An overwhelming majority of Americans — including clear majorities of Independents and a high number of Republicans — support vaccine and mask mandates for various public spaces and professions.
As the number of COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations continue to rise across the state, Governor Andy Beshear announced new recommendations for mask usage in Kentucky public schools.
Senator Elizabeth Warren endorsed Charles Booker in his campaign to be the Democratic nominee in 2022 against Rand Paul. The endorsement was announced in a press release from the Booker campaign on Monday, July 26.
On Friday, a coalition of school systems said they were going to file a lawsuit to stop the scholarship tax credit program passed in this year’s legislative session. Today, they filed that lawsuit.
Every year, the Kentucky Press Association holds a contest to grant various awards: best editorial writer, best breaking news photo, and so on. And in this year’s contest, contributors to Forward Kentucky won six of those awards. As you can tell by the name, KPA has historically been for
(Publisher’s Note: Pam Gersh wrote this for us over two years ago, on February 1, 2018, at a time when there was discussion about the Jefferson Davis statue in the Capitol Rotunda. With the events of the recent past, and with the Davis statue again in the news, we
Catchy headline, isn’t it? Made you decide to read further to see what it was all about, right? You can thank VoteNowKY [https://VoteNowKY.org], a new non-partisan organization dedicated to one mission: getting more people to vote. Started by the Coalition of Women’s Organizations, this new movement
In spite of all the talk of a “divide” in the Democratic party, a recent poll by PPP Polling shows that when it comes to major policies, moderate and progressive Democrats are pretty much in agreement. The poll of 588 Democratic primary voters was taken between August 1st and 4th
Kentucky Democrats, after months of debate, chose Andy Beshear on Tuesday as their best chance to defeat Republican incumbent Matt Bevin in the fall. Beshear will have to bring Democrats together while appealing to independents and moderates. He also will have to prepare for the GOP buzz saw this summer,
Since last year, about 21,400 Kentuckians have lost their Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, benefits because of a work reporting requirement, according to policy analysts from the Kentucky Center for Economic Policy and Kentucky Voices for Health. The analysts blame the losses, which occurred from January 2018 to
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is doing everything in his power to keep Donald Trump in the White House, even if that means keeping American elections systems vulnerable to hacking by Russia, or any other foreign power that wants to intervene. He’s already done it a couple of times:
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A large majority of the more than 18,000 Arkansas Medicaid beneficiaries who lost their Medicaid coverage since the state began implementing a first-in-the-nation Medicaid work requirement in June not only haven’t found jobs, but they also probably don’t have health insurance, new state data suggest. Those who
About six-in-ten Americans (62%) say the use of marijuana should be legalized, reflecting a steady increase over the past decade, according to a new Pew Research Center survey. The share of U.S. adults who support marijuana legalization is little changed from about a year ago – when 61% favored it
A recent survey sponsored by the Freedom Forum Institute found that 40% of Americans could not name ANY of the freedoms guaranteed by the First Amendment. Spoiler Alert!If you came here AFTER taking our First Amendment quiz, then read on. But if you haven’t taken the quiz yet,
Here is a quick Explainer of the three types of retirement plans under discussion in the Kentucky pension debate. Note that this is a summary, and not an in-depth discussion. Defined benefit (traditional pension) A defined-benefit plan is a plan that promises a certain benefit upon retirement: “work for us
