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HB 509 is still a threat to transparency (OPINION)

Guest Contributor - 04/07/20240

Column by Jon Fleischaker and Michael Abate Repeatedly in recent weeks, Governor Andy Beshear has come out in favor of HB 509, a bill that...

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There’s still time, brothers & sisters

Constance Alexander - 02/26/20240

By Constance Alexander The fact that the Kentucky constitution requires the current legislative session end no later than April 15 evokes images from the final...

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HB 509 seeks to fundamentally change the KY Open Records Act

Guest Contributor - 02/14/20240

By Amye Bensenhaver The annual legislative assault on Kentucky's open government laws has commenced in earnest, but this year with a vengeance. It is no...

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A CLEAR MESSAGE: ‘YOU ARE NOT WELCOME HERE’ Part Two: The roots of the Lost Cause myth (OPINION)

Guest Contributor - 01/03/20240

By Berry Craig/For The Sentinel Murray State University historian Brian Clardy said that Confederate monuments are the most visible symbol of the Lost Cause myth,...

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A CLEAR MESSAGE: ‘YOU ARE NOT WELCOME HERE’ Part One: Heritage or hate? (OPINION)

Guest Contributor - 01/03/20241

By Berry Craig/For The Sentinel Murray’s controversial court square Confederate monument “represents a distorted, bloody and awful past that we cannot forget but should not...

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Welcoming the new year, the beginning of life’s next chapter

Constance Alexander - 12/26/20230

By Constance Alexander In 1988, Walt Apperson, then publisher of the Murray Ledger & Times, called me to set up a meeting. He had read...

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Everybody Has One (OPINION)

Guest Contributor - 12/22/20230

By Bob Valentine People are spending a great deal of time and energy these days sharing their opinions with me. A short list of topics...

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