The psychology behind anti-trans legislation: How cognitive biases shape thoughts and policy
A look at “in-group” versus “out-group” and what it can tell us about the wave of anti-trans bills across the country
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Thomas Massie’s dream is our nightmare
His idealogical quest will wind up hurting all of Kentucky.
GOP cuts to Medicaid could threaten rural hospitals
And the effects would ripple across each rural community
You rely on this agency’s data for weather and climate forecasts. DOGE is decimating its workforce.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration plans to cut 20 percent of its workforce, a move the agency's former chair warned will be felt through “every component of American society.”
Kentucky lawmakers’ education changes are now on Beshear’s desk
And there’s a bunch of them
KEA speaks out on the Trump attack on the Dept of Education
The effects on our schools, especially rural ones, will be devastating. Comer, Guthrie, Massie, Barr, Rogers, Paul, McConnell – Are you listening?
The most likely Medicaid cuts would hit rural areas the hardest
And Kentucky would be among the states hurt the most
Timely as ever, this report chronicles the conservative assault on organized labor
Part one of three: The four principles of conservative ideology
The best and worst bills passed so far in Frankfort
Coal and Evangelicals got their bills through, while the poor and LGBTQ got attacked – again.
The dark parallels between 1920s America and today’s political climate
Attacks on minorities? A scared White majority? We’ve seen this movie before in the U.S. – and it ain’t pretty
This bill would tip scales of justice against health and safety
It also gets the Legislature all up in the courts’ business
KY Open Govt Coalition statement on HB 520
The bill supposedly “clarifies” open records around law enforcement records – but actually damages the open records law itself
