Politics
Trump, allies surrender in election interference case
ATLANTA — Former President Donald Trump, who is accused of trying to overturn Georgia’s election results, has been booked at the Fulton County Jail, according to the county jail website. Trump, who was indicted by a grand jury last week, arrived at the Rice Street jail in a sprawling motorcade at 7:34 p.m. Thursday. Outside […]
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 […]
Wall Street billionaire is putting millions into Kentucky’s race for governor
FRANKFORT – A Wall Street billionaire and crusader for charter schools is bankrolling media attacks on Democratic incumbent Andy Beshear in Kentucky’s race for governor. Jeff Yass, an options trader based in the Philadelphia suburbs, has provided the overwhelming majority of the money to two conservative super PACs that are behind a new multimillion dollar […]
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.? […]
That 1% cut in federal spending in the debt limit law? It’s complicated.?
WASHINGTON — The debt limit law Congress approved earlier this year included a much-publicized provision that would cut all federal spending by 1% if Republicans and Democrats fail to reach agreement on the dozen government funding bills before Jan. 1. That sounds pretty threatening. But, the across-the-board automatic spending cut wouldn’t actually have any real-world […]
Kentuckians support more public spending for child care, survey finds
Most Kentucky voters surveyed in June said access to high-quality child care is essential to their ability to work, but they say the state isn’t doing enough to ensure they have it.? Also, 75% of parents and 64% of voters are more likely to vote for a governor candidate in November who supports access to […]
Kentucky Supreme Court appears skeptical of ‘random’ change of venue law
FRANKFORT — Several Kentucky Supreme Court justices appeared to be skeptical of a new law that allows cases challenging the constitutionality of state laws and decisions to be randomly moved to any of Kentucky’s 120 counties. The state’s highest court heard oral arguments Wednesday on the constitutionality of Senate Bill 126, which went into effect […]
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 […]
Who’s who among the fake electors, conspirators indicted in Fulton DA’s 2020 election probe
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis says she’s aiming to start a trial against Donald Trump and his allies within six months of a grand jury’s Monday indictment on charges of a multi-state criminal conspiracy to overturn the former president’s narrow defeat to Joe Biden in the 2020 presidential election. Trump, several members of legal […]
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 […]