I have five kids. That’s a lot of shoes to buy and lunches to pay for and birthday parties to purchase gifts for. Which is why I always struggle when I see giving campaigns for organizations I find important. If I happen to have a few dollars or can set up a regular monthly payment, […]
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Opinion: Senator Jimmy Higdon – Congress must fix the hemp ban that threatens Kentucky farmer
Written by Senator Jimmy Higdon Note from the author: In the interest of transparency, my son and nephew are co-founders of Cornbread Hemp, a Kentucky-based hemp company. Recently, Congress passed emergency legislation to reopen the federal government. Deep within that bill was a drastic policy change that threatens to wipe out Kentucky’s legal hemp industry. […]
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Letter to the Editor: Boone County Commissioner Chet Hand on ‘Our Boone County Plan2045’ update
Boone County’s Future Is Being Decided Right Now—Your Voice Matters Boone County is in the middle of one of the most important planning cycles we undertake: the update to our Comprehensive Land Use Plan, titled “Our Boone County Plan 2045.” This document is revised every five years, and it serves as the foundation for decisions […]
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Opinion: Can you taste the plastic?
Written by NKU biological science student Hailey Ausbrooks When you think of plastics, what comes to mind? Is it trash bags, your Amazon packaging, or the toothpaste you just washed down the sink? Microplastics can be found nearly everywhere, ranging from tires, road markings, bottled water, and groundwater (Cai et al. 2025). Microplastics are plastic […]
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Opinion: Congress must act for Kentucky seniors, avert looming long-term care crisis
Written by Adam Mather, President of KCARE, the association representing skilled nursing facilities and personal care homes across the Commonwealth Kentucky takes great pride in caring for our seniors and aging adults. Every day, across the commonwealth, thousands of dedicated healthcare professionals deliver high-quality, compassionate care to our loved ones at nearly 300 nursing homes, […]
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Opinion: The filibuster is not the problem. It’s the point.
Written by Dustin Isaacs, Deputy Communications Director for the GOP Senate President’s Office Congress remains locked in the longest government shutdown in U.S. history. While headlines understandably focus on safety-net and healthcare talks, a broader institutional danger looms: elimination of the Senate filibuster.The filibuster, which requires 60 votes to advance most legislation, is no gimmick. […]
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Inside LINK: Next year’s election has officially begun
Hang on, you may be asking. It’s 2025. How has the 2026 election already started? Nov. 5 is the first day Kentucky allows those seeking office to register with the Secretary of State for the Primary Election in May, one of two steps required to officially become a candidate. The other step is to register […]
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Inside LINK: The end of our threenager era
When my daughter, Catherine, was two, I was a pretty smug parent. I’d heard so much about the “terrible twos,” and my kid was honestly pretty great at that age. Easygoing, funny, loving – I figured I was the best parent on the planet, and I had it all figured out. No one told me […]
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Opinion: Bringing our peace officers back to the community
Written by Tom Hull Every one of us in Covington, KY has seen it. We saw it in video of an officer punching a man over an over in the head on a bridge during a protest that, while not legal, was peaceful and did not warrant such a violent response. In video of that […]
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Opinion: Affordable electricity is the ultimate platform
Written by Andrew McNeill President and Senior Policy Fellow at the Kentucky Forum for Rights To preserve the legacies of some of the most consequential Americans to ever live, the industrialist Henry Ford collected and reassembled a number of buildings and structures at a place called Greenfield Village. Part of the Henry Ford Museum, the […]
