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Kentucky’s Unnecessary Barriers to Work

This Fair Chance Month, let’s commit to breaking them down

Guest Editorial by Ashli Watts, President & CEO for the Kentucky Chamber, Amy Luttrell, President & CEO of Goodwill Industries of Kentucky, and Kim Halbauer, Regional President at Fifth Third Bank.

A strong economy depends on a robust labor force—but Kentucky is leaving too much talent on the sidelines. Thousands of Kentuckians want to work, but outdated policies and complicated systems are blocking their path to self-sufficiency.

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Opinion by Russell Coleman, Kentucky Attorney General and J.B. McCuskey, West Virginia Attorney General.

America needs coal.

MANCHESTER, KY - Clay County Sheriff, Patrick Robinson, reports that, on Saturday, April 12, 2025 Deputy Dustin Henson received a call in reference to a two vehicle collision on South U.S. 421 in front of Mike's Quick Stop Tobacco store.

FRANKFORT, KY (April 16, 2025) – Attorney General Russell Coleman announced today that action from the Attorney General's Special Prosecutions Unit resulted in the indictment of a Western Kentucky city payroll clerk on 15 felony charges related to her employment.

ASHLAND, KY – An Ashland physician and owner of Lewis Family Care, Matthew Lewis, 44, pleaded guilty on Monday, before Chief U.S. District Judge David L. Bunning to receiving a misbranded drug and offering it for sale with the intent to defraud or mislead. 

ASHLAND, KY – A Columbus, Ohio, man, Angelo Dre Clifton, 31, was sentenced on Monday, by Chief U.S. District Judge David Bunning, to 25 years in prison, for the distribution of fentanyl resulting in an overdose death.