Mental health, gun prevalence are top concerns for Kentucky children
Kids across Kentucky are telling us what they need. Are we listening?
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Kentucky Democratic Party appeals redistricting opinion
The KDP is appealing the decision of a lower court that allowed the Republican gerrymandering.
Wednesday News & Notes
Don’t have time to keep up with politics? Read our News & Notes! Excerpts from stories, with links to the originals if you want to learn more.
Senate passes bill protecting interracial and gay marriages. McConnell and Paul vote against it.
The United States Senate today passed the Respect for Marriage Act, a bill designed to put into Federal law certain protections for gay and interracial marriages.
State Representative Colonel Pam Stevenson files intent to run for AG
State Rep. Pam Stevenson, a former colonel in the U.S. Air Force, has filed to run for Kentucky Attorney General.
Who’s running in 2023, and how much have they raised?
Guess what – just 5 weeks till the deadline to file for the 2023 election for statewide offices! Who’s in, and how much have they raised? Here’s the list as of today.
Alvarado to leave KY Senate to be TN Health Commissioner
Senator Ralph Alvarado announced last Wednesday that he would be resigning his seat in the Kentucky Senate to take on a new role as the Health Commissioner for the state of Tennessee.
There are now twelve (12!) Repubs running for governor 😳
Alan Keck, mayor of Somerset, has entered the race for governor of Kentucky, making him the 12th Republican in the race.
Wieder was ‘quietly confident’ Amendment 2 would fail
Kentucky is among the reddest of Republican red states. But Tammara Wieder was quietly confident that Kentuckians would vote down GOP-backed constitutional amendments to ban abortion and to empower the legislature to call itself into special session.
Union voted in at C-J, welcomed by state AFL-CIO
Journalists at the Courier-Journal in Louisville voted on Friday to affiliate with the NewsGuild union, a member union of the Communications Workers of America.
SCOKY hears abortion arguments: a thread
The Supreme Court of Kentucky heard oral arguments this morning in the case to determine whether Kentucky’s abortion ban is constitutional. Alex Acquisto of the Herald-Leader, was in the courtroom and posted this Twitter thread as the hearing was going on.
After-the-election News and Notes
It’s the day after the election, and we’ve got your summary right here. (Plus a few other stories to know about.)
I voted for Charles Booker ... and WITH him too!
Early voting started this morning, and I decided to go vote at the same place Charles Booker was voting. It was neat, and I’ve got pics to prove it!
Booker in Paducah: ‘We’re going to win.’
Charles Booker brought his campaign bus to Paducah, speaking to an enthusiastic crowd and declaring the upset is coming.
