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Medicaid: Beyond Doctor Visits

Feb 23, 2025 at 02:29 pm by Leslie McColgin

Empowering People with Disabilities to Live in Freedom with Dignity "I am a proud, attractive African American Gentleman. When I was born, God gave me a g.... Read More

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"Where have all the leaders gone?" A letter to Senator Mitch McConnell

Feb 21, 2025 at 10:11 am by WKJ Editorial Team

Last Monday, as our nation celebrated Presidents' Day, a holiday originally established to recognize George Washington and more recently observed to honor all US presidents, a.... Read More

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Kentuckians can’t afford federal cuts to Medicaid

Feb 17, 2025 at 09:16 am by WKJ Editorial Team

by Emily Beauregard, Kentucky Lantern February 17, 2025 This year marks the 60th anniversary of the Medicaid program. Over the last six decades, Medicaid has been one of our.... Read More

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Four Rivers Indivisible begins ‘Mondays with Mitch’

Feb 12, 2025 at 02:52 pm by WKJ Editorial Team

"I have to get out there and do something.” by Berry Craig Feb 12, 2025 Reprinted with permission from Forward Kentucky A half dozen.... Read More

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Your Voice Matters! Contacting Your Elected Officials

Feb 01, 2025 at 01:31 pm by WKJ Editorial Team

We sometimes hear from people that they are "not interested in politics." As renowned twentieth-century journalist Martha Gellhorn once noted, "They might as well say, 'I'm no.... Read More

POLITICS for the POLIS-- Let’s Talk/Let’s Thrive

Feb 01, 2025 at 01:31 pm by Rev. Amanda Groves

There are some words that are interpreted as “bad” when they are heard or read, but that is not the whole picture. For example, in the sentence “Remember, th.... Read More

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The Truth About Medicaid Fraud

Feb 01, 2025 at 01:30 pm by WKJ Editorial Team

by Andy Schneider< January 10, 2025 This article is reprinted with permission from the author at The Center for Children & Families (CCF) at the McCourt School of Publ.... Read More

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The West Kentucky Citizen Journalism Project

Jan 28, 2025 at 06:38 pm by WKJ Editorial Team

This is a bitter-sweet story of transition for the West Ky Journal. Last week, the long-time publisher and editor, Mary Potter, wrote a farewell story to her role here, There.... Read More

There comes a time

Jan 20, 2025 at 09:37 am by admin

There comes a time when the time has come. To step down. To step aside. This is my time. At the beginning of its seventeenth year of life,I am stepping aside as editor of The.... Read More