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Op-Ed: Ice Storm 2021 / Cooperative Effort Overcomes Historic Challenge in Kentucky

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Ice Storm 2021 Children wave

By Joe Arnold, VP of Strategic Communications for the Kentucky Electric Cooperatives

Imagine scaling a 40 foot ice-covered utility pole to perform highly technical and physically demanding tasks in a dangerous environment knowing that countless people were depending on you.

ClayCoNews - Op-Ed: It's Time to Fix Kentucky's Unemployment System - Auditor Mike Harmon
Auditor Mike Harmon

Op-Ed: It's Time to Fix Kentucky's Unemployment System

Op-Ed: Auditor Mike Harmon

FRANKFORT, KY – Governor Beshear, thousands of Kentuckians are counting on you.  It's hard when you don't have all the answers.  I get it.  We all face challenges in life that you just cannot figure out. It's painful and frustrating, and you let your pride get in the way of asking for help.  In the case of Kentucky's unemployment system, it's been almost a year trying to untangle the mess, and eventually you just have to figure it out.

ClayCoNews - Op-Ed: President Biden Stands Up for Coalfield Communities - Peter Hille
Peter Hille

Op-Ed: President Biden Stands Up for Coalfield Communities

Op-Ed: By Peter Hille

President Biden signed an Executive Order on January 27 that will put “the full force of the federal government” behind a new commitment to a better future for coal-impacted communities.

Op-Ed: Improving Kentucky’s Early Literacy & Math Outcomes

By: Rep. James Tipton and Brigitte Blom Ramsey

ClayCoNews - Op-Ed: Improving Kentucky’s Early Literacy & Math Outcomes - Rep. James Tipton - Brigitte Ramsey

Left: Rep. James Tipton represents District 53 (Anderson, Bullitt and Spencer counties) - Right: Brigitte Blom Ramsey is President and CEO of the Prichard Committee for Academic Excellence.

The General Assembly has an opportunity in this legislative session to invest in the capacity of our teachers to improve student success in third grade reading and mathematics. House Bill 271, along with a $1 million appropriation in the budget, would create the Kentucky Early Entry Initiative, a partnership with the National Board of Professional Teaching Standards and a proven way to strengthening teaching and learning for Kentucky’s young students.

 

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