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Committee hearings and floor debates on HB 520 revealed substantial misunderstandings of the law enforcement exception Kentucky’s open records law, write open government advocate Amye Bensenhaver.
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Hoptown Chronicle readers will have an opportunity to help prepare and serve one of the Thursday meals at the dinner church that Donna Williams established in 2019.
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The trail at Jeffers Bend follows the path of the North Fork of Little River.
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More than half the U.S. states have deleted the tampon tax from their rolls because they realize these items are necessities, not taxable luxuries.
Hoptown Chronicle readers add detail and meaning to a couple of popular local stories.
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Maybe what’s most important is not the things but the stories that we carry from a place, writes Hoptown Chronicle editor Jennifer P. Brown
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Two centuries ago, Henry Clay was gung ho for invading Canada, then a British possession.  
A few inches of snow was just enough to pretty up the landscape for photographs.
One landmark of Carter’s term was ratification of the treaty giving the Panama Canal to Panama. Kentucky’s U.S. senators, both Democrats, split on ratification; Wendell Ford voted against it, while Dee Huddleston voted for it.
Truly improving social studies education will require schools to address the systemic issues that plague our educational system, writes Jeffery Tyler Syck, director of the Center for Public Service at the University of Pikeville.
Kentucky political columnist Al Cross keeps a longtime holiday tradition going.