Carlie Reeves: Young adults who have foster care experience more likely to face homelessness
Homelessness, while experienced by many, disproportionately affects those with a foster care experience. It has been found that in Kentucky, 1…
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Bill Straub: For Rep. Jamie Comer, please take note — it’s time to end the wild goose chase
Observing Rep. Jamie Comer as he feverishly maneuvers to create a blockbuster scandal from a mere bagatelle (or, as Ralph…
Amye Bensenhaver: A cautionary tale, indeed, for Cameron and his penchant for ignoring precedent
The Oldham County Circuit Court’s June 13 open meetings opinion in J. Albert Harrison v. Oldham County Ethics Commission should…
Judy Clabes: A clarification — and an explanation — related to a troublesome headline
Headline writing is an art as well as a skill, and as an experienced headline-writer myself I know the challenges…
Constance Alexander: A Tale of Two Cities — feeling at home in native New Jersey and adopted Kentucky
Finally owning up to it: I am bi-coastal. My being is bifurcated between my old hometown in New Jersey and…
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…
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…