It isn’t often that Northern Kentucky is united in our opinions about anything. We’re a diverse region with a broad range of interests, and at times that makes it difficult for us to reach consensus. We have always been united against tolls on the Brent Spence Bridge. A majority of Northern Kentucky cities, representing over […]
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Joe Meyer: Northern Kentucky United Against Tolls
It isn’t often that Northern Kentucky is united in our opinions about anything. We’re a diverse region with a broad range of interests, and at times that makes it difficult for us to reach consensus. We have always been united against tolls on the Brent Spence Bridge. A majority of Northern Kentucky cities, representing over […]
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Isn’t It Time to Do Something About the Excessive Cigarette Butts on Covington Streets?
What good is the all the upcoming, ambitious development when a short walk on just a few city blocks in Downtown Covington is like a sad dance in a giant ashtray? Piles and piles of thousands of cigarette butts litter the new landscaping at the expanded library, cover every piece of ground at bus stops, […]
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Isn’t It Time to Do Something About the Excessive Cigarette Butts on Covington Streets?
What good is the all the upcoming, ambitious development when a short walk on just a few city blocks in Downtown Covington is like a sad dance in a giant ashtray? Piles and piles of thousands of cigarette butts litter the new landscaping at the expanded library, cover every piece of ground at bus stops, […]
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Guest Editorial: Law Clerk Sees Region’s Heroin Problem Up Close in Court
“Heroin must be so good.” That’s what I leaned in and told the Commonwealth’s Attorney during court as she scribbled her notes on the docket. It was my first day in Boone Circuit Court and that day – like every Wednesday in Burlington – attorneys and defendants gathered to partake in the criminal docket. One by one, […]
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Guest Editorial: Law Clerk Sees Region’s Heroin Problem Up Close in Court
“Heroin must be so good.” That’s what I leaned in and told the Commonwealth’s Attorney during court as she scribbled her notes on the docket. It was my first day in Boone Circuit Court and that day – like every Wednesday in Burlington – attorneys and defendants gathered to partake in the criminal docket. One by one, […]
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Intrepid Urban Farmer: A Sucker for Cages
The last time we met here, I talked about setting out plants that I started from seed and the use of newspaper and straw as a weed-preventing mulch. I got that accomplished two days after Mother’s Day. The newspaper-straw combination is looking really good and I think this will be a continuing tactic. No weeds […]
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Intrepid Urban Farmer: A Sucker for Cages
The last time we met here, I talked about setting out plants that I started from seed and the use of newspaper and straw as a weed-preventing mulch. I got that accomplished two days after Mother’s Day. The newspaper-straw combination is looking really good and I think this will be a continuing tactic. No weeds […]
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Intrepid Urban Farmer: A Sucker for Cages
The last time we met here, I talked about setting out plants that I started from seed and the use of newspaper and straw as a weed-preventing mulch. I got that accomplished two days after Mother’s Day. The newspaper-straw combination is looking really good and I think this will be a continuing tactic. No weeds […]
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Can Regional Companies Benefit from China’s National Urbanization Plan?
China’s push to unlock domestic consumption and urbanize another 100 million people presents an opportunity for the region to collaborate, understand Chinese demand, apply its competitive advantages, and win in the Chinese market. In January 1914, Henry Ford doubled his wages to $5 a day and cut his work day from 9 to 8 hours. He created […]
