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Power of public opinion can work for good
National media attention was focused on Olive Hill for about 48 hours last week when it was revealed that 100 garment workers were in danger of losing their jobs. Keep in mind that unemployment is the No. 1 political issue in this nation and certainly will be in the spotlight in the upcoming presidential election.
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From the penthouse to the outhouse
Please excuse the colorful language in our headline but, at this point, those appear to be the starting and ending points of the 2012 Kentucky General Assembly. Instead of putting public good above political gain, the backroom politicians at the Capitol convinced the House Democratic leadership and the Republican Senate leadership to take the unethical practice of gerrymandering to a new low point in our history.
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5 more reasons not to make UPIKE a state school
House Bill 260 would change the University of Pikeville (UPIKE) from a private institution of about 1,500 students into a state, regional university with a service region of 12 coal-producing counties in East Kentucky.
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Edelen, Comer show real bi-partisanship
Like the thousands of Kentuckians who voted for them in November, we were optimistic that State Auditor Adam Edelen and Agriculture Commissioner James Comer would prove worthy of the public trust as newly-elected constitutional officers.
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Democrats, Republicans must share the shame!
Now that the legislative redistricting bill has been signed into law, Gov. Steve Beshear and the Democrats in the House and the Republicans in the Senate all should be ashamed of themselves.
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Will Beshear turn sacred cows into budget burgers?
A lobbyist for Kentucky Youth Advocates used that expression last Sunday in a quote in the Louisville Courier-Journal. Terry Brooks was commenting on the fact that Gov. Steve Beshear was expected last night to ask the General Assembly to slash some previously-protected programs in his budget message to a joint session.
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Delaying tax reform is governor’s mistake
In our view, Gov. Steve Beshear made a serious tactical error last week when he stopped the tax reform movement in the 2012 session of the General Assembly.
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Beshear right to end hospital merger
We tip our hat to Gov. Steve Beshear who last week rejected a controversial merger that would have united three Kentucky hospital corporations to form the state’s largest health care system.
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Troops leave Iraq, but questions remain
After nearly nine years of warfare, the loss of more than 4,500 American lives and the expense of $800 billion, what was described as the last contingent of U.S. soldiers left Iraq two weeks ago, officially ending our involvement in that conflict.
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Davis decision could help redistricting
Last week’s surprise decision by Republican U. S. Rep. Geoff Davis not to run for a fifth term could become a positive element in the upcoming congressional redistricting in the Kentucky General Assembly.
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