LaDonna Koebel: Help stop elder abuse and exploitation; here are tips on how to avoid being scammed
During World Elder Abuse Awareness Month, Attorney General Cameron’s Medicaid Fraud Unit and Office of Senior Protection are joining forces…
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Constance Alexander: Pride invites all Kentuckians to celebrate dignity, inclusion and diversity
As one of the Seven Deadly Sins, pride can be indulgent, overbearing, and inordinately self-impressed. When it refers to the…
CDC: As home pools are more plentiful, focus on safety — here are some tips to avoid being a statistic
Residential in-ground pools now number about 5.1 million, and home above-ground pools are estimated at 3.5 million, according to the…
Billy Reed: UC’s failure to celebrate 60th anniversary of Bearcats historic run is a missed opportunity
This would have been the perfect summer for the Cincinnati Bearcats basketball program to celebrate the 60th anniversary of one…
FACE IT Movement: Summer’s here; heads up on tips to keep your family safe
Summertime has finally arrived. Summers are ideal for spending quality time with family and friends, taking a relaxing vacation, and…
Ankur Gopal: It’s time to turn focus on strengthening the childcare sector to benefit working families
As a business leader, I work hard to make a positive impact on my employees, clients, and community. My professional…
Bill Straub: Dr. Fauci is fall-back target for Republican ire, since they can’t sink Biden’s approval rating
Unable thus far to chip into President Biden’s popularity – the RealClear Politics composite places his approval at just short…
Scott Horn: State’s property valuation administrators earning big bucks on the sale of public records
Property Valuation Administrators are earning big bucks selling public records back to the public. In the current fiscal year, they…
Constance Alexander: As nation’s mass shootings continue, it’s time to raise your hand and be counted
Five years ago at a nightclub in Orlando called Pulse, a gunman slaughtered forty-nine and injured at least fifty-three others…
Jim Waters: Bipartisan effort by Adams, Beshear turns pandemic lemons into legislative lemonade
A new voting law codifying some of the temporary measures taken mid-pandemic by Republican Secretary of State Adams, the state’s…
Tom Haggard: Summer learning programs can help Kentucky’s children make up lost ground
With hopeful signs that the pandemic’s grip is loosening, we can start to focus on recovery and we have a…
Commentary: Expanded unemployment benefits are a crucial bridge for Kentuckians and our economy
As a coalition of organizations representing Kentucky workers, families and communities, we urge state lawmakers to protect expanded pandemic unemployment…
Commentary: There is no better time than now for Kentucky employers to expand fair chance hiring
By Beth Davisson, Amanda Hall, Carmen Mitchell and Julie Warren In April, folks from around the country celebrated Second Chance…
Bill Straub: While celebrating our war dead, let us not forget that they were defending the right to vote
Memorial Day is a curious sort of holiday. On one hand it celebrates the glorious onset of summer, featuring trips…
Jason Glass: Taking the next steps on the way to building a stronger education system in Kentucky
By now, you’ve hopefully heard about the Commissioner’s Virtual Listening Tour. For more than a month, I led a series…
Constance Alexander: Lockout at Murray State Arboretum inspires public to speak up and be heard
Whether you saw the padlock first and then read the sign, or vice versa, it didn’t matter. The results were…
Sen. John Schickel: Congratulations to the 2021 graduates for their hard work and accomplishments
As our 2021 graduates walk across the stage, I want to take a moment to congratulate them for their hard…
Chris McDaniel: This Memorial Day, let us appreciate the blessings of freedom like never before
Last Memorial Day, we were all experiencing an absence of normality due to COVID-19. At that time, we realized that…
Commentary: Kentucky lawmakers must embrace critical, commonsense legislation on gun safety
By Rep. George Brown, Jr. and Sen. Gerald Neal Special to NKyTribune Our nation has always loved its guns, but…
Al Cross: Mitch McConnell continues to choose his own interests over those of the country
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell usually has facts and logic to support what he says, but in opposing a bipartisan…
Bill Straub: Despite his early condemnation of Jan. 6 events, McConnell’s one true allegiance remains clear
Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell displayed, for him, at least, rare courage and righteousness on Jan. 6 and he has…
Edouard Tende: Kentucky embraced me and I have thrived; now it’s time to embrace refugees
When I left the Democratic Republic of Congo in 2017, seeking refuge in the hills of Northern Kentucky, I wasn’t…