Editorials/Letters

Gov. Andy Beshear signs the election reform bill into law at the State Capitol. The bill was one of several pieces of bipartisan legislation signed into law by the Governor...

The General Assembly successfully passed nearly 200 pieces of legislation during the 30-day 2021 Session. Bills covered a wide variety of topics, but the impacts of COVID-19 continue to loom...

SENATOR PHILLIP WHEELER'S LEGISLATIVE UPDATE The final two days of this year's 30-day legislative session required the burning of the midnight oil. Before adjourning sine die, the legislative process required...

Governor says bipartisan ‘Better KY’ legislation to create jobs, boost economy; reviewing bills’ details Gov. Andy Beshear, following the final day of the 2021 regular session, announced Kentucky lawmakers and...

Biden $2.25 trillion infrastructure plan has plenty of rural help President Biden will introduce a $2.25 trillion jobs-and-infrastructure package today in Pittsburgh. More details on the American Jobs Plan will...

Gov. Beshear Signs Lifesaving Bill to Cap Insulin Costs, 12 Other Bills That Support Better Health Care for Kentucky Families While supporting health care, Governor also vetoes five bills that...

SENATOR PHILLIP WHEELER'S LEGISLATIVE UPDATE   This week's 30-day Regular Session activity ended with dozens of bills on the Governor's desk. Having already completed 28 legislative days, both the House and...

 FRANKFORT— A second chance.   That’s what lawmakers say is the goal of Senate Bill 128. With this measure, public and nonpublic school students from kindergarten through 12th grade might...

March 12, 2021 SENATOR PHILLIP WHEELER’S LEGISLATIVE UPDATE   Only four legislative days remain of the 2021 30-Day Session of the Kentucky General Assembly. With the end in sight, fellow...

All, I just wanted to make you aware that myself, the Boyd, Carter, and Greenup County Agents are organizing farm relief for those affected by the ice storm and the...

  Op-Ed: Auditor Mike Harmon   It’s Time to Fix Kentucky’s Unemployment System   FRANKFORT, Ky. (March 4, 2021) – Governor Beshear, thousands of Kentuckians are counting on you.  It’s...

Cooperative effort overcomes historic challenge Joe Arnold By Joe Arnold, vice-president of strategic communications   Imagine scaling a 40 foot ice-covered utility pole to perform highly...

Dear Editor, Rates of Black Lung disease have hit a 25-year high in Appalachian coal mining states. Here at home, 1 in 5 veteran miners have black lung. By law, miners...

February 26, 2021 SENATOR PHILLIP WHEELER’S LEGISLATIVE UPDATE Severe winter weather forced the Kentucky General Assembly to pause regular session activity during the week of February 15. My colleagues and...

February 18, 2021 SENATOR PHILLIP WHEELER’S LEGISLATIVE UPDATE\   Severe winter weather that blanketed the Commonwealth last week has left thousands without electricity and some even without heat. It is...

  PSC Makes a Decision on Kentucky Power's Third Rate Hike in Five Years Last fall, in the middle of a pandemic that has caused many Eastern Kentuckians to face...

February 12, 2021   SENATOR PHILLIP WHEELER’S LEGISLATIVE UPDATE On Thursday, the Kentucky General Assembly officially reached the halfway mark of the 30-day session, but not without Mother Nature making...

Feb. 12, 2021 For Immediate Release     This Week at the State Capitol   FRANKFORT -- With the Senate and House convening three days, it was a week short...

  Frankfort, KY – The Republican Party of Kentucky issued the following statement on today’s findings from Auditor Mike Harmon’s office regarding unemployment insurance:   “Today’s report shines further light...