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Strengthen state ethics laws
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 building disputes but can't seem to squeeze in a bill to strengthen legislative ethics.
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Kentucky voices: State budget cuts funds helping seniors stay in their homes
Gov. Steve Beshear's budget targets the Department for Aging and Independent Living for another round of cuts — by 6.4 percent.
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EDITORIAL
Appeal ruling on redistricting; courts must help reset priorities
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 Phillip Shepherd got it wrong when he enjoined state election officials from implementing the legislative redistricting plan recently passed...
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Kentucky voices: Drastic military cuts would undermine technological edge
After the International Atomic Energy Agency dropped the bombshell news that Iran has accelerated its drive to build a nuclear weapon, you'd expect leaders on Capitol Hill to hold a flurry of hearings on how to counter the threat.
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EDITORIAL
Burgoo: Feb. 9
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 a law that treats different classes of people differently."
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters to editor: Feb. 9
Give 'stream saver' bill chance at cleaning our water
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters to the editor: Feb. 8
What they say and what they really want are different
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Ky. Voices: KCTCS, black churches preach power of a college degree
Every February, during Black History Month, we honor outstanding African-American inventors, activists and trailblazers who have made a significant impact on society. But not everyone who has made a difference will find their names in a textbook. There are thousands of unsung heroes in every Kentucky...
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Judge: State lawyers wrong; openness best way to protect abused
In a column appearing in Kentucky newspapers, Gov. Steve Beshear is defending the idea of maintaining state secrecy about circumstances surrounding children who have died after citizens reported suspected child abuse to state officials. He said he is fighting alongside the Cabinet for Health and...
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EDITORIAL
More cities set smoke-free examples for legislature
Manchester and Somerset got 2012 off to a great start by going smoke free.
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