Written by Amye Bensenhaver, co-founder of the Kentucky Open Government Coalition and a retired assistant attorney general who specialized in open records laws. Across the nation — and particularly in Arizona and Mississippi — opposition is rising to state legislatures’ direct and indirect efforts to exclude themselves from public oversight. A chorus of newspapers, including The […]
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Op-ed: Enforce clean air act to keep our community safe
Written by Newport City Commissioner Ken Rechtin. Porkopolis, Cincinnati, Ohio: The City where pigs fly and hogs were herded to slaughter through the quiet residential streets. During pork season walking your hogs to market was the most efficient way to get your hogs to the processing plant from the farm. Eventually the smells and stepping […]
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Op-ed: In opposition of bill that would require partisan local elections
Written by Fort Wright Mayor David Hatter. I am writing as a long-time local elected official and community volunteer to express my strong opposition to Kentucky Senate Bill 50 and House Bill 50 which require partisan local elections including the offices of County Commissioner, Mayor, Legislative Body members, all City Offices, City Ward, Boards of Education, […]
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Op-Ed: Kentucky lawmakers must be more transparent
Written by Amye Bensenhaver, co-founder of the Open Government Coalition. Across the nation — and particularly in Arizona and Mississippi — opposition is rising to state legislatures’ direct and indirect efforts to exclude themselves from public oversight. A chorus of newspapers, including The Washington Post, have exposed — if not decried — this groundswell of legislative […]
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Op-Ed: An easy tax change to support small businesses in Kentucky
Written by Kevin Moser, managing partner of Anneken, Huey, & Moser PLLC; and Sarah Whitaker, owner and client success Manager at Williams Advertising, LLC. For small business owners, every dollar counts. This is especially true today. With labor and materials costs rising rapidly, small business owners are looking everywhere they can for savings. Lawmakers in […]
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Op-Ed: Tennessee has some advantages over Kentucky. Backward tax policy isn’t one of them
This op-ed is written by Tom Eblen, a former columnist and managing editor for the Lexington Herald-Leader and a member of the Kentucky Journalism Hall of Fame. Maybe some Kentucky Republicans are right: we do need a wall along our southern border. Otherwise all those poor and middle class Tennesseans who want to avoid their […]
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Op-Ed: Election reform continues
This op-ed is written by Michael G. Adams, Kentucky’s secretary of state Voters will head to the polls in less than 4 months to vote in the 2023 primary election for governor, secretary of state and other constitutional offices. As my team has prepared, we have looked to lessons learned from the November 2022 elections. […]
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Op-Ed: Regressive Kentucky laws are bringing back the bad old days
This op-ed is written by Jason Bailey, executive director of the Kentucky Center for Economic Policy. Addressing the long list of pressing modern challenges facing Kentucky requires a unified effort from all of us. How will we create good jobs in a globalized economy, stem climate change and deal with its effects, protect public health […]
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Op-Ed: CVG is roaring back to life
This op-ed is written by Candace McGraw, CEO of Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport. Over the last several years, we have collectively experienced unimaginable change brought on by the pandemic. All industries were impacted including travel and aviation. However, as we near the end of 2022, I am pleased to share that the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International […]
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Op-Ed: Kentucky’s High Court can empower parental choice in education
This op-ed is written by Colleen Hroncich, a policy analyst at the Cato Institute’s Center for Educational Freedom, and Caleb O. Brown, host of  the Cato Daily Podcast and a father of three in Shelby County. Akia McNeary, a Kentucky mother of four, was disappointed when the so-called Council for Better Education filed a lawsuit to […]