By Tony White, Guest Columnist The polarization of American politics today has gotten to such an extreme, or we might say, fallen to such a low, that there is very little that Congress can actually accomplish. It seems the Republican Party is controlled by the extreme right-wing conservative politicians.  Likewise, the Democrat Party is controlled […]

By Ted Edmonds, 91st District Representative Every year a few bills grab all the headlines and attention, but many times the smaller bills have more affect on Kentuckians’ everyday lives. Such is the case with some bills we passed this week. I want to share them with you. House Bill 165, which passed unanimously, makes […]

  I saw a legislator that represents another county talking about a form of child abuse that some of us never think about.   I think we all know that smoking and drinking alcoholic beverages while pregnant aren’t good for the baby. But one of the cruelist forms of child abuse is using drugs while […]

State Representative 91st District, Ted Edmonds The General Assembly’s primary task every even-numbered year is to write a state budget, and we took the first step toward that goal last week when Gov. Beshear delivered his Budget Address. Unfortunately, the governor’s plan relied in part on $780 million from gambling, and regardless of which side […]

By Don White, CV&T News Editor I suppose this world has some folks who don’t appreciate music.Sure glad I’m not one of them. Growing up without a TV, the radio was my constant companion. And in hindsight, that probably wasn’t a bad thing. Armed with constant audio and discarded song books my mom brought home […]

By Ted Edmonds, 96th District Representative It’s rare for any bill to be passed so early in our legislative session when we have so much on our plate. It’s even more rare for any bill to be passed in only five days, the minimum possible under our constitution. That’s exactly what we did last week, […]

  One of our son travels extensively throughout the world in his job.  His family flies frequently, too.  Our other son has been to Europe a few times and will soon be travelling to Costa Roca on a mission trip. Our daughter has made some trips to Europe as well. My wife and I have […]

By 91st District Represesentative Ted Edmonds Lawmakers returned to the Capitol this past week for our 60-day budget session, which promises to be full of difficult decisions and necessary compromises. Obviously, the state’s financial condition will get the bulk of our attention during the next few months. State economists tell us that even if we […]

  By Tony White, Guest Columnist I hope I’m wrong.   I have been an observer of the political history of this country for nearly fifty years.  I have been especially intrigued with the US Military and the way it has been used and abused these many years by this nation’s politicians to influence the […]