News and Notes for Monday, 7/24
Excerpts from stories across Kentucky and the nation, plus selected tweets. Look for News and Notes most Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays.
Beshear responds to Cameron’s false ad
The Cameron campaign lied about Beshear’s position on gender-reassignment surgery for minors. Today, Beshear set the record straight.
News snippets for Friday, July 21
Excerpts with links for interesting stories from other sites.
Cameron chooses running mate who believes gender-affirming care is ‘experimental’
State senator Robby Mills is also well known as the leader of the Bevin effort to slash pensions for teachers and state workers.
The Reading List for Wednesday
Everything published on ForwardKY since the last Weekly Update or Reading List newsletter
KY AFL-CIO asks Ethics Commission to investigate Cameron campaign
The latest in the back-and-forth between the two gubernatorial campaigns
KY Resources Council asks court to strike down “change of venue” law
The KY Resources Council has filed an amicus brief asking the KY Supreme Court to strike down Senate Bill 126, otherwise known as the “change of venue” law.
Here are the new state laws taking effect this week
New laws related to child abuse, drugs, gambling, mental health, gender services, education and dozens of other topics are set to take effect on Thursday after receiving a nod from the Kentucky General Assembly earlier this year.
News & Notes for Friday
Headlines and excerpts from across the political landscape – plus selected tweets.
Cameron refers Beshear/KDP donation incident to FBI
Cameron cannot investigate the donations himself, as he is barred by ethics opinions from doing so – but he can ask the FBI to do so.
Adams: Renew ERIC membership for one year, while building alternatives
Caught between two bad alternatives, the Secretary of State decides to stay the course for now.
Dem candidate Emma Curtis releases platform
Emma Curtis, who is running for Lamin Swann’s open seat, released her platform today.
Speaker David Osborne, Minority Leader Derrick Graham issue joint statement honoring Juneteenth
The two legislative leaders issued the statement on Monday.
