Opinion – HB4 threatens Kentucky’s future: Higher education, economy, and innovation at risk
By Melanie Jones Gast, Kristin Sajadi and James Orlick Special to NKyTribune As February ends, the sun shines a little…
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Opinion – Al Gentry: House Bill 398 puts Kentucky workers’ lives at risk and is bad for businesses
I know firsthand what a workplace injury can take from you. When my arm was pulled into an auger drill…
Opinion – Susan Bushelman: Heart of the Matter — Taking ‘Small Steps’ to protect your heart health
As a physician, I see firsthand the impact that heart disease has on patients and their families. It remains the…
Opinion – Judy Harris: National Haiku Month, shortest month for shortest form of poetry
“Haiku is not a shriek, a howl, a sigh, or a yawn; rather it is the deep breath of life.”…
Joe Heller: Cartoonist’s view of news — Flu, the Thinker, (DOGE) Jenga, Ukraine
Joe Heller was the editorial cartoonist for the Green Bay Press-Gazette in Green Bay, Wis., from 1985 until being laid…
Opinion – Andrew McNeill: Is the General Assembly up to ‘Doge for Kentucky’?
The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is all the rage. Conservatives like me are thrilled with this effort to root…
Opinion – Bill Straub: Mitch McConnell is stepping down, leaving mixed legacy — and a sad one
Mitch McConnell is hanging it up. Thursday, on the occasion of his 83rd birthday, McConnell, R-Louisville, took to the floor…
Opinion – Al Cross: Mitch McConnell’s last chance against Trump
Donald Trump has been back in office one month, and his job-approval ratings are his highest ever – but lower…
Opinion – Col Owens: How do we value education and health care?
I write to address the jeopardy that two major enterprises Northern Kentuckians care very much about are facing: education and…
Opinion – Judy Harris: Finally it’s softball season — let the games begin . .
“You can’t always control the circumstances—only how you react to those circumstances; you can always control your attitude and your…
Joe Heller: Cartoonist’s view of news — DOGE, the Gulf, Valentine’s eggs, 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 – Bill Straub: It didn’t take long to get on path to American unexceptionalism
It didn’t take long, a couple days, really, before President Donald J. Trump and his core of lickspittle worshipers entered…
Opinion – Constance Alexander: When it comes to Kentucky’s legislative session, the boys will be boys
With the legislature currently in session, testosterone flows freely in Frankfort as the Republican super-majority flexes its manly muscles. When…
Opinion – Jonathan Shell: Help secure Kentucky’s agriculture future with your ‘Ag Tag’ donation
Kentucky Ag Tag is on the road to $1 million and we need your help getting there. Last year, Kentucky…
Opinion – This Valentine’s Day, help show the kind of love that saves lives by showing up for those in need
By Dr. Sarah Geegan and Dr. Shannon Sauer-Zavala University of Kentucky Valentine’s Day is often associated with grand gestures —…
Opinion – Judy Harris: Poets are everywhere; are you among them?
“You can’t force poetry. The words must be born when they are born. They’re all born together like strings of…
Joe Heller: Cartoonist view of news — Super Bowl, what the heck?, trade wars, AI
Joe Heller was the editorial cartoonist for the Green Bay Press-Gazette in Green Bay, Wis., from 1985 until being laid…
Opinion – Richard Nelson: Family-friendly tax policy is good for KY, how we get there is the question
Kentucky House Democrats held a press conference on Tuesday to unveil a “vision for [Kentucky] families.” House Minority Floor Leader…
Opinion – Bill Straub: McConnell may be a sneaky, amoral fraud… but he’s our sneaky, amoral fraud
Sen. Mitch McConnell obviously is not a robust fellow at the age of 82 and recent incidents at least suggest…
Opinion – Col Owens: It’s time for Republicans to take stock — is this what you wanted?
I write to address Republicans in NKY, about the first days of the second Trump Administration. Donald Trump won the…
Opinion – Jason Bailey: Federal funding freezes — a reminder of why budgets matter
Last week’s attempted federal funding freeze caused panic for the many Kentuckians whose lives, jobs and communities rely on those…
Chris McDaniel: President Biden’s flurry of 11th-hour pardons are a call to action for lawmakers
In President Joe Biden’s administration’s final days, we witnessed egregious and unprecedented abuses of the presidential pardon and commutation powers….