Kentucky’s ‘Blizzard of Opportunities and Obligations’ to Its Children

Kentucky’s ‘blizzard of opportunities and obligations’ to its children

Ask Terry Brooks how Kentucky’s children are really doing and the answer depends on what data one wants to explore.

Commentary: A tale of a law, a lawsuit and many missed opportunities for Kentucky children • Kentucky Lantern

The Kentucky Court of Appeals in Frankfort, Kentucky, on Oct. 23, 2026. (Kentucky Lantern photo by Sarah Ladd)At 2:30 Saturday morning, I woke up troubled by the October 23 hearing in the Kentucky Court of Appeals that I had attended. One thought kept returning: We shouldn’t have been in that courtroom at all. I had listened as attorneys debated subpoenas, funding, the State Auditor’s authority and whether the dispute was moot. How had a kinship…