Every week at LEO, we start off with a plan for the next issue. Some stories have been in the works for weeks, even months. For me, it’s usually by Wednesday or Thursday when I’ve got an idea of what... Read More ›

Louisville finally, after a year of discussion, has a policy for determining what values we want city public art and monuments to embody. Finally, Mayor Greg Fischer has the bureaucratic process and political cover to remove the John B. Castleman... Read More ›

The reality I’ve known for over three decades is over: There is now a plausible scenario in which I would support U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell. If Gov. Matt Bevin challenges McConnell in the 2020 Republican primary, it will be a... Read More ›

No other issue captures the urban-rural divide quite like issues of fairness, or equality under the law for LGBTQ people. LEO recently published the story of a coffee shop in Elizabethtown that fired an employee for wearing a T-shirt that... Read More ›

In typical Kentucky fashion, it looks like we’re poised to pass on yet another state revenue opportunity. Sports betting was recently green lighted by the U.S. Supreme Court, which ruled that a 1992 federal law is unconstitutional so states can... Read More ›

A friend of mine who was a Republican and then became an independent, recently told me he was considering registering as a Democrat. I thought he had seen the light and was a full convert. Not yet. He realized voting... Read More ›

Republican mayoral candidate Angela Leet’s avenue to wrest the mayor’s office away from two-term incumbent Greg Fischer was already claustrophobically narrow. After taking a non-position on the possible state takeover of Jefferson County Public Schools, she may have closed that... Read More ›

“Public schools all over the country have problems, charter schools have problems, independent schools have problems, private schools have problems. They have problems with curriculum, they have problems with race, they have problems with gender, they have problems with history.... Read More ›

If Gov. Matt Bevin had been in a college fraternity, he would have been a member of a gang, according to the criteria of House Bill 169, which awaits his signature or veto. By the letter of the “Gang Violence... Read More ›

Matt Bevin has been governor of Kentucky for three legislative sessions and the best he can come up with is: It’s not my fault. From the beginning of his administration, Bevin has used politicians, judges, teachers, the media and any... Read More ›