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Cameron joins four AGs in warning law firms to end race-based hiring practices
Kentucky Republican Attorney General Daniel Cameron joined a group of GOP attorneys general in warning 100 of the nation’s largest law firms against using race-based hiring practices for employment and contract workers.? The nine-page letter sent on Tuesday to executives of American Lawyer 100 Firms calls for the firms to “refrain from discriminating on the […]
Kentuckians pre-register for online sports betting with approved apps
Kentuckians began pre-registering for online sports wagering apps Monday as part of the state’s timeline for implementing online sports betting.? Approved mobile apps could start pre-registering accounts as early as 6 a.m. The apps can begin taking wagers on Thursday, Sept. 28. In-person sports betting begins in the state next week.? Earlier this year, the […]
Hamming it up: Kentucky politicos gather for Kentucky Farm Bureau breakfast
LOUISVILLE — Per Kentucky State Fair tradition, the Kentucky Farm Bureau Country Ham Breakfast brought political rivals under one roof as an 18-pound prize-winning country ham was auctioned off for a charitable donation.? Coal executive Joe Craft and his wife, former United Nations Ambassador Kelly Craft, joined Central Bank in making a record $10 million […]
Louisville Republicans hear UK swimmer turned anti-trans crusader
LOUISVILLE — Riley Gaines — a former University of Kentucky swimmer and high-profile opponent of including transgender women in women’s sports — told a crowd of Louisville Republicans that she drove from Milwaukee where she could have attended the first 2024 Republican presidential debate to address them Wednesday night.? The 23-year-old was a special guest […]
John McCarthy selected as Kentucky’s Republican national committeeman
John McCarthy, the former chairman of the Republican Party of Kentucky, was elected to be the party’s new national committeeman Saturday.? McCarthy, who is also one of? the top paid lobbyists in Frankfort, will succeed Mike Duncan, who held the role since 1992. A release from RPK said McCarthy was selected by the party during […]
Kentucky Board of Education looking for search firm to find next education commissioner
The Kentucky Board of Education approved the first steps for its next education commissioner search Monday.? Board members authorized the Kentucky Department of Education to seek outside services for a national search and established a team to review Requests for Proposals (RFP) from search firms. The board will reconvene in a special meeting next month.? […]
Fish and Wildlife releases new regulations for Kentucky hunting seasons
The Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources announced a slew of administrative regulation amendments Friday, which include changes to bear and wild turkey hunting seasons.? Some amendments have received the needed legislative approval and are now in effect, a department news release said. Changes include the harvest limit for wild turkeys during the fall […]
Kentucky Board of Education to discuss commissioner search Monday
The Kentucky Board of Education will meet next week to discuss its search for the next state education commissioner.? The special meeting comes after the Kentucky Department of Education announced that Education Commissioner Jason Glass would leave the position on Sept. 29. Glass told reporters he did not want “to be part of implementing the […]
Beshear wants all school employees to have an 11% raise in the next budget
Gov. Andy Beshear wants the legislature to fund an 11% pay raise for all Kentucky school personnel, which is the highest increase he’s backed since becoming governor.? The Democratic governor, who is seeking reelection, unveiled some of his education priorities as part of his “Education First” plan for the 2024-26 state budget Wednesday morning. He […]
Kentucky’s youth are caught in the middle as Beshear-Cameron spar over transgender care
Ysa Leon is questioning their future in the commonwealth. The outcome of Kentucky’s gubernatorial race this November will be a deciding factor.? “I’ve told my family: Be prepared in November because that might change where I’m staying after I graduate in May,” said Leon, a 20-year-old nonbinary student at Transylvania University, where they are?president of […]
Cameron wants to raise pay for first-year teachers, fund tutoring programs
Republican gubernatorial candidate Daniel Cameron is calling for tutoring students outside of school hours and increasing starting teacher pay to make up for the drop in Kentucky students’ performance that he blamed on school closures and virtual learning during the coronavirus pandemic.? The attorney general released the “Cameron Catch-up” plan Tuesday with press conferences in […]
Kentucky police union endorses Cameron in gubernatorial race
Members of the Kentucky State Fraternal Order of Police endorsed Republican Attorney General Daniel Cameron in the 2023 gubernatorial election.? The Kentucky FOP voted on the decision Monday at a biennial national conference in Las Vegas. Results were announced Tuesday morning.? “Attorney General Cameron has been a friend to the FOP since the day he […]