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The crime rate
Nick Anderson nails it ... except our Kentucky GOP is doing the “go crazy” part even while the crime rate continues to drop.
Murray State University, WPSD-TV reach settlement agreement in open records lawsuit
The lawsuit stemmed from an investigation into the relationship between Murray State administrators and WKMS, an NPR member station.
After ten-year battle, a younger generation leads the way at Volkswagen
Another union vote is happening at the VW plant in Chattanooga. And this time, it may pass.
Kentucky lawmaker says he wants to renew efforts targeting DEI initiatives on college campuses
Beshear responds: “DEI is not a four-letter word. DEI is a three-letter acronym for very important values that are found in our Bible. Diversity, equity and inclusion is about loving each other. Diversity will always make us stronger. It is an asset and never a liability.”
Kentucky lawmakers expedite medical marijuana licensing, but pass on adding extra conditions
The new law would allow Kentucky to issue medical cannabis licenses to businesses as early as this summer, increasing the odds that cannabis will be available for patients at dispensaries beginning 2025.
All KY anti-LGBTQ bills defeated
Ten anti-LGBTQ bills, and none got over the finish line.
Westerfield to Senate: Poll shows GOP voters in Kentucky support gun removal measure
Westerfield cited polling that found 76% of Republican primary voters “think Kentucky lawmakers should work to prevent gun violence, including working to keep Kentuckians going through a mental health crisis from harming themselves or others.”
The Abortion Ban Path of Totality
After the eclipse earlier this week, we all know what the term “path of totality” means. Ben Fishel applies that term to another path, that of total bans on abortion.
Beshear lets ‘teens tried as adults’ bill become law
As his 10-day veto period came to a close, Kentucky’s Democratic governor allowed a bill to become law that automatically tries 15-year-olds charged with gun felonies as adults.
EPA finalizes the nation’s first PFAS limits in drinking water
Although there are thousands of forever chemicals, the new regulation targets six of the most pervasive ones.
Governor Beshear – Please read this
HB 509 is STILL a threat to transparency. Gov. Beshear, don’t defend it – VETO it.
Christian pastor: In a Christian nationalist America women should lose the right to vote
“One believes things because one has been conditioned to believe them” ― Aldous Huxley
Outside billionaires are pushing charter schools for KY – will we let them win?
They got their constitutional amendment on the ballot, so they won the first round. Will we let them win in November?
Reentry program for people incarcerated offers a model for others
General recidivism rates are over 50%; this program’s rate is 24%. In other words, it works.
Mitch McConnell’s legacy: promoting himself, not Kentucky
Some have labeled McConnell a “leader.” A true leader has qualities that obviously don’t reside with the Senator. In fact, he could be more accurately described as “a wind sock,” someone who moves with whichever way the wind is blowing when those gusts work to his own advantage.
