The following was Kentucky Board of Education (KBE) Chair Lu Young’s closing remarks at the 2021 Kentucky Education Summit, which took place Nov. 1-2 at the Kentucky International Convention Center. I have always admired that our Commissioner of Education, Jason E. Glass, often refers to himself as the Commonwealth’s chief learner. As chair of the […]
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Dan Weber’s Just Sayin: Why So Many Teams in Ky. Football Playoffs?
Dan Weber writes a sports column for The River City News. Contact him at dweber3440@aol.com. AND NOW WE KNOW . . . The KHSAA has released the first-game matchups and our first reaction to a slate of 94 games this weekend where 188 teams make what are officially called the UK Othopaedics State Football Finals […]
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Dan Weber’s Just Sayin’: Cov Cath Soccer Turnaround; High School Football RPI?
Dan Weber writes a sports column for The River City News. Contact him at dweber3440@aol.com. Hall of Fame manager Whitey Herzog was talking baseball, of course, but his comments on the postseason pretty much apply wherever and whenever the playoffs get here – and they’re here now. “It’s not the best team that wins, it’s […]
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Op-ed: The Legislature Needs to Address Domestic Violence
For victims of intimate-partner violence, there is no place in their daily routine that is safe, even – and often especially – while they are at work. The number of those affected is anything but small. Twenty percent of our country’s full-time employees have been abused by a current or former partner at some point […]
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Op-ed: Voters from Across the State Deserve a Voice in Redistricting
Within the next few months the General Assembly is due to draw maps that will define Kentucky’s congressional and legislative districts for the next 10 years. To date, legislative leaders who control the General Assembly have not invited the public into the process. Perhaps they will reconsider as voters from across the state ask for […]
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Op-ed: It’s time to tackle Kentucky’s workforce crisis
Wherever you go in Kentucky, the “now hiring” signs are impossible to miss. You would be hard pressed to find an employer who isn’t struggling to find staff and fill open positions. And let’s be clear, this is not employers complaining or being picky, as some have argued. It’s simply math. Kentucky has 90,000 fewer […]
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Op-ed: To Address Mass Incarceration, Kentucky Must End Perverse Incentives to Expand and Crowd Local Jails
The U.S. incarcerates 5 times more people per capita than other wealthy countries. Yet, while some states are succeeding at reducing incarceration and its harms to individuals, families and communities, Kentucky’s rate remains 40% higher than the U.S. average. A new report from the Kentucky Center for Economic Policy explains how, in a context of […]
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Dan Weber’s Just Sayin’: Catching Up with NKY Sports Hall of Famers; Previewing Friday Night
Dan Weber writes a sports column for The River City News. Contact him at dweber3440@aol.com. The standing room only turnout Wednesday at the Villa Hills Civic Club for this month’s Northern Kentucky Sports Hall of Fame induction had a distinct Holy Cross feel to it. And a guest speaker in WXIX sports anchor Joe Danneman, […]
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Dan Weber’s Just Sayin’: Ludlow/Bellevue Rivalry; Football Shows Covid Improvement?
Dan Weber writes a sports column for The River City News. Contact him at dweber3440@aol.com. Something to look forward to this spring: If you’ve liked the way the combination of grants from the Cincinnati Reds Community Fund and St. Elizabeth Healthcare have turned Covington’s Meinken Field and Bellevue Vets Field into baseball palaces with artificial […]
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Op-Ed: Ford, SK Innovation and Ky. Leading the Automotive Industry of the Future
The following op-ed is written by Gov. Andy Beshear During my inaugural address, held on the Capitol steps in Frankfort less than two years ago, I said advanced manufacturing was an area where Kentucky was “poised to be a national leader – if we have the vision and the will to be bold.” Because of […]