KFF Health News: Feds chop enforcement staff and halt rules meant to curb black lung in coal miners
By Taylor Sisk KFF Health News In early April, President Donald Trump gathered dozens of hard-hat-clad coal miners around him…
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Opinion: The uncertainty caused by the Trump administration’s tariffs is costing all of us
By Sarah Davasher-Wisdom and Brent Cooper Special to NKyTribune Recent investment by the Kentucky General Assembly in pro-business policies have…
Opinion: Why we are working with President Trump to secure the future of Appalachian coal
By Russell Coleman and JB McCuskey Special to NKyTribune America needs coal. For generations, our nation has tapped into coal’s…
Opinion – Richard Nelson: I’m sheepish about trade war, but Kentucky farmers need a reset to level field
President Trump declared April 2 “Liberation Day” where a 10 percent across the board tariff was tacked to foreign imports….
Gov. Andy Beshear questions legality of President Trump’s federal payments pause
(Editor’s note: A federal judge temporarily halted President Donald Trump’s freeze of all federal grants and loans until a hearing…
John Schaaf: Just like Hoover and Carter, Trump faces big challenges in seeking re-election
Mark Twain supposedly said, “History doesn’t repeat itself, but it rhymes.” That truism could apply to this year’s Presidential election,…
KCTCS president supports Trump’s call to invest in America’s workers, expedite economic recovery
The president of the Kentucky Community and Technical College System is supporting President Donald Trump’s call to action by the…
Bill Straub: It’s the autocratic way — using (or threatening) military force against U.S. citizens
The nation dodged a bullet, figuratively and, perhaps, literally, this week when President Trump, aka President Extremely Stable Genius, aka…
Bill Straub: The jig is up and nearly everyone can see president’s coronavirus failure except Trump himself
The time has arrived, as W.C. Fields once sagely noted, to grab the bull by the tail and face the…
Al Cross: Trump is back-and-forth on gun control legislation; in the end, he and McConnell must agree
In Louisville on Wednesday, President Trump said he would get, or help get, Gov. Matt Bevin and Sen. Mitch McConnell…
Pew Trusts: Kentucky leading the way as Farmer’s hope for riches from legalized hemp, despite risks
By April Simpson Pew Charitable Trusts Michael Calebs begins feeling nostalgic standing in the airy barn on his rolling, 400-acre…
Kentuckian Kelly Craft nominated to be U.S. Ambassador to United Nations by Pres. Trump
President Donald Trump has announced that he will nominate Kentuckian Kelly Craft, currently U.S. Ambassador to Canada, as U.S. Ambassador…
Bill Straub: McConnell has abdicated his leadership of the U.S. Senate to President Donald Trump
Well, the good news is Addison Mitchell McConnell has at long last abdicated his position as Republican leader of the…
More IRS workers instructed to report to work, local NTEU president in D. C. asking for end to shutdown
NKyTribune staff The Internal Revenue Service began instructing more of its employees to report to work Wednesday, without pay, as…
Trump in Richmond to support Congressman Andy Barr; Joe Biden rallied for Amy McGrath on Friday
By Keith Taylor Kentucky Today RICHMOND, Ky. (KT) – President Donald Trump urged his supporters to re-elect U.S. Rep. Andy…
President receives warm welcome at Lunken, headed to Warren County for rally; in Richmond KY tonight
By Mark Hansel NKyTribune managing editor A crowd of more than 100 greeted President Donald Trump at Lunken Airport in…
Trump nominates Kentucky’s retiring CPE President Robert King to U.S. Department of Education post
The White House announced that President Donald J. Trump will nominate Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education President Robert L. King…
Pew Trusts: What President Trump’s pick for the Supreme Court could mean for states’ rights
By Elaine S. Povich and Alayna Alvarez Pew Trusts Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s rulings on federal regulatory power, and…
Fans on Millionaires Row, Backstretch RV, rough it in style during NASCAR weekend at KY Speedway
By David Kubota NKyTribune reporter Devoted fans showed up to the Kentucky Speedway with campers that lined Millionaires Row and…
Bill Straub: It takes a certain talent to spew gibberish on a consistent basis, and McConnell is talented
Looks can, indeed be deceiving. Take Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell, for example. McConnell, of Louisville, comes across as your…
Bill Straub: The Napoleon of coal ( good, beautiful, clean) coal is just playing along and enjoying the joke
There are many good things that can be said about coal. For decades, even centuries, in the United States it…
The Rural Blog: Fact-checking the President’s State of the Union Address on rural issues
In his first State of the Union address last night, President Trump struck an optimistic tone heavy on American exceptionalism,…
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