Masks for Mayfield
What’s one thing that the tornado survivors need, that hasn’t been talked about? Masks! And Four Rivers Indivisible is stepping up to provide them.
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A recap you didn't need: Build Back Better was popular all year
Data for Progress spent most of 2021 tracking the popularity of Build Back Better’s various iterations and provisions, and have found that bill continues to be a wildly popular piece of legislation.
Republicans use mask disputes and 'critical race theory' to push for partisan elections of local boards of education
Republicans are pressing local and state officials to make historically nonpolitical school-board races partisan in advance of the 2022 elections.
“Hard times will come a-knocking at my door”
Natural disasters have struck the Bluegrass State before. Will we respond now as we have in the past? An historian considers that question.
Sen. Rand Paul eviscerated after accusing Democrats of ‘stealing’ elections by mobilizing voters
It’s difficult to determine why Rand Paul believed that legal voting by Democrats somehow equated to stealing elections, but according to a recent tweet by the senator, that’s exactly what he thought.
As federal rule allows mail-order abortion pill without telehealth, Kentucky may ban the practice entirely
Even as the FDA allows ordering abortion pills by mail without a telehealth visit, Kentucky lawmakers are considering banning the practice.
Vaccines have not killed “twice as many kids” as those that were killed by COVID
This claim is rated completely False by NewsWise.
“Right to be a jerk” states
Jen Sorenson captures what it’s like to live in a so-called “right to work” state, like Kentucky.
A handful of companies dominate road work in kentucky. The state looks the other way.
The transportation cabinet is exempt by law from following the state’s procurement code, instead following a bidding system experts say allows a handful of large companies to avoid serious competition for jobs.
A true story of Q-maniacs driving a physician out of medicine
My career of treating patients has ended. After more than three decades as a physician, the Q maniacs have succeeded in driving me out of providing care to patients.
Col Owens: Our nation is becoming two distinct countries
We are well on our way to becoming two countries, with very different living conditions in each country.
Special election set for February 22 to fill Meeks' vacancy
Gov. Andy Beshear has called a special election to fill a vacancy in the Kentucky House of Representatives created when Reggie Meeks resigned.
Manchin killed Build Back Better over inflation concerns – an economist explains why the $2 trillion bill would be unlikely to drive up prices
Manchin and Republicans have argued the risk that more spending could push inflation even higher is too great. As an economist, I believe Manchin’s concerns are misguided. Here’s why.
KY communities continue push for local tobacco control
State lawmakers are expected to file a tobacco-control bill next year. Healthcare advocacy groups and local elected officials say communities must have the right to implement their own, stronger smoke-free protections.
Omicron variant, one of most contagious ever, seen in 4 counties; Beshear urges vaccines, boosters, masking, caution for holidays
The highly contagious Omicron Covid-19 variant has been identified four counties, prompting Gov. Beshear to plead that Kentuckians get vaccinated and a booster, and to urge schools and businesses to require rigorous masking.
Far too little vote fraud to tip election to Trump, AP finds
A review by The Associated Press in the six battleground states disputed by former President Trump has found fewer than 475 cases of potential voter fraud, a minuscule number that would have made no difference in the 2020 presidential election.
