Concerned About Your Property Tax Bill? Blame State Tax Cuts
As home values have surged over the last five years in parts of Kentucky, property tax assessments have spiked too....
Op-Ed
Voters are Revolting Over Affordability. Here’s How to Respond.
For the second election in a row, voters made it clear that affordability is their chief concern. The inflation numbers show us why. Because of price hikes over the past...
Deep Medicaid Cuts Have Been Averted in the Past. Is This Time Different?
Over the next few years, Kentucky is facing the largest Medicaid cuts in the program’s history. Starting in January, the federal One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) will take Medicaid...
Wendell Berry’s Death Should Be His Revival
Throughout his life, Kentucky writer Wendell Berry described death not as an end, but as a stage in a cycle of renewal. Those who die return in body to the...
This Fourth of July, Patriotism Includes Honoring Our Immigrant Neighbors
The 250th anniversary of our nation’s independence is a time to consider what it means to be patriotic. Immigration has always been part of our country’s history, and that history is...
Threat to the Lee Specialty Clinic Revealed the Heroes at Work
For several years starting in 2015, Bruce Perfect's son Greg was in and out of hospitals and "wasting away." The regular medical system could not figure out what was causing...
How to Turn the Boomer Retirement Wave Into a Generational Opportunity
The soldiers returning from victory in World War II launched a new era of American optimism. The country was united and the economy was strong. With the help of the...
There Is a Choice Hidden in the Pages of the Next State Budget
Lawmakers in Frankfort have started the next two-year state budget process, and House leaders say this year will be different. Rather than introducing a plan and swiftly passing it through the Chamber, they filed what they call...
Affordability Is a Crisis for Kentuckians. Here’s What State Leaders Can Do About It.
Every poll tells us that affordability is the major concern facing hardworking Americans. Many are increasingly angry as they watch the cost of goods and services spike — from groceries...
The Fight in D. C. Is About Making Life, and Health Care, More Affordable
Getting health care when you need it can be the difference between life and death, between happiness and misery. It should be a right for everyone, especially in the richest...