Kentucky should make voting easier, not more restrictive
According to the Brennan Center for Justice, in 2025, 16 states passed 31 restrictive voting laws at the same time that 25 states passed expansive voting laws. Oddly, some of the states passing restrictive laws also passed some of the expansive ones.
Montana was the worst state in enacting restrictive laws with five separate pieces of legislation; Ohio a close second...
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GRC Students Hold Public Protest
In the past year, we have seen a number of peaceful protests by younger folks in our communities, and GRC youth are no exception. A group of ten GRC students took a moment of protest and reflection in front of the courthouse in Winchester on the sunny afternoon of Monday, February 16, marking what they hope will be the first of many mindful interactions with their First Amendment rights and their perspectives on current events.
Hunters and Gatherers
Bill McCann shares a brief poem that poses the question: who are the animals behind the frosted glass?
Yates: Experience matters in state House race
At the beginning of the year, one question many Clark Countians had about the 2026 election was whether Les Yates would run for a second term as county judge-executive or try to return to the state legislature, where he had served before entering county government.
On the last day to file, Jan. 9, he finally made his intention known — he wanted to go back to Frankfort and pick up where he left off.
Spotlight: Black History Month
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Listening beneath the surface
Some people are born listening below the noise.
We notice the shift before the storm breaks.
We feel what’s coming before anyone names it.
Emotion moves through us like weather—settling in the chest, changing the light of a room, asking to be acknowledged.
This is not excess.
It is attunement.
My Great Gran was like that.
Roundabouts added to bypass extension plan
When the extension of Veterans Memorial Parkway (also known as the eastern bypass) is completed, it will include three roundabouts and a realignment of Boonesboro Rd with the existing Bypass Road (western bypass) to facilitate traffic between I‑64 and Boonesboro.
Both of these design elements represent changes to the original plan and are designed to facilitate traffic flow.

