The following op-ed is written by Boone County Judge/Executive Gary Moore, Campbell County Judge/Executive Steve Pendery, and Kenton County Judge/Executive Kris Knochelmann. We’re writing today to urge you to vote for Governor Matt Bevin on Tuesday, November 5. When our parents’ generation went to war in 1941, they left a state that was nearly identical […]
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Op-Ed: Bevin’s Position on Tolls for Bridge Project Disappointing to NKY
The following op-ed is written by Covington Mayor Joe Meyer As the Mayor of Northern Kentucky’s largest city, I feel compelled to speak out about Governor Bevin’s shocking endorsement of tolls on the Brent Spence Bridge at Tuesday night’s debate at Northern Kentucky University. Why is his position shocking to me? For more than […]
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Op-Ed: Volunteers Shouldn’t Have to Trespass to Maintain Dayton Cemetery
Since October of 2012, dedicated volunteers have cared for St. Francis of Assisi Cemetery in Dayton, Kentucky. The cemetery is important to local history. There are headstones for local veterans of the Civil War, Spanish-American War, and World War II, as well as headstones for those lost to the epidemics that swept through the area […]
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Op-Ed: Bus to Business Creates an Opportunity for Students to “Go and See”
The challenge of connecting with potential employees often emerges when business leaders talk about the workforce. I too have questioned, how can we let young people know what modern manufacturing – or other vocations – offer in job variety, pay, advancement and other opportunities? I have learned that finding a way to make those connections doesn’t have […]
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Op-Ed: How to Capitalize on Kentucky’s Economic Momentum
The following op-ed is written by Nathaniel Sizemore, Esq., a resident of Fort Thomas, and division president of the Premier Resources Group. In his first term, Kentucky Governor Matt Bevin has been extremely successful in attracting economic investment to the Commonwealth, including Amazon’s billion-dollar Air-Hub project in Northern Kentucky. In that vein, Governor Bevin also made […]
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Op-Ed: Competition Obsession Prevents Asking of Correct Questions
The following op-ed is written by Bellevue Independent Schools Superintendent Robb Smith. Another test data release day has come and gone, in its wake a dust cloud of emotion falling to the ground, impervious to the damage breathed in by otherwise committed and caring people. I have seen this play out year after year, myself […]
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Op-Ed: Turning the Tide on Opioid and Substance Abuse
Families in nearly every neighborhood of our country have suffered because of the opioid and substance abuse epidemic. For years, the situation just seemed to get worse as addiction hurt more families. Kentucky has tragically been among the hardest-hit states. Thankfully, however, our years-long efforts are finally producing a glimmer of hope. A new report […]
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Op-Ed: Understanding Kentucky’s New 5-Star Rating System for Schools
Kentucky’s 5-star school accountability system is scheduled to go live at the end of September or early October. It will offer parents across the Commonwealth a new and more transparent way to understand how their children’s schools are performing. Using school and student data from the 2018-2019 school year, the new system will provide an […]
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Op-Ed: Lawmakers Pave Difficult Road to Transition to Clean Energy
With the aim to create a clean energy economy in Kentucky, our current representatives are paving a difficult road to a just transition. Senate Bill 100, an anti-solar bill, swept through the House and Senate and was signed into law by governor Bevin on March 26th, 2019. For two years now, utility monopolies have poured […]
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Op-Ed: Skilled-Workers Law Would Be a Boon for Kentucky Businesses
Earlier this year in a speech discussing immigration, former President George W. Bush declared Americans need to “dial down the rhetoric, put politics aside and modernize our immigration laws.” The Kentucky business community agrees. Kentucky businesses know we need to get past the rhetoric and divisiveness of the issue and fix our broken immigration system […]
