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CAUDILL: Statistics point the way to safety

For those that follow me regularly, you know I am a statistics nerd and not ashamed about it. The University of Kentucky made me that ... Read more

by Sun Editorial Board, Friday, December 20, 2019 1:30 pm

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OPINION: Plenty of good news

“There’s never any good news in the paper,” is something we hear frequently. We get it. It’s hard to look past some of the headlines ... Read more

by Sun Editorial Board, Wednesday, December 18, 2019 1:25 pm

flu activity

Our View: Flu activity is on the rise

If you haven’t gotten your flu shot yet this year, you shouldn’t wait any longer. The Kentucky Department of Public Health reported the first flu ... Read more

by Sun Editorial Board, Tuesday, December 17, 2019 10:46 am

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Our View: Tobacco purchase age should be raised

A newly-proposed bill in Kentucky would increase the age to purchase tobacco products, with the intent to reduce use of tobacco by the state’s young people. ... Read more

by Sun Editorial Board, Saturday, December 14, 2019 4:02 pm

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Our View: Beshear right to restore voting rights to thousands

In his inauguration speech Tuesday, newly-elected Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear vowed to restore voting rights to more than 100,000 disenfranchised voters in the state. Beshear ... Read more

by Sun Editorial Board, Friday, December 13, 2019 10:36 am

downtown grants

Our View: Grants will give boost downtown

Three buildings in downtown Winchester will receive much-needed repairs thanks in part to a grant program that will surely offer an incentive to repair and ... Read more

by Sun Editorial Board, Thursday, December 12, 2019 9:06 am

incarceration problem

Our View: There are solutions to incarceration problem

A new report from the Vera Institute shows Kentucky has a lot of work left to do if it wants to fix its incarceration problems — ... Read more

by Sun Editorial Board, Wednesday, December 11, 2019 11:43 am

Gov. Andy Beshear

Our View: Hoping for a peaceful transition

Today marks the beginning of a new administration leading Kentucky. It is also a day that represents one of the best things about representative democracy: ... Read more

by Sun Editorial Board, Tuesday, December 10, 2019 10:04 am

flu vaccine

Our View: Time to get flu vaccine

Kentucky’s flu activity status has been upgraded after 275 new cases were reported during the week of Nov. 17-23. The state’s flu activity status is ... Read more

by Sun Editorial Board, Monday, December 9, 2019 11:19 am

absentee voting

Our View: Absentee list should be expanded

A proposed bill for the 2020 General Assembly seeks to expand the list of those allowed to vote with an absentee ballots to include medical ... Read more

by Sun Editorial Board, Friday, December 6, 2019 10:11 am

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