Al Cross: Would-be governors, seeking votes, fall in line for Trump
Kentucky’s political system, largely run by Republicans these days, has thankfully avoided copying other red states’ mischief with their election…
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Jamie Ruehl: Gun ownership is not the problem — but will you be a part of the solution?
I grew up naive towards the kind of violence typical in mass shootings or school shootings. Unlike most of the…
Constance Alexander: They ran, they voted and they won — make way millennial and Gen Z candidates
Time to quit whining about the good old days because, face it, they were not especially good. Everyone was not…
Amye Bensenhaver: Breathing a sigh of relief as lawmakers depart, leaving swath of injustice
“Adjourned sine die.” The sweetest phrase in the legislative lexicon. Open government advocates on March 30 breathed a sigh of…
Joe Heller: A cartoonist’s look at the news of the week — David, Easter, taxes, another shooting
Joe Heller was the editorial cartoonist for the Green Bay Press-Gazette in…
Letter to the Editor: Student leader advocates more help for hospitals in rural communities
The severity of the impact that COVID-19 has had on the Commonwealth, especially its rural communities, cannot be overstated. Because…
Bill Straub: Einstein was right about insanity, and we’ve allowed the same thing for far too long
Audrey Hale was a law-abiding citizen. Until she wasn’t. Hale, apparently a transgender person who reportedly went by the name…
Teri Carter: Unfortunately and sadly, this is how we live — and we call it living?
About the same time a person opened fire inside The Covenant School, a Christian elementary and preschool in Nashville, Tennessee,…
Letter to Editor: To Governor, legislators, citizens re Senate Bill 150 from League of Women Voters
An Open Letter to Governor Beshear, Kentucky’s Legislators, and Citizens of the Commonwealth: On behalf of the League of Women…
Constance Alexander: NOW offers progressive candidates tips to navigate conservative districts
Marcus Flowers decided to run against Georgia incumbent Marjorie Taylor Greene because of January 6, 2021. “Accountability was at the…
Term limits on members of Congress? University of Maryland study shows five-in-six Americans in favor
An in-depth study conducted by the University of Maryland finds that five-in-six Americans favor a constitutional amendment to impose term…
Joe Heller: A cartoonist’s view of news of the week — TikTok, Spring break, potholes, Trump indictment
Joe Heller was the editorial cartoonist for the Green Bay Press-Gazette in…
Kimberly Kennedy: Still time to weigh in on trans-gender rights after Governor’s veto of HB 150; contact your legislators
If you listen to right-wing talk radio even for a few minutes, you will hear plenty of flag-waving, Constitution pounding,…
Bill Straub: What the Kentucky legislature lacked was a heart and soul and a ‘true champion of the people’
Paul Mason was one of the more conscientious members of the Kentucky General Assembly back in the 1980s and ‘90s….
Al Cross: Legislature overdoes it in trying to trip up Beshear
For a few minutes on the ides of March, it seemed the legislature was really legislating. Faced with a transgender-youth…
Jamie Ruehl: It’s springtime in Kentucky — and time to see through the messge of the Beshear show
This past week it felt like we turned a page. At my house we opened the windows to get a…
Constance Alexander: Celebrating the shining light ensures governmental transparency
In her early eighties, Mother stopped paying attention to the national media in the New York/New Jersey metropolitan area where…
Jason Glass: KDE will continue to support LGBTQIA+ young people despite legislature’s approval of SB150
Last week, the Kentucky General Assembly rushed to pass Senate Bill 150, a sweeping and harmful piece of anti-LGBTQIA+ legislation….
Joe Heller: A cartoonist’s look at news of the week — brackets, banks, forever chemicals, Aaron Rogers
Joe Heller was the editorial cartoonist for the Green Bay…
Brian Weisker: Celebrating the utility workers who keep our safe, reliable natural gas service flowing
Today is Natural Gas Utility Workers’ Day. On this day, energy companies encourage communities across the nation to recognize the…
Bill Straub: Just one joke after another defines Rep. Jamie Comer as he relishes his time in the limelight
Okay. . .this is a joke, right? The good people of the First Congressional District in West Kentucky, which now…
Tanner Mobley: Dear Kentucky lawmakers, please fix real issues, stop senseless attacks on LGBTQ youth
Kentuckians are struggling to get by. Many of us are living paycheck to paycheck, some are having to ration insulin,…