While Kentucky may resemble Authentic as the mecca of horse racing, we trail the pack when it comes to competing successfully in terms of economic growth against our competitor states.
Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear’s abundance of executive orders – more than 150 since COVID-19 surfaced – is matched only by the largeness both of his good intentions and the unintended upheaval wrought by those edicts.
It’s as if the creators of Kentucky’s new social studies standards ran as fast and far away as possible from the many extraordinary individuals throughout history whose achievements provide the “exceptional” in American exceptionalism.
Nearly five years ago I stood in Louisville’s Shawnee neighborhood pushing for investment to address the thousands of abandoned homes and buildings. Sadly, despite some effort, the number of abandoned homes and buildings hasn’t changed much.
The pandemic cursing our globe also reveals the fruit of tremendous blessings produced by the private sector’s $1.7 trillion investment in the nation’s broadband networks over the last 20 years, which US Telecom dramatically asserts has brought most Americans access to high-speed internet.
As leaders in education and achievement in Louisville, we’ve seen firsthand how access to college courses can serve as a catalyst for strengthening families and communities alike.
Cookie-cutter online learning programs offered by Kentucky school districts during the COVID-19 shutdown in the spring failed to attract thousands of students and fell short in keeping multitudes of others engaged.
Numerous surveys indicate trepidation among parents about whether public schools are the best places for their children in a COVID-19 world, Jim Waters writes.
Hank Sanders says, "Independence cannot be given. It has to be declared. It has to be taken. It has to be protected. It has to be grown. Then it is on the inside as well as the outside. It is real independence."
Anti-school-choice edu-crats want to limit coronavirus relief funding to only traditional public schools and the students who attend them, Jim Waters writes.
Whether we see – and seize – the available opportunities during these chaotic times depends on how much effort we’re willing to expend, Jim Waters writes.
Hank Sanders says, "Being black in America is a never-ending challenge of whether black lives matter. If you have not lived it, you cannot really understand it."
As the big spenders in charge of Congress clamor to deepen the hole of America's debt, it might be prudent to consider some advice from an unlikely source, Jim Waters writes.
Jim Waters writes that an economic crisis squeezes an entire state, revealing or magnifying the true condition of its economy along with the competency – or lack thereof – of its political leadership.
Jim Waters writes that Gov. Andy Beshear missed a golden opportunity to demonstrate that he’s personally walking the COVID-19 walk as well as talking the talk concerning the need for Kentuckians to hunker down at home during this global health crisis.
Visualizing better days ahead helps sustain us as we navigate challenges never before seen in our lifetimes and mourn those lost to the coronavirus scourge. Those days ahead will include some of the positive take-aways from living differently now.
Never before in our lifetime has the whole world been engaged in one conversation. This is a crisis that can be an opportunity to be better, stronger and more united.
We are definitely at a crossroads that is not so much about being politically correct, but how being totally incorrect on how we treat one another, how we just disagree. It’s about civil discourse.
We run a lean government. Among peer cities, we have the fourth lowest ratio of city employees to population. Now, we’ve been hit by a large pension bill from the state, which is the main factor in a $65 million budget hole over the next four years.
What does a salamander found only in a remote lake near Mexico City have to do with the future of health? And what does it have to do with schools like UK and UofL?
