Bill Straub: Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose — but big loser Tuesday was definitely Donald Trump
WASHINGTON – The late Al Smith, my old mentor, and a renowned raconteur used to tell a story about Frank…
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Constance Alexander: Those ‘old enough to know better’ should have grace to know enough is enough
For most of us, aging with grace is a goal. Reaping the benefits of life experience, we aspire to be…
Mitch McConnell: Kentucky’s communities will bounce back from last year’s natural disasters
When I visited Mayfield in mid-December last year, the town was a scene of total devastation. The tornado that ripped…
Al Cross: Kentucky officeholders use their power, official and unofficial
The use of power in American politics is a subject of much study. In the last week or so, we’ve…
Bill Straub: Play with fire, get burned; Trump is making that clear when it comes to Mitch McConnell
It would be inaccurate to maintain that former President Donald J. Trump has finally gone off the rails — the…
Bill Straub: McConnell urges vaccinations against COVID, is ‘perplexed’ they are falling below expectations
Mitch McConnell admits to being “perplexed.” Let’s see if we can straighten things out for him. The Senate Republican leader…
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…
Bill Straub: If you wonder what’s up, it’s that Mitch McConnell, GOP are ready to ‘Defend White People’
Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell is notorious for playing things close to the vest. This is the man who, after…
Bill Straub: Bipartisan commission on Supreme Court should perhaps consider term limits
Now that Republicans have made hash out of the supposedly non-political U.S. Supreme Court with a series of underhanded maneuvers,…
Bill Straub: Where oh where is McConnell’s infrastructure plan to fix all the bridges and roads?
It would be redundant to note that the term “infrastructure week,” invoked during the administration of erstwhile President Donald J….
Leroy Gessmann: Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act ignores small business backbone of the sport
By the time this op-ed goes to print, the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act (HISA) could very well be headed…
Mitch McConnell: Let’s keep our front row seat in the U.S. Senate
When I first went to the Senate, I was the lowest man on the totem pole with a desk in…
Amy McGrath: We can rebuild Kentucky even stronger but first there must be positive change
Over the last two weeks in Kentucky, we have had our two highest weekly coronavirus case counts yet. Meanwhile, nationwide,…
Bill Straub: McConnell was punched out in the debate with clear-winner McGrath; will it make a difference?
The most provocative, and therefore most interesting, moment in Monday’s televised debate pitting Senate Republican Leader Mitch “Root-‘n-Branch’’ McConnell against…
Letter to the Editor: Ruth Bamberger says it’s time for McConnell to go, been obstructionist long enough
Letter to the Editor: Senator McConnell has spent the last six years as Majority Leader as an obstructionist. It is…
Adrienne Bush: Congress can help communities invite new housing of all types by passing YIMBY Act
As the United States Congress returns to Washington this week, our Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has an opportunity to…
Al Cross: There’s no question Cameron’s timing was bad, but Beshear’s attitude is far from perfect
“The coronavirus is not involved in American politics.” So says Mitch McConnell, who has gotten most things right about the…
Kentucky by Heart: Kentucky Senator Richard Mentor Johnson led an interesting and controversial life
By Steve Flairty NKyTribune Columnist I have been reading The US Senate and the Commonwealth (University Press of Kentucky, 2019),…
Bill Straub: McConnell dismisses rules of fair play, obstructs progress, to further his own agenda
WASHINGTON – The United States Senate has been converted into a cemetery during the 116th Congress and it should come…
Mitch McConnell, Rand Paul touch on impeachment issue in speeches to Federalist Society in Frankfort
By Tom Latek Kentucky Today Both of Kentucky’s U.S. Senators weighed in on the impeachment inquiry involving President Donald Trump…
Mitch McConnell: Kentucky is turning the tide against substance abuse, but there’s more work ahead
Families in nearly every neighborhood of our country have suffered because of the opioid and substance abuse epidemic. For years,…
Bill Straub: Deja vu all over again — gun massacres, promise of controls, then nothing; repeat rapid fire
All right, let’s break this one down to its component parts. On the morning of Aug. 3, a gunman, 21-year-old…