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Bernie Sanders unveils push for $17-an-hour federal minimum wage, citing state increases
WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders on Thursday announced Democrats’ plans to mark up legislation to increase the federal minimum wage to $17 an hour, pointing to an increase in the cost of living. Outside the U.S. Capitol, Sanders, a Vermont independent and chairman of the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, said the panel […]
Craft has loaned her campaign almost $9.3 million
Republican Kelly Craft has put almost $9.3 million into her quest to become Kentucky’s governor, according to her latest campaign finance disclosure. Craft, a former ambassador to the United Nations, loaned her campaign $2.25 million during the April 17-May 1 reporting period. That came on top of a $7 million loan from Craft to her […]
Judge dismisses residency challenge against Kelly Craft
A Lexington? judge dismissed a residency challenge filed against Republican governor candidate Kelly Craft on Thursday.? The lawsuit was filed against the former United Nations ambassador by another Republican candidate, suspended Northern Kentucky attorney Eric Deters.? According to court documents, Fayette Circuit Judge Lucy A. VanMeter dismissed the lawsuit after Craft produced records proving her […]
A conversation with Silas House, Kentucky’s new poet laureate?
LOUISVILLE – Growing up in Eastern Kentucky, author Silas House saw early the power of representation in literature.? Lead character John-Boy in the award-winning television series “The Waltons,” for example, was his “hero.”? Here was a young country boy who, like House, dreamed of writing.? “I didn’t know anybody who wanted to be a writer,” […]
Biden rule protecting lesser prairie-chicken overturned by U.S. Senate
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate on Wednesday passed on a 50-48 vote a resolution overturning a Biden administration rule that listed a popular Southwestern game bird under a federal endangered species designation. The White House has vowed President Joe Biden would veto the resolution if it clears Congress. Similar legislation has been introduced in the […]
Agriculture leaders urge a stronger farm safety net at U.S. Senate farm bill hearing
WASHINGTON — Farm and commodity trade association leaders lobbied for updating commodity programs and strengthening crop insurance programs at a Tuesday hearing of the U.S. Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry committee. The industry officials said federal crop insurance and the Department of Agriculture’s Price Loss Coverage and Agriculture Risk Coverage programs are not serving as […]
Manhunt underway in Atlanta hospital shooting that killed one and injured four
One person was killed and four others injured in a mass shooting at a high-rise Midtown Atlanta hospital that put Georgia’s capital city on edge and immediately sparked calls for more action on gun safety. The shooting happened early Wednesday afternoon in a waiting room at the Northside Hospital Midtown medical center on West Peachtree […]
Challenge to Kentucky’s anti-trans law filed in federal court
The American Civil Liberties Union of Kentucky, the National Center for Lesbian Rights and law firm Morgan, Lewis & Bockius are suing to block part of a law they’ve called the worst anti-trans bill in the United States.? This suit comes more than a month after the legislature passed controversial Senate Bill 150, which bans […]
At a McDonald’s in Kentucky, 10-year-olds worked past midnight, Department of Labor finds
WASHINGTON — Children as young as 10 were found working past midnight at a McDonald’s restaurant in Louisville, the U.S. Department of Labor said in announcing numerous civil penalties levied on fast-food franchises. As part of an investigation into federal child labor law violations in the Southeast, the Department of Labor said that three separate […]
Beshear tries to revive Medicaid dental, vision, hearing benefits scrapped by legislature
Gov. Andy Beshear has again proposed regulations to expand dental, vision and hearing Medicaid benefits for Kentucky adults, after the legislature ended the expansion by finding earlier regulations deficient. Each new regulation says why it is “substantially different” from the one rejected by the legislature. Most of the reasons have to do with changes in […]
From credit card restrictions to wastewater: What abortion foes have been up to since Dobbs leaked
Anti-abortion leaders could not stop paraphrasing Winston Churchill last June after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, a victory that took 50 years to realize.? “While we celebrate the momentous ruling in Dobbs, we must remember that overturning Roe was not the beginning of the end, but it was the end of the […]
After revelations of luxury trips, Democrats argue U.S. Supreme Court needs ethics code
WASHINGTON — U.S. Supreme Court justices should follow a strict code of ethics when receiving gifts and travel or doing business with political funders and attorneys, argued Democratic senators Tuesday at a hearing that Chief Justice John Roberts declined to attend. After a spate of investigative articles detailing Justice Clarence Thomas’ luxury travel and real […]