Author

Tom Eblen

Tom Eblen

Tom Eblen is a former columnist and managing editor for the Lexington Herald-Leader and a member of the Kentucky Journalism Hall of Fame.

Commentary

Tennessee has some advantages over Kentucky. Backward tax policy isn’t one of them.
By: - January 27, 2023

Maybe some Kentucky Republicans are right: we do need a wall along our southern border. Otherwise all those poor and middle class Tennesseans who want to avoid their state’s high sales taxes will keep coming up here and crowding our stores. Who can blame them? Tennesseans now pay state and county sales taxes as high […]