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.”
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.
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.
Beshear, McConnell, Biden hail $42 billion to connect all Americans to high-speed broadband
Kentucky’s share is almost $1.1 billion
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.
