Written by Rob Sanders, Kenton County Commonwealth’s Attorney Serving as Kenton County’s Commonwealth’s Attorney for the last twenty years has been the greatest professional honor of my life. On September 30, 2026, Attorney General Russell Coleman designated me to lead Campbell County’s Commonwealth’s Attorney Office as well, due to the previous Commonwealth’s Attorney’s resignation. I […]
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Opinion: From habit to health – new paths forward for veterans who smoke
By Gary Reckart – Bowling Green Our nation has made noteworthy progress in reducing smoking rates. Most public health and prevention efforts have rightly focused on youth and young adults with the understanding that preventing initiation early protects long-term health and reduces future disease. Yet tobacco use among veterans has remained stubbornly higher than in […]
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Opinion: Kentucky is planning before the data center power surge
Written by Eric King – Executive Director, KY Energy Planning and Inventory Commission Kentucky’s competitive industrial electricity rates, ample land and water, expanding fiber networks and support for major development position the Commonwealth to attract data-center investment, jobs and long-term tax revenue. Kentucky also has an opportunity many states missed: the chance to write the […]
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Opinion: Opposition to developing 340 apartment units by extending Bowman Way
Written by Union Mayor Larry Solomon The City of Florence has been supporting the Silverman & Company development of the Streutker/Witt properties located near Frontage Road between Torres Restaurant and Old Union Road. The City of Union has opposed this development from when they made us aware of their plans a couple of years ago. […]
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Opinion: Kentucky’s pregnant incarcerated women are still pregnant women
There is a strange moment in American healthcare when a pregnant woman walks through the doors of a jail. She does not become less pregnant. Her blood pressure does not know she is incarcerated. A hemorrhage does not wait for a guard to unlock the door. A fetus does not understand the difference between a […]
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Opinion: Crypto innovation must not come at the expense of national security
Written by Thomas Loving – Executive Director, Kentucky Narcotic Officers’ Association America’s strength is more than our military power. It depends on economic leadership, energy security, strong law enforcement and the ability to cut off hostile regimes from exploiting our systems to undermine our country. That is why Congress should reject the CLARITY Act in […]
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Opinion: Your property tax bill is coming, where does the money actually go?
Written by Jesse Brewer, Boone County Commissioner Sometime this October, Boone County property owners will receive their annual property tax bills. Most of us will probably do what we do every year: look at the total, wonder why it is what it is, and eventually write the check. But how many of us actually know […]
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Opinion: The question behind Boone County’s school tax debate- who is actually paying the bill?
Written by Carolyn Hankins Wolfe, Boone County Board of Education, Elected Member As Boone County discusses the school district’s property tax levy, there is a reasonable question taxpayers should be asking: If property values in Boone County have increased so dramatically over the last decade, why does the school district need additional revenue? It is […]
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Opinion: Democrats Don’t have a grassroots problem. They have a leadership problem.
Written by Carolyn Wolfe Seventy-five days before a general election is a fascinating time for a political party to start dismantling pieces of its own infrastructure. Democratic leadership talks constantly about rebuilding county parties and growing the grassroots, but growth doesn’t mean finding new people to maintain the same old system. It means new leaders, […]
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Opinion: Kids and e-bikes are changing Northern Kentucky. Let’s prepare for it together
Youth e-mobility is changing Northern Kentucky. Electric bicycles, scooters, and other personal mobility devices have become a common sight throughout Boone, Kenton, and Campbell counties. Whether we welcome that change or view it with concern, one thing is becoming increasingly clear: these devices are becoming part of everyday life for many families. Here in Boone […]
