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Op-ed: The actual science of being trans

Written by Kimberly Kennedy, a professional writer, blogger, former educator, and parent of an LGBTQ+ young adult. Most of us witnessed with horror the passage...

Op-ed: A permit to pollute

Written by Newport City Commissioner Ken Rechtin Located in Newport, Kentucky, River Metals Recycling (RMR), a subsidiary of Nucor (NUE, NYSE), annually obtains a “pollution...

Op-ed: Statement on behalf of the Kentucky Press Association in opposition to SB 62

Written by KPA general counsel Jon Fleischaker and Michael Abate. SB 62 is an unconstitutional proposal that goes well beyond its drafter’s stated purpose. The...

Op-ed: Statement on behalf of Kentucky Press Association in opposition to HB 207

Written by KPA general counsel Jon Fleischaker and Michael Abate. The Kentucky Press Association is opposed to HB 207 as currently drafted. The bill...

Op-ed: Kentucky should join other states in passing commonsense legislation to curb fentanyl ODs

Written by Jennifer Hancock, president and CEO of Volunteers of America Mid-states, a nationally recognized organization providing substance use disorder recovery services throughout Kentucky....

Op-ed: Trying to save coal, no matter the cost

Written by Paul Wesslund of Forward Kentucky. A pro-coal vote by the Kentucky legislature isn’t news. But this month’s Senate approval of a bill...

Op-ed: Have your voice heard with Campbell County Democrats

Written by Campbell County Democratic Party Chair Crimson MacDonald. According to recent reports, there has been persistent infighting within Campbell County’s Republican Party, with...

Op-ed: Republican shenanigans in Frankfort

Written by Bruce Maples at Forward Kentucky. The Republican party is supposedly the party of “law and order,” or so they say. Why, then,...

Rick Robinson’s 1968: February

This story originally appeared in the Feb. 17 edition of the weekly LINK Reader. To see these stories first, subscribe here. Rick Robinson is...

Op-ed: My first 60 days as a Newport city commissioner

Mike Radwanski is a newly elected Newport city commissioner. This last month friends and constituents have asked what my experience has been serving on...

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