Beshear, McConnell, Biden hail $42 billion to connect all Americans to high-speed broadband
Kentucky’s share is almost $1.1 billion
News
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Supreme Court rejects a Republican effort to hijack elections
In Moore v. Harper, the court ruled against the controversial “independent state legislature” theory.
Cameron accused of seeking donations from company his office is investigating
More political donations in the news.
News & Notes for Friday
Headlines and excerpts from across the political landscape – plus selected tweets.
State board votes to remove Kenton County elections board representative
The Kenton County Democrats succeeded in removing their representative to the county board of elections, but only after a Leslie County Republican helped them along the way.
Campbell County GOP meetings to vote out chair, treasurer ruled invalid
The Republican Party of Kentucky’s 4th District ruled that the March and April meetings held by members of the Campbell County Republican Party to vote out their chair and treasurer were invalid.
Bernie Sanders opens probe into Amazon’s “abysmal” safety record
“At every turn,” Sanders said, “Amazon makes decisions that actively harm workers in the name of its bottom line.”
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.
Beshear campaign, Kentucky Democratic Party return $202,000 linked to London mayor
Contributions were made on Randall Weddle’s credit card
‘Gaslighting insanity’ – Journalist says Beshear supporters relentlessly harassed her after she fact-checked governor
Journalist Olivia Krauth has spoken out against supporters of Governor Andy Beshear, saying that she faced relentless harassment following her fact-check article about Beshear’s claim of a record number of employed Kentuckians. Krauth, a politics reporter at the Louisville Courier Journal, teamed up with Olivia Evans to publish a
Speaker David Osborne, Minority Leader Derrick Graham issue joint statement honoring Juneteenth
The two legislative leaders issued the statement on Monday.
News & Notes for Friday
Headlines and excerpts from political and governance news across the state. Plus, some selected tweets for your viewing pleasure.
Former NKY attorney Eric Deters ‘99%’ sure he’s going to run against Thomas Massie
Deters recently lost to Daniel Cameron in the GOP gubernatorial primary, but says he is seriously considering taking on Massie.
