Kentucky’s General Assembly is working on the state’s budget. Advocates, policy analysts, lobbyists and…
Opinion – Howard Whiteman: Our ability to live within the laws — both legal and scientific — benefits all
The letterhead on the news release was stark and official: “Department of Justice.” It was not like anything you have…
Opinion – League of Women Voters: How can they do that? Moving bills through with no public review
Last week, the Kentucky House of Representatives approved two budget bills (HB1 and HB 6) and we applaud legislators for…
Opinion – Stephen Voss: The political battle of the sexes; it’s about more than love stories on gridiron
A cold war between men and women has been reshaping the political world for most of this Century. Americans may…
Joe Heller: Cartoonist’s view of news — groundhog day, Mideast conflict, Taylor Swift, stupid pet tricks
Joe Heller was the editorial cartoonist for the Green Bay Press-Gazette in Green Bay, Wis., from 1985 until being laid…
Opinion – Teri Carter: GOP supermajority — silly, unserious, unconcerned by Kentuckians’ real problems
On Jan. 31, I began my day reading a story that opened with a stunning sentence. “Some residents of a county in…
Opinion – Bill Straub: Don’t KY’s AG, House have enough to do other than to intrude on border issues?
Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman and members of the state House of Representatives apparently don’t have their hands full addressing…
Opinion – Al Cross: McConnell meets another legacy moment
When Mitch McConnell kept the Supreme Court from going liberal, then worked with Donald Trump to remake it and other…
Opinion – Ernie Lewis: There is no ‘crime epidemic;’ lawmakers shouldn’t saddle KY with more prisoners
In the immortal words of Ronald Reagan during a debate with Jimmy Carter, there they go again. For the past…