News of KFTC and our issues
Investing in the Economic Future of Eastern Kentucky
October 14, 2013
A new report released by the Mountain Association for Community Economic Development (MACED) calls for the creation of an Appalachian Planning and Development Fund to oversee strategic planning and direct the use of a portion of severance tax funds. The report emphasizes that an open and inclusive process is as important as the funds themselves in producing positive outcomes.
My State Needs Obamacare. Now.
September 29, 2013
"There’s a huge disconnect between the rank partisanship of national politics and the outlook of governors whose job it is to help beleaguered families, strengthen work forces, attract companies and create a balanced budget."
Kentucky Senate Republican Leader Open to Giving Felon Voting Rights a Second Look
September 17, 2013
Citing Racial Disparities, Senator Rand Paul Favors Restoration of Felon Voting Rights
September 16, 2013
Judge's ruling: Coal over people
September 11, 2013
The question that will haunt future generations is why the state and federal officials so often chose to protect the coal industry instead instead of the people who live in the communities where coal is mined.
EPA's duty to limit the Party of Coal
September 8, 2013
The two-party arrangement in Kentucky really has not much to do with Republicans and Democrats. The two parties that actually matter are the Party of Coal and the Party of All Else.
5 Reasons Solar is Beating Fossil Fuels
September 6, 2013
The solar industry is growing drastically every year, while fossil fuels continue to be phased out. This is why it’s frustrating to hear people say that renewable energy is not ready to compete with fossil fuels as a means to power our country. Here are five reasons why solar is already winning.
Meet the Singing, Anti-Fracking Nuns
August 16, 2013
Down the road from the Maker's Mark bourbon distillery in the central Kentucky town of Loretto, a feisty cadre of nuns has been tending crops and praying since the early 1800s. An order founded on social justice, the Sisters of Loretto are quickly becoming the face of a new grassroots campaign against what they see as a threat to holy land: the Bluegrass Pipeline.
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