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GOP bashes Beshear, Harris at Fancy Farm as crowd is energized by school funding amendment
FANCY FARM — The stage at this year’s Fancy Farm picnic in West Kentucky was dominated by Republicans who used their speaking time to tee off on an absent Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear and Lt. Gov. Jacqueline Coleman, sprinkling in attacks on Vice President Kamala Harris, who has locked up the Democratic nomination for president. […]
Addiction Recovery Care says it’s cooperating with FBI investigation into possible fraud
Kentucky’s largest provider of addiction treatment services, Addiction Recovery Care, or ARC, is the subject of an? FBI investigation into possible health care fraud, according to a July 30 post on a website of the federal agency’s Louisville office. ARC, which is funded almost entirely through Kentucky’s Medicaid program, has not been charged with any […]
Kamala Harris will be the Democratic presidential nominee, DNC announces
WASHINGTON — Enough Democratic delegates selected Kamala Harris to make her the party’s presidential nominee by Friday, during an ongoing virtual vote that began less than two weeks after President Joe Biden ended his reelection campaign. The vote, which will not officially close until Monday evening, was held in advance of the Democratic National Convention, […]
Harris’ possible running mates have record of securing reproductive rights post Dobbs
The Democratic Party kicked off its virtual roll call on Thursday to formally nominate Vice President Kamala Harris as its pick for the next commander-in-chief. Harris is expected to announce her running mate soon. Speculation over her vice presidential nominee has run rampant. States Newsroom’s Washington, D.C.,?bureau?recently spoke with political experts who suspect Harris is […]
How to improve foster care in Kentucky to be subject of virtual town halls. Public invited.
The public is invited to virtual town hall meetings this month to discuss how to improve outcomes for Kentucky families and children in the foster care system. The meetings are hosted by Citizen Foster Care Review Boards. The first regional meeting was Aug. 1. Others will be held Aug, 6, 13 and 16. Registration is […]
Democrats step up pressure on Trump to debate Harris in new swing-state ad campaign
The Democratic National Committee will unveil a confrontational digital ad campaign in battleground states, starting Friday in Atlanta, to press Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump to debate Vice President Kamala Harris, the likely Democratic nominee, States Newsroom has learned. Trump has not committed to debating Harris, who has said she is eager to keep a […]
With 2024 campaign growing intense, watchdogs warn of election threats
Voter intimidation, an exodus of election workers fed up with harassment and continued misinformation and disinformation campaigns threaten the integrity of the November elections, say officials with the government watchdog group Common Cause. This year will be the first presidential election since “the big lie,” Common Cause President Virginia Kase Solomón said on a July […]
London Mayor Weddle, other Kentuckians still giving big to Democratic Governors Association
London Mayor Randall Weddle, currently under the scrutiny of Kentucky campaign finance regulators for excess contributions to Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear’s 2023 reelection efforts, is continuing to make hefty political contributions. Weddle donated $75,000 on May 1 to the Democratic Governors Association, according to a disclosure that the DGA filed recently with the Internal Revenue […]
Beshear’s absence generates political buzz as GOP set to dominate stage at Fancy Farm
An annual West Kentucky church fundraiser famous for barbeque, political speeches and cheers and jeers from onlookers is set to be a Republican-dominated affair this weekend as the only two statewide elected Democrats will be elsewhere. Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear’s absence from this year’s Fancy Farm festivities may produce more buzz than his presence would […]
Harris, Democratic leaders honor Jackson Lee at Houston service
Vice President Kamala Harris, the likely Democratic presidential nominee, praised the late U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, one of the most prominent Black women lawmakers in Congress, in a Thursday eulogy focused on the Texan’s decades of fierce advocacy. “Her fight was born out of love, she had a big, big heart,” Harris said. “Very […]
U.S. Senate fails to advance expanded child tax credit, despite broad House support
WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans and two independents blocked a bipartisan tax package Thursday that would have temporarily expanded the child tax credit and revived tax breaks for some business activities. The 48-44 procedural vote to advance the package was largely viewed as a messaging exercise by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer ahead of the August […]
KY abortion rights advocates mark milestone, lament state’s barrier to ballot initiatives
Kentucky Reproductive Freedom Fund members, who in June announced a pro-abortion access messaging campaign, gathered at the Warren County Courthouse in Bowling Green Thursday to say their campaign has reached 1.8 million people through digital ads.? Ona Marshall, who founded KRFF and co-owned one of Kentucky’s last two abortion clinics, also criticized Kentucky’s lack of […]