Tucker Carlson: today’s Walter Duranty
This time, the media is picking up on the obvious parallels.
Analysis & Policy
Articles that dig into an issue, policy, or story, and present relevant research and insights.
Are Republicans collapsing in anger and chaos?
No matter how you phrase it, the Repubs in DC are in free-fall because of their fealty to Trump. Can the voters save us in November?
Four stupid KYGA bills, including one on the move
Some bills are obviously good, some are a mix of good and bad, and some are just bad. But these four go beyond bad and into “stupid.”
Are Black men leaving Biden?
Many pundits are saying Biden is losing the Black vote, especially among Black men. But is that accurate?
Hal Rogers is getting challenged ... from the right
So who is this challenger, and how did he raise all that money?
Why HB 5 is such a god-awful bill
It’s this year’s winner of the “How Bad a Bill Can We Write” award.
League of Women Voters calls out the Lege ... again
“We remind the legislature that they work for the people of the Commonwealth. And that the people have a right to participate in decisions that affect us.”
McConnell meets another legacy moment
Mitch McConnell’s legacy looked fairly certain just a few years ago. But Trump has turned all of that upside down, and how McConnell handles 2024 may well be what people remember the most.
There is no ‘crime epidemic.’ Lawmakers should not saddle Kentucky with even more prisoners and costs.
HB 5, the so-called “Safer Kentucky Act,” is just what this writer calls it: an extremely unwise octopus of a bill.
Yes – the Open Records law applies to the Attorney General as well
After over three years, the bottom line is simple: the AG’s office has to follow the same rules it applies to others.
Repubs are coming after higher education, including here in Kentucky
From tenure to diversity, Republicans are determined to reshape colleges and universities into mirrors of their right-wing world view.
A tale of two trials
“The odds of the United States falling into dictatorship have grown considerably because so many of the obstacles to it have been cleared, and only a few are left.”
The trainwreck that is FERPA
And how a law with good intentions can wind up causing harm.
GOP-sponsored bill to axe tenure is 'fiscally unsound'
As part of their ongoing attacks on higher education, the Repubs in Frankfort are now going after tenure. Berry Craig explains why it’s a bad idea.
Susan Weston analyzes the House budget bill against Pritchard Committee’s Big Bold ask
Susan Weston of the Pritchard Committee digs into the House’s budget bill and compares it to what is in the Big Bold Ask.
Kentucky abortion ban: State abortion advocates say exceptions aren’t enough
Kentucky lawmakers are expected to consider adding exceptions for rape and incest to the state’s near-total abortion ban during the current 2024 legislative session in Frankfort. But abortion rights advocates say exemptions alone aren’t enough.
