Opinion:聽As the dust settled from the 2024 Regular Session of the General Assembly, Kentuckians stopped to consider who were the winners and who were the losers.聽In the HB 509 debacle, Beshear is, arguably, the biggest loser.
Opinion:聽In responses ranging from disinterested to comatose, Republican leadership registered little concern about the demise of HB 509 Monday night.
It鈥檚 become an annual tradition in Frankfort: a new bill designed to chip away at the government transparency Kentucky citizens have enjoyed for nearly 50 years under the Open Records Act. This year鈥檚 bill 鈥 HB 509, endorsed by Speaker David Osborne and others in House leadership 鈥 is different.
Light appeared at the end of the HB 509 tunnel on Friday as the primary sponsor of the bill 鈥 which threatened massive damage to the open records law 鈥 agreed to re-tool the bill to omit all changes made by the sections redefining "public record."
The Crisis Aversion and Rights Retention Bill, or Senate Bill 13, supports responsible gun ownership by providing time and help for those at risk of harming themselves or others.聽
Most of us know our birth gemstone of the month, our birth flower of the month, and zodiac sign. According to the National Garden Bureau (NGB), there is a difference between month flowers and plants based on the zodiac or astrological signs.
鈥淲e will not be satisfied until justice rolls down like waters, and righteousness like a mighty stream.鈥 These are words spoken by Dr. King, a reference to Amos 5:24. The 鈥淚 Have a Dream鈥 speech may have first been heard in 1963, but the sentiments continue to echo through the chasm of injustices that prevail today.
Kentucky is unique in many ways, including being represented by two state trees: Tulip poplar (Liriodendron tulipifera), the official state tree, and Kentucky coffeetree (aka coffeebean) (gymnocladus dioica), the heritage tree.
Life is short, but not so short that the virtue of patience can stretch over decades.
Julian Morton Carroll proved that it is possible for anyone, 鈥渆ven a poor farm boy from western Kentucky,鈥 to live their America Dream. As a teenager his dream was to be governor of Kentucky, and he overcame odds to achieve that goal with hard work, determination, a positive attitude, faith …
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