Who’s spending $$ to fight or support Amendment 2?
The latest fund-raising numbers are in, and the group opposing the abortion amendment is dramatically out-raising the supporters. How much is the difference, and where is the money coming from?
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If you destroy the records, you don’t have to worry about those pesky open records laws
The Louisville Metro Police Department is back in the news. They’re being sued for illegally destroying records of complaints against police officers. Amye Bensenhaver explains.
Fifteen questions to ask candidates before you vote
An expansion of the “ten questions” article of a few weeks ago. Print these out and take them with you to ask candidates yourselves!
When abortion at a clinic is not available, 1 in 3 pregnant people say they will do something on their own to end the pregnancy
Results of a study show that outlawing clinic-based abortion doesn’t stop the practice – it just pushes some people to alternatives, including dangerous ones.
KY one of only 19 states to recover jobs lost during Covid
Kentucky now has more jobs than it had at the start of the pandemic, which puts it in the top 20 states for job recovery.
KY Open Govt Coalition continues to take on the Pension Authority
The KY Public Pensions Authority continues to refuse to release the rest of the Calcaterra report. And the Open Government Coalition continues to push.
Here’s some background on Kelly Craft from the KDP
Kelly Craft has just announced her candidacy for governor, and already the KDP has released some of their oppo research on her. Let’s take a look.
When it comes to open records, is Allison Ball another Bevin?
Matt Bevin disliked our open records laws, and tried to ignore them whenever he could. Is candidate Allison Ball following the same path?
We finally got the KRS report. Did we get our money’s worth?
After over a year of stonewalling, the KY Public Pension Authority finally released the outside report into KRS. Was it worth the $1.2 million we paid for it?
On this Labor Day, unions are surging – again
Labor Day 2022 is a lot like Labor Day 1932, with unions growing and businesses pushing back. And like then, unions are growing anyway.
As the Fourth Great Turning unwinds, technology is speeding up the process
We are entering American history’s Fourth Great Turning. The 80-year cycle is in play again. Thom Hartmann explains.
The independent state legislature doctrine could reverse 200 years of progress and take power away from the people
There’s a movement to take election results away from voters and give state legislatures the ability to pick winners and losers.
Floods in eastern Kentucky were a man-made disaster, and we know exactly who is to blame
It wasn’t just the rain. It was the strip-mining, and the mountain-top removal, and the regulators looking the other way, that caused the floods in eastern Kentucky.
Al Cross: Cameron shows why he’s the one to beat, then could get beat
Al Cross covered Fancy Farm this year, as he does every year, and reports on the speakers and their political futures.
Continuous CHIP eligibility could keep more KY kids covered
The federal health insurance program for children helps keep more than 620,000 Kentucky kids insured. But the expanded coverage expires in October. Now what?
Many rural Republicans rejected Kansas abortion measure
Kansas voted down the anti-abortion amendment, and not just in the cities: fourteen counties that went for Trump in 2020 voted against the amendment.
