Vice President Biden remembers Sen. Wendell Ford

Jan 27, 2015 at 03:36 pm by admin

Jill and I were very sorry to hear of the passing of Senator Wendell Ford. He was one of the most effective legislative leaders I've ever worked with throughout my entire car.... Read More

Three in a row: Graves County High School Academic Team wins district Governor's Cup championship again in 2015

Jan 26, 2015 at 02:35 pm by admin

​​The Graves County Eagles Academic Team came away with top honors once again at the high school District Tournament recently at Mayfield High School.For the third year in a r.... Read More

Overpass collapse kills Kentuckian in Cincinnati

Jan 20, 2015 at 02:49 pm by admin

An overpass collapsed in Cincinnati over the weekend shutting down southbound I-75 while chunks of concrete were cleared away. Brandon Carl, 35, of Augusta Kentucky was killed.... Read More

Sen. Paul Urges General Assembly to Pass Amendment to Restore Voting Rights in Kentucky

Jan 07, 2015 at 02:33 pm by admin

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Sen. Rand Paul today urged the Kentucky General Assembly to pass a constitutional amendment to restore the right to vote for many nonviolent felons in the C.... Read More

SB 1 - Right to Work legislation is first Ky Senate bill

Jan 07, 2015 at 02:22 pm by admin

On the first day of this short session of the General Assembly, Republican leaders filed SB 1 - a right to work bill that looks very much like local ordinances. Co-sponsors.... Read More

New Year - New Challenges - New County Judges

Jan 06, 2015 at 04:40 pm by admin

The changing year on January 1st is the construct that has little or no meaning in nature. If we were to follow nature, we would start anew on the first day of the change of s.... Read More

Attack on Unions...Right to Work Strategy - 2015 Trend

Jan 06, 2015 at 04:40 pm by admin

Last month, Warren County Kentucky became the first county in America to pass a local ordinance declaring the county a right to work county. A national right wing Republica.... Read More

Regionalism...East KY vs. West KY- Trend Continues in 2015

Jan 06, 2015 at 04:40 pm by admin

During the 20th century, from 1970 through 1980, regionalism in Kentucky was about a system of state and regional growth strategies designed to max access and coordination to.... Read More

Restructuring of Higher Education Regionalism

Jan 06, 2015 at 04:40 pm by admin

As goes the story of economic development planning, so goes much of the same thinking applied to higher educational regionalism. Currently, there are too many regional schools.... Read More

Restructuring of TV Watching - 2015 not to be a banner year for packaged television

Jan 06, 2015 at 04:40 pm by admin

In the summer of 2014, Channel 12 TV, CBS out of Cape Girardeau, Mo. went dark. For two weeks, Direct TV and CBS fought over new contract rates for programming content. Durin.... Read More

Right to Work a Crap Shoot

Jan 06, 2015 at 04:40 pm by admin

Apologies for a letter rather than personal appearance before the Fiscal Court. A prior engagement in Arkansas prohibits my attendance.I object to the "Right to Work" Ordi.... Read More

General Assembly 2015...End of Federalism and Era of New Taxes- Trend for 2015

Jan 06, 2015 at 04:00 pm by admin

Back in 1970, Kentucky State Government had access to over 1,000 federal programs. That figure is closer to 100 primary federal aid programs in 2015. After almost 14 years of.... Read More

Governor's Race the TOP story for 2015

Jan 06, 2015 at 03:41 pm by admin

Right next to Kentucky's mania with UK Sports is the mania for electing our constitutional officers. Normally, the race for Governor is the big show every four years. But in 2.... Read More

A Romanesque Revival: First Christian Church, Clinton, Kentucky

Jan 06, 2015 at 03:23 pm by admin

This story begins, as good ones often do, unexpectedly. My decision to take a random string of back roads from Memphis to a family reunion in central Illinois was driven by an.... Read More

Low Road Economy No Path to Prosperity in Kentucky

Jan 06, 2015 at 02:46 pm by admin

The effort to pass a so-called right-to-work law in Kentucky has now moved to the local level with the first such ordinance passed in Warren County. While the proponents of th.... Read More