Politics
Journalist Tom Loftus wins Green Eyeshade award for investigative reporting in Kentucky Lantern
The Society of Professional Journalists has recognized Tom Loftus with a Green Eyeshade Award for his investigative reporting in the Kentucky Lantern. The Green Eyeshades, begun in 1950 and the oldest regional journalism competition, recognize outstanding work by journalists in 11 southeastern states in print, television, radio and digital. Loftus was awarded second place in […]
Beshear will not attend Aug. 3 Fancy Farm Picnic, annual West Kentucky political tradition
Organizers of the annual church fundraiser held in Graves County said in a Friday afternoon email that the governor had said he is not attending the August event and “no reason was given.”? Fancy Farm organizers added that Republican State Auditor Allison Ball will not attend due to a conflict with a wedding that weekend.? […]
Kentuckian Hadley Duvall in Biden abortion ad says Trump and Vance ‘don’t care about women’
A Kentucky woman who talked about abortion in a pivotal campaign ad for Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear last year is now up on airwaves supporting President Joe Biden on the same issue. Hadley Duvall, an Owensboro native who is now in her early 20s, told the Kentucky Lantern last year that she began sharing her […]
Beshear says federal government should reclassify marijuana to recognize its medical uses
In a Wednesday letter sent to the Drug Enforcement Administration, Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear said he supports reclassifying marijuana from a Schedule I controlled substance to Schedule III.? That would move marijuana from a DEA designation that says it has “no currently accepted medical use and a high potential for abuse” to having “a moderate […]
University president defends multicultural religious, social, and academic groups on campus
FRANKFORT — For almost 90 minutes on Tuesday, Kentucky lawmakers who tried to ban diversity, equity and inclusion in Kentucky’s colleges were told why such programs were needed in higher education. Yet, one legislator said DEI programs “segregate” students.? Among presenters were two university presidents — Northern Kentucky University President Cady Short-Thompson and Morehead State […]
Public school funding at risk if Kentuckians approve Amendment 2, new study says
Kentucky’s public schools could take a big hit to their state funding if voters approve a constitutional amendment this fall allowing the General Assembly to begin funding private schools, a progressive think tank and several school leaders warned Monday. The new report from the Kentucky Center for Economic Policy (KyPolicy) estimates that if Kentucky were […]
Defiant Biden tells Wisconsinites ‘I’m staying in the race!’
President Joe Biden flew to Wisconsin Friday to shore up voter confidence in this critical swing state after a stumbling debate performance last week fueled speculation that he might drop out. He told a cheering crowd of hundreds of supporters packed into the Sherman Middle School gymnasium in Madison, “I’m the nominee of the Democratic […]
KY Republican HQ building fund tops $3.2 million, most from corporations with lobbying interests
FRANKFORT? – The Republican Party of Kentucky Building Fund raised another $314,750 in the past three months for its project to expand its state headquarters known as the “Mitch McConnell Building.” This brings the total raised for the project to more than $3.2 million, with the vast majority of that coming in large contributions from […]
Despite what some politicians say, crime rates are decreasing
Violent crime in the United States dropped significantly in the first quarter of 2024 compared with the same period last year, according to the FBI’s Quarterly Uniform Crime Report released last month. The FBI’s data, collected from nearly 12,000 law enforcement agencies representing about 77% of the country’s population, suggests violent crime dropped by 15% […]
Beshear to attend Democratic governors meeting at White House in person
Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear will be among Democratic governors meeting with President Joe Biden at the White House Wednesday evening.? The meeting, set to take place at 6:30 p.m., according to Biden’s public schedule, comes after the Democratic governors pushed to hear more from the White House after the president’s poor debate performance last week […]
Beshear on CNN: Democratic governors want to know how Biden is doing
Gov. Andy Beshear says his fellow Democratic governors want to know how President Joe Biden is doing.? In a Tuesday interview on CNN’s “The Situation Room” with correspondent Pamela Brown, Beshear said seeking clarification about the president’s health isn’t an attack on his candidacy, but something Americans would respond to positively.? Biden will meet with […]
Recovery CEO gives big to support Democrat Beshear and a host of Republicans
FRANKFORT — In his State of the Commonwealth speech in January, Gov. Andy Beshear took a moment to address the scourge of addiction in Kentucky, singling out for praise the state’s largest provider of treatment services. Addiction Recovery Care, or ARC, the Eastern Kentucky-based company — with about 75% of the state’s treatment beds — […]