News & Notes for Wednesday, 10/26
The election, abortion, protesters, people calling themselves Governor – it’s all here.
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.
Louisville mayor candidates talk about dealing with climate change
The “REAL Good News” group held a forum on Louisville’s renewable energy resolution with the candidates for mayor. Here’s what they had to say.
News & Notes for Monday, 10/24
Lots of lawsuits flying around, and we’ve got some multi-tweet stories from the Twitterverse.
News & Notes for Friday, 10/21
Political and governing news from all over, with excerpts and links back to the complete story. Now also available on TikTok!
Breaking: Herald-Leader endorses Booker for Senate
Charles Booker, the Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate running against Rand Paul, has been endorsed by the Lexington Herald-Leader in an editorial that also slams Paul.
East KY power co-op receives failing grade for climate pledges
Energy companies make public pledges to increase renewables, but then fail to follow through. So the Sierra Club is calling them out.
News & Notes for Wednesday, 10/19
Excerpts and links to political and governing news from across the state and beyond. Read the blurb, click the link to learn more.
Charles Booker bends the arc in Murray
The Calloway County Democratic Party had a fish fry on Friday that featured Charles Booker. And Booker did not disappoint.
News & Notes for Friday, 10/14
Here’s today’s roundup of snippets and links from across the political and government landscape.
False prophets? Here are 20 of them.
Faithful America has released a top-20 list of false prophets: “far-right leaders who abuse Jesus’s name in a corrupt effort to seize power at all costs.”
News & Notes for Wednesday
News & Notes is back! After a too-long hiatus, we are back to our M-W-F schedule. Let us know in the comments if you appreciate this summary format!
KY House Dems release abortion-rights ads against 10 Republicans
The House Democratic Caucus, led by Rep. Joni Jenkins, has released two ads targeting ten Republicans across the state. The ads feature pictures and names of all ten, calling them “extremists” and pointing out the dangers they pose to women.
Repro Rights PAC issues endorsements
The Reproductive Rights for Kentucky PAC today issued endorsements of 21 candidates for the upcoming election.
Rand Paul blows off debate with Charles Booker
Charles Booker called Rand Paul a coward for not showing up for the KET debate. ““They even had a cup of water ready for him.”
KREF gives KDP grace – for now
The Kentucky Democratic Party was called before the state election finance board. Here’s what happened, and what’s next.
Images from Izyum show why Russia must be defeated as quickly as possible
In the case of Izyum, Russian forces reached the city in the third week of March. Now that Ukrainian forces have pushed Russia away from the town, what’s being revealed is a whole new set of horrors.
