Kentucky set to pull funding from recovery peer support, but is asked to reconsider
New licensing requirements will cause thousands of peer support specialists to lose their certifications across the state.
Analysis & Policy
Articles that dig into an issue, policy, or story, and present relevant research and insights.
Grant cuts leave Kentucky’s rural schools with few ways to fill funding gaps
Kill the program, eliminate the position, or increase class sizes or cancel field trips?
Karoline Leavitt’s White House briefing doublethink is straight out of Orwell’s ‘1984’
It’s the modern-day version of the “Ministry of Truth”
Trump doesn’t know the history of the Iraq War – and how it relates to Venezuela
So, will he and his administration repeat those same mistakes?
Inside Kentucky’s 2026 Legislative Session
Takeaways from two LGBTQ+ legislative preview panels
Kentucky children living with ‘unacceptable’ levels of poverty and hunger, new data shows
In some parts of the state, 40% of the children live in poverty
2025: The year the US gave up on climate, and the world gave up on us
While the U.S. sits in self-imposed isolation, the rest of the world, led by China, raced ahead to invest in renewables and commit to climate action.
Report finds Kentucky on high-cost, high-risk energy path
Recent Senate bills are costing the state more money, which could be saved by moving toward renewable energy.
We expected no action on health care costs, and that’s what we got. Now what?
An important column for you if you depend on the Obamacare credits to be able to afford your health insurance.
The scary presidential directive you’ve never heard of
But it may wind up affecting you – dramatically
Dems have Senate candidates, but what are their chances?
Can they actually flip McConnell’s seat?
The dystopian Pottersville in ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’ is starting to feel less like fiction
The parallels to today are more and more obvious.
Poll: Voters say billionaires pay too little in taxes, back action on inequality
Eight in ten Americans view the wealth gap as a problem that is either “somewhat big” or “very big.”
Campus firings over Charlie Kirk comments chill free speech in Appalachia
An atmosphere of fear and uncertainty has set in on campuses across Appalachia where at least a dozen faculty and staff at colleges and universities have lost their jobs after sharing negative opinions about the conservative commentator Charlie Kirk.
The AI data center boom is coming for Kentucky. What will lawmakers do about it?
Kentucky lawmakers plan to address data centers in the upcoming session, as utilities seek more power generation to serve them and locals fight new projects.
