Thomas Noland: Several factors beg the question of whether Kentucky’s budget good times can last
In recent years, the Commonwealth of Kentucky coffers have been overflowing with tax revenues. In fiscal year 2021, General Fund…
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Joe Heller: A cartoonist’s take on news of week — Father’s Day, Fab Four, Trump, vacation, Wheel
Joe Heller was the editorial cartoonist for the Green Bay Press-Gazette in Green Bay, Wis., from 1985 until…
David Childs: Juneteenth’s meaning and history — encouraging all to learn, celebrate, and do better
The author George Orwell, who wrote the insightful and prophetic book 1984, stated that “the most effective way to destroy…
Bill Straub: You know a lot about a guy by company he keeps; Republicans like the ‘whataboutism’ kind
Rep. Andy Barr, apparently fretting he might get crossways with the MAGA crowd, wants the world to know he’s standing…
Al Cross: Cameron, other pols should shut up about Trump’s case
The indictment of a former president on charges of keeping secret national-security materials, refusing to give them back, and lying…
Amye Bensenhaver: Covington officials ignore real law to keep records from family in Daulton jail killing
For law enforcement agencies accustomed to issuing blanket denials of open records requests for records compiled in an “open” investigation,…
Constance Alexander: Book options abound for Kentucky Humanties’ 2023 Kentucky Reads program
Editor’s note: Constance Alexander is one of a list of facilitators provided through Kentucky Humanities for Ky Reads. In my…
Jamie Ruehl: Beshear’s legacy will be his failure to lead and his mishandling of pandemic lockdowns
I remember being at my desk when it was announced that we would not be returning on Monday to “flatten…
Joe Heller: A cartoonist’s view of week’s news — Father’s Day, smoke, PGA/LIV, mosquitoes, insurance
Joe Heller was the editorial cartoonist for the Green Bay…
Steve Rawlings: Dams, education, budget take center stage during first week of interim session
Legislators returned to the capitol last week as the 2023 legislative interim kicked off and the pace picks up for…
Bill Straub: Jamie Comer ‘keeps diggin’ but gettin’ no taters’ and is an embarrassment to his state
Dr. Grady Stumbo, the Hindman populist who twice unsuccessfully sought the Democratic nomination for governor of Kentucky, became embroiled in…
Col Owens: Race is a defining critical issue in our county; recommended reading to understand it
I have just finished reading Waging a Good War: A Military History of the Civil Rights Movement, 1954-1968, by Thomas…
Mitch McConnell: Biden administration regulations further Democrat war on affordable energy
“I want you to look me in the eyes,” President Biden told a young woman during his 2020 presidential campaign….
Constance Alexander: Artist Cintia Segovia Figueroa makes sense of the world through her work
“Sometimes I get myself into too many things and then I regret it.” Despite her admission, artist Cintia Segovia Figueroa’s…
Jamie Ruehl: Clicking off family’s ‘bucket list’ on New England road trip, remembering United We Stand
As a way to unplug after what felt like a long three years of exaggerated COVID19 responses by our governments,…
Joe Heller: A cartoonist’s view of week’s news – debt ceiling, vacations, GOP candidates, culture warriors
Joe Heller was the editorial cartoonist for the Green Bay Press-Gazette in…
Andy Furman: I’ve really missed you but had a slight setback thanks to a hip replacement
I’ve missed you. Really, I have. I’ve missed talking to you – meeting you and most of all writing about…
Bill Straub: If you only see bad guys in public service, then, like Paul, you see bad guys despite evidence
Let’s see…Adolph Hitler, Uncle Joe Stalin, Tony Fauci, Pol Pot, Mao Tse… Whoa. Wait just a doggone minute. Something wrong…
Ken Rechtin: Volunteerism is not dead — at least not in Newport where volunteering is alive, and well
Yes, nationally the number of folks giving of their time, talent, and treasure to serve the greater good has been…
Jack Coleman: Remembering a 46-year-old tragedy that changed Kentucky for the better
The 46-year-old tragedy of the Beverly Hills Supper Club fire in Southgate, recorded as the seventh deadliest nightclub fire in…
Constance Alexander: Celebrating community identity, creative placemaking one step at a time
Besides butchers, bakers, and candlestick makers, Murray’s Downtown Farmers Market also features farm to fresh foods, arts and crafts, flowers,…
Amye Bensenhaver: What would ‘open government’ look like if Daniel Cameron is elected governor?
What would a Daniel Cameron gubernatorial administration look like through the lens of Kentucky’s open government laws? In a word:…