KY General Assembly continues to chip away at public’s right to know. What are they hiding?
This year’s multiple attacks on government transparency continues a disturbing trend.
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Kentucky state budget bill clears legislature, heads to Beshear
The final budget bill outlines $30 billion of state government spending over the next two years, with Republicans lauding it as a historic investment in Kentucky education and Democrats criticizing it as falling too short.
KY plastics plant ranks in nation’s top ten emitters of chlorine
The plant was also the subject of an in-depth story by Pro Publica, as noted below this article.
KY Senate passes measure to take Horse Racing Commission out of governor's office, create independent body
Another mule bill turns into a real bill – about horses and horse racing.
Black student's statement on anti-DEI legislation misrepresented to Kentucky lawmakers, she says
A Black University of Louisville student says a Frankfort lobbyist acting in a personal capacity misrepresented a statement from her under oath to support anti-DEI legislation.
The GOP has handed Dems the keys to the majority ... if the Dems take them
Beau of the Fifth Column lays it all out.
Investigation: Murray State University
The conclusion of a three-part series covering the conflict and lawsuit between WPSD and Murray State.
Civics Education Bill — something good from the KY Legislature?
Despite the plethora of outlandish, unnecessary, and generally stupid bills that emanate from the current Kentucky Legislature, it can, apparently, get something right.
Jamie Comer, alias Comer Pyle, has proved to be abject failure; no facts on his side
“The only information ever pushed on the Bidens and Ukraine has come from one source and one source only: Russia and Russian agents.”
Some political humor from DemDaily
A collection of one-liners, bon mots, and comebacks on politics and politicians, from our favorite late-night hosts.
Climate-denying House committee chair wants Kentucky to be a fossil fuel ‘sanctuary state’
“I'm not comfortable with going down the road of nullifying federal laws that we don't like. It sets a dangerous precedent. It didn't work out well 170 years ago.”
Kentucky is about to pass the cruelest criminal-justice bill in America
The state is making it easier to kill homeless people on private property—and that’s just one part of one of the most draconian crime bills in recent history.
Billionaires Yass, DeVos team up to dismantle public schools across the US – including KY
Former Education Secretary Betsy Devos has teamed up with billionaire trader and TikTok investor Jeff Yass to dismantle public education by spending tens of millions on state elections to pass charter and private school voucher bills, and to defeat Andy Beshear.
Lawsuit seeks to kick Louisville Democratic state Rep. Nima Kulkarni off ballot
The petition to remove Kulkarni from the ballot was filed by the former state legislator she defeated in a Democratic primary in 2018, alleging she should be disqualified for a filing error involving her nomination signatories.
Divided KY Senate advances bill attaching Fish and Wildlife to agriculture department
They moved the Racing Commission to Ag as well.
