<![CDATA[Kentucky.com -- Editorial]]> http://www.kentucky.com/591/index.html Kentucky.com, Lexington, KY en-us Copyright 2012 - Kentucky.com Editorial 60 Mon, 13 Feb 2012 18:21 EST http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss MI RSS Burninator 2.0 dlawhead@herald-leader.com (Deedra Lawhead) <![CDATA[Beshear's chance to end culture of secrecy]]> http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/12/2065524/beshears-chance-to-end-culture.html#storylink=rss http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/12/2065524/beshears-chance-to-end-culture.html Sun, 12 Feb 2012 00:00 EST We've long suspected that Gov. Steve Beshear and Secretary Janie Miller, the departing head of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services, were getting bad advice from insiders who want…

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]]> <![CDATA[Strengthen state ethics laws]]> http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/10/2062953/strengthen-state-ethics-laws.html#storylink=rss http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/10/2062953/strengthen-state-ethics-laws.html Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:00 EST It's a little hard to understand how the General Assembly can find time to meddle in local affairs like pensions for city employees and very, very local issues like subdivision…

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]]> <![CDATA[Appeal ruling on redistricting; courts must help reset priorities]]> http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/09/2061430/appeal-ruling-on-redistricting.html#storylink=rss http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/09/2061430/appeal-ruling-on-redistricting.html Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:00 EST To appeal or not to appeal was Wednesday's question of the day in the halls of the state Capitol. Here's one vote for appeal, but not because we think Judge…

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]]> <![CDATA[Burgoo: Feb. 9]]> http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/09/2061584/burgoo-something-to-stew-over.html#storylink=rss http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/09/2061584/burgoo-something-to-stew-over.html Thu, 09 Feb 2012 06:03 EST In a big win for gay rights and common decency, a federal appeals court has pronounced California's Proposition 8 unconstitutional, arguing that there's no "legitimate reason for the passage of…

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]]> <![CDATA[More cities set smoke-free examples for legislature]]> http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/08/2060077/more-cities-set-smoke-free-examples.html#storylink=rss http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/08/2060077/more-cities-set-smoke-free-examples.html Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:00 EST Manchester and Somerset got 2012 off to a great start by going smoke free.

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]]> <![CDATA[Lawmakers: Back off and let pension task force work]]> http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/08/2060076/lawmakers-back-off-and-let-pension.html#storylink=rss http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/08/2060076/lawmakers-back-off-and-let-pension.html Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:00 EST A task force appointed four months ago by Mayor Jim Gray has been searching for ways to make sure Lexington's police and firefighters can count on a secure retirement without…

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]]> <![CDATA[Wise investment in principal training]]> http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/07/2058707/wise-investment-in-principal-training.html#storylink=rss http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/07/2058707/wise-investment-in-principal-training.html Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:00 EST Thanks to the Kentucky Chamber of Commerce and the businesses that are putting some cash behind their talk on education.

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]]> <![CDATA[Allow more DNA testing]]> http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/07/2058706/allow-more-dna-testing.html#storylink=rss http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/07/2058706/allow-more-dna-testing.html Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:00 EST It's telling that the prosecutor who oversees more criminal cases than anyone in Kentucky recently testified in favor of expanding the availability of post-conviction DNA testing.

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]]> <![CDATA[Arena plan: great vision of downtown's future]]> http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/05/2056634/arena-plan-great-vision-of-downtowns.html#storylink=rss http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/05/2056634/arena-plan-great-vision-of-downtowns.html Sun, 05 Feb 2012 00:00 EST Task force. The very term invites rolled eyes and low expectations. When public officials appoint them, it often signals they just want to kick a problem down the road.

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]]> <![CDATA[Raise dropout age statewide; no local option]]> http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/04/2055389/raise-dropout-age-statewide-no.html#storylink=rss http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/04/2055389/raise-dropout-age-statewide-no.html Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:00 EST The good news is legislation to combat Kentucky's dropout problem is moving in the Senate. The bad news is it's local option.

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]]> <![CDATA[Openness urgent in gambling push]]> http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/03/2054103/openness-urgent-in-gambling-push.html#storylink=rss http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/03/2054103/openness-urgent-in-gambling-push.html Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:00 EST Here's a news flash for Gov. Steve Beshear: The election's over, you won.

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]]> <![CDATA[Right to delay candidate filing deadlines]]> http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/02/2052536/right-to-delay-candidate-filing.html#storylink=rss http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/02/2052536/right-to-delay-candidate-filing.html Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:00 EST General Assembly sessions convene each year on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in January, but the real work of making new laws doesn't begin until early February.

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]]> <![CDATA[Take Boone Creek proposal to planning commission]]> http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/02/2052537/take-boone-creek-proposal-to-planning.html#storylink=rss http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/02/2052537/take-boone-creek-proposal-to-planning.html Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:00 EST It was a long, tough slog but the Board of Adjustment did the right thing Friday when it turned down a proposal for a zip line canopy tour and other…

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]]> <![CDATA[Raise dropout age to 18]]> http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/01/2051136/raise-dropout-age-to-18.html#storylink=rss http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/01/2051136/raise-dropout-age-to-18.html Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:00 EST A few years ago, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation commissioned a study called "The Silent Epidemic: Perspectives of High School Dropouts."

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]]> <![CDATA[For Beshear, will coal money drown out Lynch?]]> http://www.kentucky.com/2012/01/31/2049750/for-beshear-will-coal-money-drown.html#storylink=rss http://www.kentucky.com/2012/01/31/2049750/for-beshear-will-coal-money-drown.html Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:00 EST Almost half the residents of the historic Harlan County town of Lynch are poor, and their per capita income of $11,206 is half that of Kentucky as a whole.

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]]> <![CDATA[Beshear right to invest in drug treatment, more social workers]]> http://www.kentucky.com/2012/01/29/2047702/beshear-right-to-invest-in-drug.html#storylink=rss http://www.kentucky.com/2012/01/29/2047702/beshear-right-to-invest-in-drug.html Sun, 29 Jan 2012 00:00 EST The recurring theme of the upcoming state budget is cut, cut and cut some more. But Gov. Steve Beshear also is proposing some modest but strategic increases in spending on…

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]]> <![CDATA[Give mobile food trucks a try]]> http://www.kentucky.com/2012/01/27/2045219/give-mobile-food-trucks-a-try.html#storylink=rss http://www.kentucky.com/2012/01/27/2045219/give-mobile-food-trucks-a-try.html Fri, 27 Jan 2012 00:00 EST Often things that seem like they should be simple aren't. Mobile food sales is a good example.

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]]> <![CDATA[Return voting rights to ex-felons]]> http://www.kentucky.com/2012/01/26/2043683/return-voting-rights-to-ex-felons.html#storylink=rss http://www.kentucky.com/2012/01/26/2043683/return-voting-rights-to-ex-felons.html Thu, 26 Jan 2012 00:00 EST The Kentucky House of Representatives is once again acting favorably on a proposal (HB 70) by Rep. Jesse Crenshaw, D-Lexington, to amend the state constitution to automatically restore voting rights…

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]]> <![CDATA[Other voices: State funding for UPike]]> http://www.kentucky.com/2012/01/26/2043839/state-funding-for-upike.html#storylink=rss http://www.kentucky.com/2012/01/26/2043839/state-funding-for-upike.html Thu, 26 Jan 2012 06:04 EST A couple weeks ago we voiced our support for the University of Pikeville becoming a state university. Something like this needs to happen in order to lower tuition costs for…

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]]> <![CDATA[Burgoo: Jan. 26]]> http://www.kentucky.com/2012/01/26/2043837/burgoo-something-to-stew-over.html#storylink=rss http://www.kentucky.com/2012/01/26/2043837/burgoo-something-to-stew-over.html Thu, 26 Jan 2012 06:03 EST Voters ushered her into office. Now, a bullet has prematurely pushed her out.

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