Band-Aids and budget cuts: Kentucky’s cycle of crisis

Kentuckians deserve better than this.

By: Norma Hatfield

Outlets: Kentucky Lantern

Published: June 16, 2026

Words: 769

Last Updated: 1 month, 1 week ago

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In the 1939 film “The Wizard of Oz,” a young girl named Dorothy tries desperately to get home. At the end, Glinda the Good Witch reveals that Dorothy always had the power — she just had to learn it for herself.

Watching the last few weeks unfold, I kept thinking: this isn’t the Kentucky I know. It feels like we’re in constant crisis mode — more public performance than progress, more finger-pointing than problem solving. …

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