One of my most important jobs as a U.S. Senator is assisting Kentuckians in their times of need, especially in the wake of a natural disaster. Over the past few years, Kentucky has unfortunately endured several of those, including deadly torn…
OPINION: Seven years after the Marshall County High School shooting, survivor Grace Boatright Jachim shares her experience and reflects on what can be done to prevent school shootings.Â
OPINION: UK wasn’t forthcoming about their swim coach and the allegations against him – so John Cheves of the Herald-Leader used our open records laws to get at the truth. Without those laws, it would all still be a secret.
OPINION: Louisville Metro has elected to withhold at least some records related to the arrest of a golfer by Louisville Metro Police at Valhalla Golf Course during last week's PGA tournament. They must either articulate a concrete risk of har…
Opinion: As the dust settled from the 2024 Regular Session of the General Assembly, Kentuckians stopped to consider who were the winners and who were the losers. In the HB 509 debacle, Beshear is, arguably, the biggest loser.
Opinion: In responses ranging from disinterested to comatose, Republican leadership registered little concern about the demise of HB 509 ¶¶ÒõÖ±²¥Èí¼þ night.
It’s become an annual tradition in Frankfort: a new bill designed to chip away at the government transparency Kentucky citizens have enjoyed for nearly 50 years under the Open Records Act. This year’s bill — HB 509, endorsed by Speaker David Osborne and others in House leadership — is different.
Light appeared at the end of the HB 509 tunnel on Friday as the primary sponsor of the bill — which threatened massive damage to the open records law — agreed to re-tool the bill to omit all changes made by the sections redefining "public record."
The Crisis Aversion and Rights Retention Bill, or Senate Bill 13, supports responsible gun ownership by providing time and help for those at risk of harming themselves or others.Â
Most of us know our birth gemstone of the month, our birth flower of the month, and zodiac sign. According to the National Garden Bureau (NGB), there is a difference between month flowers and plants based on the zodiac or astrological signs.
“We will not be satisfied until justice rolls down like waters, and righteousness like a mighty stream.†These are words spoken by Dr. King, a reference to Amos 5:24. The “I Have a Dream†speech may have first been heard in 1963, but the sentiments continue to echo through the chasm of injus…
Kentucky is unique in many ways, including being represented by two state trees: Tulip poplar (Liriodendron tulipifera), the official state tree, and Kentucky coffeetree (aka coffeebean) (gymnocladus dioica), the heritage tree.
Julian Morton Carroll proved that it is possible for anyone, “even a poor farm boy from western Kentucky,†to live their America Dream. As a teenager his dream was to be governor of Kentucky, and he overcame odds to achieve that goal with har…
In less than two weeks, Murray State will retire Stewart Johnson’s jersey at the home Missouri Valley Conference opener against Bradley on Nov. 29. It was 60 years ago that Stewart was the first Black varsity basketball player in the South, b…
I am not an expert in American History, but I do enjoy reading presidential speeches and documents written by those who had a hand in forming the ideals that framed our constitution. It took over 150 years for the British American Colonies to…
The movement of people and goods within and beyond our commonwealth is a critical component of Kentucky’s success story. Our barges move over 90 million tons annually along our western and northern river borders. Our rail system, moving over …
This opinion piece by University of Kentucky President Eli Capilouto is based on his remarks to the UK Board of Trustees during the board’s annual retreat held Oct. 19-20.
Open government advocates are inclined to rhapsodize about every judicial victory that advances the cause of public agency accountability and defeats government secrecy.
Chambers of Commerce in general were built on a foundation of advocacy and the Paducah Chamber is certainly no different. It is a core function for us as the region’s largest business organization, and we take this role very seriously.
It’s not often we find ourselves moved by a graphic on Facebook, but the image accompanied here — the origin of which is difficult to trace — is especially poignant and timely.
