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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Houlihan wants to protect reproductive rights
One state legislative candidate isn’t waiting until he takes office to draft a constitutional amendment.
Rory Houlihan, who is running again for state representative, already has one written and ready to introduce if he is elected.
It’s the same one he has promoted in previous races and tried to get other lawmakers to propose.
The amendment would bar any infringement of a woman’s right to choose whether or not to conceive or give birth, and if she does...
The Seven Sisters
On the night of February 23, 2026, a small cluster of shimmering blue stars called the Pleiades will appear very close to the moon, creating an occultation-like passage where the Moon sweeps past these glittering stars as Earth rotates.
The Pleiades are sometimes called the Seven Sisters. Long ago, when the sky was still being arranged and the constellations had not yet agreed upon their places, there were seven sisters born to Atlas and Pleione: Maia,...
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.
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.

