A look into the GOP platform: Part One
Chuck Witt begins digging into what the GOP leadership says they want to accomplish
Analysis
Articles that dig into an issue, policy, or story, and present relevant research and insights.
JD Vance’s selection as Trump’s running mate marks the end of Republican conservatism
Dwight Eisenhower, Ronald Reagan and other avatars of American conservatism wouldn’t recognize it under Trump.
Beshear’s PAC has raised $493,000, but given little so far to help other candidates
PAC’s political strategist says the plan all along has been to spend most of the money in the fall, right before the election.
A political tempest in an open-records teapot
But in the end, it’s abused children that are being harmed
Project 2025’s plan to gut Medicare and Medicaid
Conservatives are planning to slash the health care plans that millions of low-income and senior Americans rely on.
GOP attacks against Kamala Harris were already bad – they are about to get worse
But it seems that Harris can give as good as she gets.
Would Beshear have to resign if he’s picked as the VP candidate?
SOS Michael Adams answers the question.
School vouchers were supposed to save taxpayer money. Instead they blew a massive hole in Arizona’s budget.
Arizona, the model for voucher programs across the country, has spent so much money paying private schoolers’ tuition that it’s now facing hundreds of millions in budget cuts to critical state programs and projects.
Voting rights at risk after Supreme Court makes it harder to challenge racial gerrymandering
Two recent Supreme Court rulings on congressional redistricting will have starkly different consequences for Black voters in the 2024 election. One ruling boosted Black voting power in Louisiana, while another decision upheld a South Carolina congressional map that the lower court had declared “illegal racial gerrymandering.” Despite these seemingly contradictory
Project 2025 will affect every part of life. Even weather updates
Didn’t know that predicting the weather was actually a liberal plot, did you?
Majority of voters think justices Thomas and Alito should be impeached
The same survey shows support for gift bans and term limits
Report: Kentucky could lose $1.2 billion yearly by giving tax dollars to private schools
What if GOP legislature adopted Florida’s school voucher program? Educators worry their small districts would lose out.
Surprise: American voters actually largely agree on many issues, including topics like abortion, immigration and wealth inequality
Americans are deeply divided on some topics, but on various policy questions, there is actually strong agreement.
Extreme heat waves broiling the planet in 2024 aren’t normal: How climate change is heating up weather around the world
Globally, each of the past 13 months has been the hottest on record for that month.
Should Biden step aside? Dems in western KY share their thoughts
Just like Dems all over the country, those in the Purchase are torn. Here’s what they said.
U.S. Supreme Court sets stage for industry lobbyists to write health, safety, and environmental rules
How would you feel about a chemical plant being able to write its own pollution rules? Guess what – SCOTUS just made that possible.
