This week’s stories and updates

Good evening! Hope your weekend has gone well. It’s been a beautiful day here at ForwardKY HQ – unlike Election Day this past Tuesday, when it rained all across the state. The polling place I worked at had about 15% turnout, which is horrible of course ... but also better than much of the state.
    With the primaries decided, though, I suspect we’ll be dealing with much higher turnout this fall. The gubernatorial campaigns have already started going after each other, and it’s not even Memorial Day, so you can bet there will be lots of election news throughout the summer. Remember to click the “Election 2023” choice in the menu to see the latest election-related stories.
    Thanks for being a member of Forward Kentucky!

Bruce

Updates

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This week’s content

Most-read article

Some “Republicans” may have a shock on Tuesday

When they ask for a Republican ballot, and are told they are still registered as Dems and thus can’t vote in the Repub primary.

Forward KentuckyBerry Craig

All other content

DeSantis and Repubs attack academic freedom

It’s the same attack used by authoritarians throughout history.

Forward KentuckyKen Wolf

The deep state is deep doodoo

The Priory of Sion, the Illuminati, the Deep State – we’ve seen this movie before.

Forward KentuckyMark Heinz

Let’s talk about polling on why people are leaving religion

It has to do with the relationship between some religious establishments and a certain group of people.

Forward KentuckyGuest Author

James Comer’s latest screw-up: He can’t find his informant

Looks like the dog ate the nothing-burger.

Forward KentuckyGuest Author

Thanks to McConnell, Trump, and himself, Cameron looks strong

With support from both, plus his own disciplined campaign, Daniel Cameron will be a formidable opponent in the fall.

Forward KentuckyAl Cross

Here’s this week’s News Quiz!

Think you know this week’s news? Take the quiz and find out!

Forward KentuckyThe Conversation

Bruce’s Take: To everything there is a season

A time to negotiate, and a time to say “hell no!”

Forward KentuckyBruce Maples

More than 17,000 Kentuckians could lose food aid

The new SNAP reporting process, complicated by design, could cause thousands of Kentuckians to go hungry.

Forward KentuckyGuest Author

Election predictions AND reactions

This week Jazmin and Robert talked about the end of the primary campaign, and predicted what would happen when results started coming in – then later, once the results were clear, they recorded their reaction to the results.

Forward KentuckyRobert Kahne

Election re-cap and kick-off w/ Rep. Col Pam Stevenson

Aaron, Kimberly, and Martina cover the results from Tuesday’s elections and then welcome Rep. Col. Pam Stevenson to the show. We’ll check in on how her state-wide campaign is shaping up, what her constitutional role means for our commonwealth, and how folks can help her effort.

Forward KentuckyProgress Kentucky

Beshear Campaign launches first ad of the general election

Ad highlights Beshear’s track record of delivering jobs, rebuilding communities and making Kentucky better for our kids

Forward KentuckyForward Kentucky

Texas: Churches donated to candidates with conservative agendas

The town rejected their picks, and now the donations are under investigation.

Forward KentuckyGuest Author

‘Woke’ – the new dogwhistle

It’s time to call it out for what it truly is.

Forward KentuckyBruce Maples

Yes, there were other races on the ballot – here’s the results

These people campaigned as well, so let’s talk about their races.

Forward KentuckyBruce Maples

It’s Cameron vs Beshear

Cameron wins, Quarles pulls into second, and Craft winds up in third.

Forward KentuckyBruce Maples

Lexington State Representative Lamin Swann passes away at 45 following medical emergency

Swann became a state rep in 2022 via a special election.

Forward KentuckyForward Kentucky

Most active topics on the Forum

Introduce yourself here

I like voting “early.” When do you go to cast your vote?

The ACLU lawsuit against SB 150

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