Amazon just announced that it will start all of its U.S. employees at $15 an hour which is more than double the federal minimum wage. It's good news for entry workers Amazon, but it’s also instructional as to how increase wages. In our nation, we have a...

Kentucky doesn't have any professional sports teams but several will be coming to Kentucky in January of 2019. Let me clarify, several lobbyists for sports teams will lobby our legislature in the 2019 session. This follows a Supreme Court ruling that opened the...

According to the U.S. Department of Education, Kentucky has the fourth-highest rate of student loan defaults in the nation. A total of 14.3 percent of students who take out student loans for college are unable to pay it back. West Virginia ranks number one in student...

Should abortion clinics have the same rules as other medical facilities? According to a federal judge, the answer is no. Last week, Federal District Judge Greg Stivers struck down a Kentucky law that required abortion centers to have an agreement with hospitals and...

Every 10 years the U.S. Census Bureau gathers information about population changes in the U.S. A longer census form, called the American Community Survey gathers other data including income, marital status and religion. It's sent to 3.5 million Americans and helps...

Children aren't expected to make adult decisions until, well, they're adults. And a child's transition into adulthood comes with stages of responsibility. You've got to be 16 to get a driver’s license; 18 to get married; And 21 to own a handgun....

Two important principles of American law protect all of us. The first is that the accused are innocent until proven guilty. The second is that everyone deserves due process of the law. This means that evidence and witnesses are needed to establish facts and the...

Kentucky ranks number seven in the country in high school graduation. However, less than two-thirds of our graduates are prepared for the next step, whether its college or the workforce. Interim Commissioner of Education Wayne Lewis asked "why are we granting...

Bill Cosby was sentenced to prison for violent sexual assault. Photos of a handcuffed Cosby, head down and being taken to jail is quite different from the comedian and entertainer we welcomed into our homes. This is first successful prosecution of a high-profile...

Fertility clinics can be a double-edged sword. They help couples who have trouble conceiving children naturally. But at the same time, many of these clinics are creating embryos with anonymous sperm donors. In other words, they're creating children who will never...