Former candidate files defamation suit against KDP, Rachel Roberts, and Coleman Elridge
Jerry Gearding claims campaign material produced by the KDP for Roberts’s campaign was defamatory.
News
Articles presenting objective information about events. If an article contains both details of the event and commentary about the event, it will be labeled with both tags.
Hal Rogers’s plan to get his prison no matter what
Kentucky congressman who wants a prison tries to do a Manchin: Use an appropriations bill to override the other branches
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.
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.
Beshear cries ‘politics’ as auditor launches examination of disaster relief funds
Republican lawmakers say 200 checks went to wrong people, request review
Women: Daniel Cameron wants your medical records
And why, pray tell, would he want those records?
Labor Luncheon is back at this year’s Fancy Farm
The luncheon takes place on Friday, the day before Fancy Farm itself.
KY, TN judges debunk anti-trans arguments and block bans: the stunning opinions
Two judges, within hours of one another, blocked gender affirming care bans in stunning opinions. They thoroughly debunk anti-trans talking points in doing so.
Supreme Court axes affirmative action
“With let-them-eat-cake obliviousness, today, the majority pulls the ripcord and announces ‘colorblindness for all’ by legal fiat.”
KKK flyers appearing across Kentucky
This hate group is still active in our state, and their activity has recently increased.
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.
