For the last eight years I have been in love. It’s a love that helps build my moral character. It keeps me grounded, mentally strong, and humble. But it’s not an individual, it’s not a group of friends or family. That’s a different kind of love than what I am writing about. I’m writing about my love for […]
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Op-Ed: Kentucky Farm Bureau Thanks State for 100 Years
As we round out an exciting year of celebrating Kentucky Farm Bureau’s centennial, I find myself reflecting on the past — the past year of celebrations and the past century of Kentucky Farm Bureau. After all of the 100-year celebrations, ceremonies, presentations, and excitement, it is clear to me that there are a lot of […]
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Op-Ed: In Restoring Voting Rights, Beshear Listened and Acted Swiftly
On December 12, Governor Andy Beshear helped Kentucky take a historic step forward. With the twirl of a pen, 140,000 previously disenfranchised members of our commonwealth were re-empowered with the right to vote. Years of conversations, meetings, phone calls, and work by people with felonies in their past created the grassroots support needed to bring […]
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Op-Ed: Kentucky Voted Against Charter Schools
With Inauguration Day for the governor quickly approaching, it is time to address the elephant in the room for all of us in education: What is next for the Kentucky Department of Education? Andy Beshear campaigned on a promise to put a new Kentucky Board of Education in place that would immediately name a new […]
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A Community in Support of Newport Public Schools
As a community based and led organization, ReNewport believes our number one job is to support our community in every way we can. This includes our public-school system. Our schools are the backbone of our community, where some of the most important work going on is being done at, which is why we are […]
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Op-Ed: Kentucky Can’t Afford Criminal Justice Reform Fatigue
The following opinion-editorial was submitted by Ashli Watts, president and CEO, Kentucky Chamber of Commerce, and Julie Warren, director of state initiatives for Kentucky and Tennessee, Right on Crime. Society cannot incarcerate its way out of the public health crisis that is drug addiction. But in making the possession of drugs a felony rather than a […]
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Op-Ed: Kentucky Cities Should Be Able to Collect on Sales Tax
Kentucky cities are facing a financial crisis. By now, everyone should be aware that cities are experiencing rapid increases to our State pension costs. We need to move forward with new ways to raise revenue to pay for this obligation and other costs. Under Kentucky law, sales tax is collected by merchants and sent to […]
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Op-Ed: Mitch, Please Don’t Mess with My KSR Family
The following op-ed is written by Kerry Holleran, an attorney based in Bracken County and a former member of the Covington Board of Education. It is in response to the removal of Kentucky Sports Radio host Matt Jones from his show following a complaint from the reelection campaign of U.S. Senator Mitch McConnell (R). Jones […]
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Op-Ed: Northern Kentucky Has a Great Governor in Matt Bevin
Matt Bevin has been great for NKY on a number of fronts. As a successful CEO, he is the ideal person to represent our state to other CEOs thinking about growing or moving their businesses. He can say with credibility, “come to Kentucky.” I’ve personally seen him outhustle other states for key investments. The nearly $1.5 […]
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Op-Ed: Cybersecurity is Not Just for IT Professionals Anymore
October was National Cybersecurity Awareness Month, and as it wrapped up for the 16th year, it’s never been more important. Cybercrime has reached epidemic levels, The University of Maryland found that an attack occurs every 39 seconds on average, affecting one in three Americans every year, and security company McAfee reported there are 480 new high-tech […]