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The board that oversees enforcement of Kentucky’s election finance laws wants more information in the investigation of w...
02/21/2025

The board that oversees enforcement of Kentucky’s election finance laws wants more information in the investigation of whether London Mayor Randall Weddle made illegal contributions to help Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear win reelection in 2023.

The Kentucky Registry of Election Finance board on Thursday deferred action on a staff recommendation that would have resolved the matter. Registry board members said they were unsure of many important details of what happened and could not make any findings for now.

Kentucky election finance board wants more investigation of London Mayor Randall Weddle's contributions to Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear's 2023 campaign.

Commentary by Al Cross.Is McConnell to blame for Trump's return? No.That said, I wish my senior senator had been willing...
02/21/2025

Commentary by Al Cross.
Is McConnell to blame for Trump's return? No.
That said, I wish my senior senator had been willing to risk his political imperatives for the sake of the country.

I hope my senior senator, Mitch McConnell, will use his remaining influence against the existentential threat to our republic that is Donald Trump.

Commentary by Constance AlexanderIn an attaboy victory lap, Republican Sen. Chris McDaniel claimed that passage of Senat...
02/20/2025

Commentary by Constance Alexander
In an attaboy victory lap, Republican Sen. Chris McDaniel claimed that passage of Senate Bill 1 diminishes the certainty of death and taxes.
Given that pronouncement, inquiring voters might wonder why Kentucky still has not repealed the so-called “pink tax” on menstrual products. Half the U.S. states have deleted the tampon tax from their rolls because they realize these items are necessities, not taxable luxuries.

Inquiring voters might wonder why Kentucky still has not repealed the so-called “pink tax” on menstrual products as half the U.S. states have done.

Snow, ice, sickness and now floods have kept Kentucky students out of classrooms this winter. Amid the “extraordinary ci...
02/20/2025

Snow, ice, sickness and now floods have kept Kentucky students out of classrooms this winter.

Amid the “extraordinary circumstances,” state lawmakers are looking for ways to make up for missed instruction and relieve schools.

Snow, ice, sickness and now floods have kept Kentucky students out of classrooms this winter. Lawmakers are looking for ways to make up missed instruction.

Criticism of FEMA is nothing new in Kentucky which in less than three years has been hit by an EF-4 tornado and now a th...
02/19/2025

Criticism of FEMA is nothing new in Kentucky which in less than three years has been hit by an EF-4 tornado and now a third major flood.
What's new: President Trump has ordered a “full-scale review” of FEMA and suggested the agency should be disbanded and its duties handed over to the states.

Kentucky Republicans echo President Donald Trump's criticism of FEMA after flooding sweeps the state, but the complaints are not new.

Democrat Andy Beshear is urging the GOP General Assembly to lift a spending cap it imposed last year on state agencies r...
02/19/2025

Democrat Andy Beshear is urging the GOP General Assembly to lift a spending cap it imposed last year on state agencies responding to emergencies and disasters.

Besehar also will ask lawmakers to fund emergency relief for local governments and education in response to widespread flooding.

Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear urges GOP lawmakers to lift their spending cap on state emergency spending following statewide flood.

Commentary by Emily Beauregard Voices for Health Kentuckians need Congress to take Medicaid cuts off the table.Medicaid...
02/18/2025

Commentary by Emily Beauregard Voices for Health

Kentuckians need Congress to take Medicaid cuts off the table.

Medicaid doesn’t just protect the health and well-being of some of our most vulnerable groups, it also contributes significantly to the overall health infrastructure that benefits every Kentuckian.

This year marks the 60th anniversary of the Medicaid program. Over the last six decades, Medicaid has been one of our most successful efforts to safeguard health coverage in an ever-changing world. As a state and federal partnership, it also serves as a vital reminder of the longstanding good our go...

While much state policy and attention have focused on restricting gender-affirming care for minors, more states now are ...
02/17/2025

While much state policy and attention have focused on restricting gender-affirming care for minors, more states now are seeking to limit such care for adults.
Kentucky is one of them.

While much state policy and attention have focused on restricting gender-affirming care for minors, more states are seeking to limit such care for adults.

A new twist in the long-running quest by some Kentucky state employees for accountability in what they allege was a losi...
02/17/2025

A new twist in the long-running quest by some Kentucky state employees for accountability in what they allege was a losing $1 billion bet of Kentucky pension money on high-risk, high-fee, low-transparency hedge fund investments.
The investment firms say they did nothing wrong and had reached a settlement with Attorney General Russell Coleman.

Court order will delay and possibly jeopardize a settlement of a lawsuit over controversial investments by Kentucky Retirement Systems in hedge funds.

UPDATED with ninth weather-related death in Kentucky, in Pike County.
02/17/2025

UPDATED with ninth weather-related death in Kentucky, in Pike County.

Gov. Andy Beshear says flooding statewide is responsible for at least eight deaths in Kentucky as emergency crews continue to conduct search and rescue missions.

Flooding statewide is responsible for at least eight deaths in Kentucky as emergency crews continue to conduct search an...
02/16/2025

Flooding statewide is responsible for at least eight deaths in Kentucky as emergency crews continue to conduct search and rescue missions after already making more than 1,000 rescues, says Gov. Andy Beshear.

Gov. Andy Beshear says flooding statewide is responsible for at least eight deaths in Kentucky as emergency crews continue to conduct search and rescue missions.

Not about politics, says governor, but getting what ‘the people of Kentucky are owed’
02/13/2025

Not about politics, says governor, but getting what ‘the people of Kentucky are owed’

Kentucky Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear is joining a national lawsuit against the Trump administration’s funding freeze.

Just as the Senate and House gaveled in, supporters of reproductive rights rallied in the Capitol rotunda Thursday to ca...
02/13/2025

Just as the Senate and House gaveled in, supporters of reproductive rights rallied in the Capitol rotunda Thursday to call Kentucky’s near-total abortion ban cruel and ask lawmakers to undo it.
The Rev. Elwood Sturtevant, a board member at Kentucky Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice, called it a “myth” that abortion is the antithesis of religion.

Supporters of reproductive rights rally in Capitol rotunda to call Kentucky’s near-total abortion ban cruel and ask lawmakers to undo it.

Kentucky’s Sen. Mitch McConnell, a polio survivor, is the lone Senate Republican who voted no on Kennedy's confirmation...
02/13/2025

Kentucky’s Sen. Mitch McConnell, a polio survivor, is the lone Senate Republican who voted no on Kennedy's confirmation.

Kentucky Sen. Mitch McConnell is the only Republican in the Senate to vote no as Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is confirmed as Health and Human Services secretary.

Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-KY, lone Republican voting no on Gabbard, says:“The nation should not have to worry that the int...
02/12/2025

Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-KY, lone Republican voting no on Gabbard, says:
“The nation should not have to worry that the intelligence assessments the President receives are tainted by a Director of National Intelligence with a history of alarming lapses in judgment." -

U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell, lone Republican to vote against Tulsi Gabbard as director of national intelligence, cites her "alarming lapses of judgment."

Tapping his broad base of Kentucky donors and landing three hefty contributions from out of state last summer, Gov. Andy...
02/12/2025

Tapping his broad base of Kentucky donors and landing three hefty contributions from out of state last summer, Gov. Andy Beshear’s super PAC raised $2.56 million in its first year of existence.

The political action committee, called In This Together, had mixed results as it spent $2.24 million of that money trying to promote Beshear’s policies and elect Democratic candidates both in Kentucky and across the country.

Gov. Andy Beshear's super PAC raised $2.56 million in its first year of existence, thanks to a broad donor base in Kentucky and a few big national givers.

This is the third consecutive skiing season Sen. Rand Paul’s campaign committee has disclosed expenses at Pendry Park Ci...
02/11/2025

This is the third consecutive skiing season Sen. Rand Paul’s campaign committee has disclosed expenses at Pendry Park City, a luxurious Utah ski resort.

FRANKFORT — U.S. Sen. Rand Paul’s brimming reelection campaign fund paid $44,240 in December to Pendry Park City, a luxurious Utah ski resort. Pendry Park City describes itself on its website as a “ski-in/ski-out resort nestled in the center of Canyons Village” and says “our slopeside retr...

Easy access and exposure to guns and drugs are killing Kentucky children. That’s according to the Child Fatality and Nea...
02/11/2025

Easy access and exposure to guns and drugs are killing Kentucky children.
That’s according to the Child Fatality and Near Fatality External Review Panel, which released its 2024 report last week.
The panel also made recommendations to Kentucky policymakers.

Easy access and exposure to guns and drugs are killing Kentucky children, according to the Child Fatality and Near Fatality External Review Panel's report.

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