Large parts of Appalachia’s forests, once owned by coal companies, now make money for investors by storing carbon. But the results bring few jobs or sizable investments for residents.
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The new constitutional amendment to protect the right to abortion in Ohio − as well as other wins for Democrats − shows the importance of ballot initiatives and focusing on abortion in elections.
Mitch McConnell, who has announced he will step down from his role as Senate GOP leader, was an uncharismatic Kentucky lawyer who came to rule the Senate and remake the US Supreme Court.
Three forces are pulling down ESG’s once-rapid rise in the investment world.
Millions of people around the world suffered through deadly flooding and long-lasting heat waves in 2022. A climate scientist explains the rising risks.
Abortion rights were on the ballot in five states during the midterm elections – all broke in favor of abortion-rights advocates.
Millions of people around the world suffered through long-lasting heat waves and deadly flash flooding in the summer of 2022. A climate scientist explains the rising risks.
Flood risks are rising as the climate warms. The risks are complex, as a levee or new roadway in one place can worsen flooding somewhere else.
Extreme downpours caught people off guard from Las Vegas to Kentucky in July 2022.
States and universities have passed many rules governing what types of name, image and likeness deals athletes can sign. Most are innocuous, but three may violate their First Amendment rights.
Tornadoes in December aren’t unusual in the Gulf Coast and lower Mississippi Valley states, but the Dec. 10-11 outbreak was extreme and far-reaching.
A government ad was slated for encouraging dancers to go into cyber security, but it actually contained a very good idea.
How an uncharismatic Kentucky lawyer came to rule the Senate and remake the federal judiciary from top to bottom.
Do US attorneys general act in the public’s interest, or the interest of the president who appointed them?
Many of the public employee pension plans run by states don’t have enough money in them to make upcoming pension payments to retired state workers. The pandemic could make that problem much worse.
The viral video has caused widespread controversy. But while all sides are protesting their innocence, it raises important questions about America’s violent past.
As the Kentucky Senate considers a bill for school prayer, a scholar explains the violent history of prayer – and a time when Catholic students were sometimes whipped, beaten and worse for not participating.
‘Take a silver cup – always a silver cup’ and ‘fill it with ice pulverized to the fineness of snow,’ a Kentucky man explained in 1908.
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Professor and director emeritus, Institute for Rural Journalism, University of Kentucky
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Professor of Health Law and Professor of Law, Boston University
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Professor of Law, Boston University
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Professor of Geology and Environmental Geosciences, University of Dayton
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Professor of Public Policy (retired), University of Virginia
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Associate Professor of Hospitality Management, Colorado State University
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Associate Professor of Geography, University of Tennessee
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Assistant Professor of Geography, Middle Tennessee State University
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Assistant Professor, Westminster College
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Professor of Climate Science, UMass Lowell
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Assistant Professor of Legal Studies, Boise State University
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Assistant Professor of Finance, University of Florida
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Professor of Enterprise and Competitiveness, University of Birmingham
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Assistant Professor of Geography and Sustainability, University of Tennessee
