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Local government meeting schedule: What Martin County residents should know
CITIZEN STAFF REPORT MARTIN COUNTY — From the Fiscal Court to government boards and authorities, several public entities serve Martin County and are registered with the Kentucky Department for Local Government. Two additional entities serve the cities of Inez and Warfield. Together, these bodies form the framework of local government that oversees essential services, programs,
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The most important reading skill we never teach children: Public notices
We teach children to read poems and plays, recipes and road signs. We guide them to decode Shakespeare and summarize “Charlotte’s Web.” But there is a crucial kind of reading that we rarely teach and it shows: public notices. You have seen them. Maybe you have skimmed past them. That block of dense text at
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Supporting local newspapers puts community first; HB 368 will harm communities and newspapers
BY JANE ASHLEY PACE 2024 KPA PRESIDENT Every county in Kentucky has one local business that has been there longer than any other, most more than a century – while some are even closing in on two centuries. In many of these counties, that business is their local newspaper. I manage two of those local
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Kentucky legislators’ latest power grab is a direct attack on transparency
Ever get the feeling politicians would prefer you did not know what they are up to? Well, House Bill 368 basically is that. The bill, introduced Feb. 5, would allow government agencies to ditch independent newspapers and publish public notices exclusively on their own websites. Sponsored by Rep. Jennifer Decker (R-Shelbyville) and backed by a
