Paducah residents rally to prevent post office privatization--A government service actually mentioned in the Constitution is in danger of being given to corporate billionaires

Mar 27, 2025 at 10:01 am by WKJ Editorial Team

By Berry Craig   reprinted with permission from Forward Kentucky March 24, 2025 . 11:59 AM 4 min read Despite threatening skies and intermittent rain, about 50.... Read More
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Chicken suits and thin skin Or as they say in Western Kentucky: “A hit dog hollers”

Mar 23, 2025 at 09:45 am by WKJ Editorial Team

by   Berry Craig   republished with permission from Forward Kentucky March 23, 2025 . 8:00 AM 6 min read Three women and two men — one guy 82-years.... Read More
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GOP Cuts to Medicaid Could Threaten Rural Hospitals

Mar 22, 2025 at 08:12 pm by WKJ Editorial Team

by Sarah Melotte and Ilana Newman, The Daily Yonder March 17, 2025 Southwest Memorial Hospital in Cortez, Colorado, received more than 59,000 patient visits last year. That.... Read More
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The Jamie Comer Chicken-Suit Protest Four Rivers Indivisible strikes again

Mar 22, 2025 at 02:19 pm by WKJ Editorial Team

By Berry CraigMarch 21, 2025   Reprinted with permission from Forward KentuckyAbout 30 people, five in bright yellow chicken suits, gathered outside First District C.... Read More
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Parkinson’s Voice Project grant supports Murray State University’s Center for Communication Disorders in enhancing speech therapy for Parkinson’s patients

Mar 22, 2025 at 01:52 pm by WKJ Editorial Team

from: Press Release March 13, 2025MURRAY, Ky. – Murray State University’s Center for Communication Disorders (CDI) department received the Parkinson’s V.... Read More
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"Do your job Jamie!," or face a chicken-suited visitor to your Paducah office

Mar 03, 2025 at 03:52 pm by WKJ Editorial Team

  By BERRY CRAIG AFT and KEA/NEA retiree03/02/25 - republished with permission from ky.aflcio.org/news/ Desireé Owen says she lacks the appropriate attire.... Read More

Requiem for America; by Lt. Colonel (ret.) Gene Nettles

Feb 28, 2025 at 03:13 pm by WKJ Editorial Team

REQUIEM FOR AMERICA   From humble beginnings seeking the best of the Roman Republic, America became a beacon of light and hope for the world, Where did it all go? Or.... Read More
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Center for Rural Affairs calls on lawmakers to uphold federal contracts and obligations

Feb 26, 2025 at 11:36 am by WKJ Editorial Team

Feb 24, 2025 LYONS, NEBRASKA – The Center for Rural Affairs calls on members of Congress to uphold federal funding obligations. Last month,.... Read More
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Republicans Are Eyeing Cuts to Medicaid. What’s Medicaid, Again?

Feb 24, 2025 at 08:46 am by WKJ Editorial Team

by Renuka Rayasam and Sam Whitehead February 19, 2025 In January, during a congressional hearing on his way to becoming secretary of the Department of Health and Human Serv.... 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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Senate committee green lights nuclear energy grant bill

Feb 19, 2025 at 03:58 pm by WKJ Editorial Team

  Capitol Update Legislative Research Commission | 702 Capital Ave. | Frankfort, KY 40601 US FRANKFORT, Ky. (Feb. 19, 202.... 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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Beshear adds Kentucky to Democratic AGs’ lawsuit challenging Trump funding freeze

Feb 16, 2025 at 09:05 pm by WKJ Editorial Team

 Not about politics, says governor, but getting what ‘the people of Kentucky are owed’ by McKenna Horsley, Kentucky Lantern February 13, 2025 FRANKFORT &mda.... Read More
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Trump administration plans for federal contracts stir worries across Kentucky

Feb 16, 2025 at 01:02 pm by WKJ Editorial Team

by Jamie Lucke, republished from  https://kentuckylantern.com  Creative Commons LicenseFebruary 10, 2025 From farmers who have installed fencing for rotational graz.... Read More
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Sen. McConnell: Trump tariffs are bad policy. At $1,200, Kentuckians will pay the price.

Feb 15, 2025 at 03:12 pm by WKJ Editorial Team

by Sen. Mitch McConnell  Opinion Contributor to USA Today February 15, 2025 Trade wars with our partners hurt working people most. And the president has better tools to.... Read More