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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Some of the signs that were brought to the vigil on January 31.
Commentary,  Happenings

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. 
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News,  Your Government

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. 

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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. 
A close-up view of the redesigned intersection of Bypass Rd and Boonesboro Rd, showing the free flowing two-lane connection between the two busy roads.

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. 

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