If you or someone you know has experienced domestic violence, call the National Sexual Assault Telephone Hotline at 1-800-656-4673. Call the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-7233. You can also contact any of Kentucky’s 15 domestic violence programs. A Northern Kentucky Republican intends to file a bill that would add coercive control to Kentucky’s protective order legislation. Rep. […]
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Vance to attend fundraisers in Kentucky, Tennessee as Trump travels to swing states
As former Republican President Donald Trump makes his case to swing state voters, his running mate, U.S. Sen. J.D. Vance of Ohio, is heading to the red state of Kentucky to raise money. Trump was scheduled to be in Michigan Monday to address the National Guard Association of the United States conference. Trump held rallies […]
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FDA greenlights new COVID vaccine after a summer of rising numbers of cases
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration last week approved an updated COVID-19 vaccine intended to address severe symptoms of the virus ahead of the cold and flu season. The new booster shots from Moderna and Pfizer follow a summer of increasing COVID-19 cases and are designed to better address the variants that are circulating now. […]
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Beshear’s PAC raised $200,000-plus in July
Gov. Andy Beshear’s political action committee had a solid, though hardly spectacular, month of fundraising in July — a month that ended with Beshear still under consideration as a possible running mate by Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris. Beshear’s PAC, called In This Together, reported to the Federal Election Commission this week that it raised […]
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Country ham nets $10.5M for charity as Kelly, Joe Craft break own record at Farm Bureau breakfast
Two Republican megadonors once again were the highest bidders at Kentucky Farm Bureau’s Country Ham Breakfast charity auction. Kelly Craft, a former United Nations ambassador and 2023 Republican gubernatorial candidate, and her husband, coal executive Joe Craft, bid a record $10.5 million Thursday morning for the country ham that was crowned champion of the 2024 […]
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Beshear highlights abortion rights, unity in Democratic convention speech
Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear took the stage at the Democratic National Convention Monday night to speak on abortion rights, how to bridge the divide created by “anger politics” and back Vice President Kamala Harris for president. In a roughly five-minute speech, the 46-year-old governor repurposed some of the campaign trail for his 2023 re-election campaign […]
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Kentucky is an outlier with costly single-bid road paving contracts, new findings show
New findings from Kentucky legislative researchers show the state awards significantly more road paving contracts to a single bidder than other nearby states, generally driving up the overall costs of the contracts. Legislative Research Commission staff presented the new findings to a committee of lawmakers Aug. 15 as a part of releasing an LRC report. That report from […]
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Kentucky Democrat seeks to dismiss ethics complaint alleging inappropriate actions
A Kentucky Democratic lawmaker wants to dismiss an ethics complaint filed against him by House Democratic leadership that alleges inappropriate behavior and communications. Rep. Daniel Grossberg, a freshman legislator from Louisville, is arguing the complaint filed with the Kentucky Legislative Ethics Commission is “meritless” and an “misuse of the ethics complaint system,” according to a […]
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Beshear says VP speculation put a positive national spotlight on Kentucky
While he was not ultimately selected as Vice President Kamala Harris’ running mate, Kentucky Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear said the national attention put a positive spotlight on his home state. Beshear, 46, was among a shortlist of potential running mates for Harris shortly after she mounted her presidential campaign following President Joe Biden’s exit from […]
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Postpartum depression is lonely. Shame, guilt make it worse.
This story discusses postpartum depression and suicide. If you or someone you know is contemplating suicide, please call or text the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 988. Before having children, Chan Kemper pictured how the experience would go. “I was determined to have the hippiest, dippiest, crunchy, earth goddess pregnancies and deliveries that I could […]
