Editorials/Letters

Helping Unemployed Americans By Dr. Glenn Mollette  Unemployed Americans need cash. We go to work in return for a paycheck. With unemployment we lose the paycheck.  It's a simple but very...

To the editor, With coronavirus sweeping the globe, now is the time for Senators Mitch McConnell and Rand Paul to support federal funding for cultured-meat research. For those who aren't...

Prominent Kentucky restaurateurs, chefs, distillers, musicians and industry leaders called on Senator Mitch McConnell to include the RESTAURANTS Act in the upcoming stimulus bill designed to resuscitate the devastated economy....

By Secretary Eric Friedlander, Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services   SECRETARY FRIEDLANDER Together, We Are Stronger Than Opioids. It’s a uniting mantra we use...

The Daily Yonder by StaffJuly 31, 2020   When the Appalachian Citizens Law Center (ACLC) went looking for someone to help them publicize the risk of Covid-19 for coal miners with...

Tuesday, July 28, 2020 Analysis with lots of visual aids: Rural America needs more help to fight economic and health problems of pandemic New covid-19 infections have shifted increasingly to rural...

Return America’s foundational freedoms   “Democracy should not and need not be sacrificed in the name of public health.”— Michael J. Abramowitz.   It’s essential that citizens start listening less to the alarmist...

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear on Monday denied that financial campaign contributions made by his recently fired Office of Unemployment Insurance executive director had anything to do with his hiring but...

  Frankfort, KY—The Republican Party of Kentucky released the following statement on Gov. Andy Beshear’s remarks on unemployment insurance today:   “Andy Beshear’s remarks on unemployment insurance today show how...

How Many Friends Do You Have? By Dr. Glenn Mollette How many friends do you have? Thousands? If you are on Facebook you may have close to 5000 friends and...

KY GOP Calls on Amy McGrath to Apologize for Posing With Extremist that Hanged President Trump in Effigy   Frankfort, KY – The Republican Party of Kentucky is calling on...

  Sunday, July 12, 2020 Ky. economist: Trump has run a losing 'con' on promises to bring back coal; regulation not to blame, study says This was initially published in the Lexington Herald-Leader....

  Frankfort, KY – While Republicans like President Donald Trump and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell lead our country through an unprecedented crisis with much-needed aid for workers and businesses, Democrats...

As masks are mandated in Kentucky, Louisville doctor talks about why they're important, and others debunk myths about masks Beshear dressed up and went to the Capitol rotunda to make...

Friday, July 10, 2020 Making history: For the first time in KPA’s 151 years, a non-print newspaper has a vote on KPA business | on July 10, 2020 When a Board member...

Trump Team Reinforces Tying Federal Money to School Re-openings By Andrew Ujifusa on July 9, 2020 1:01 PM A day after President Donald Trump said his administration "may cut off funding" for schools...

Black progressive who nearly won Senate nod in Ky. says liberals must listen to rural conservatives, find commonality Charles Booker in Pikeville, Ky. (Lexington Herald-Leader photo) First-term state Rep. Charles Booker...

Hot temperatures can provoke tempers   Sizzling sunshine, high humidity, sweltering sweat. The recent heatwave scorches our brain and melts our underwear. Why do soaring temperatures lead to soaring tempers?...

THANK YOU FALLSBURG! Owners Keith and Jennifer Moore grow some of the fruits for their sweet fruit wines right on the farm. Keith wants the community...

While Kentucky Suffers, Gov. Andy Beshear plays the Blame Game on Unemployment Backlog   Frankfort, KY – More than 50,000 Kentuckians still have yet to receive the unemployment insurance benefits...